Anthony Edwards thanked Victor Wembanyama for his All-Star performance

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Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards had himself quite a weekend. Although the NBA All-Star festivities didn’t end up being must-see television, Edwards was a hit, performing consistently on Sunday night during the All-Star Game.d loads home MVP honors in the process after scoring 32 points in three games, including eight in their last win, the Team Stars’ 47-21 loss to Team Stripes.

But the Stars certainly faced a few close calls en route to picking up NBA All-Star Game crown. They lost to the Stripes in the match round, but fortunately won their earlier contest against Team World thanks to Scotty Barnes’ game-winner Victor Vembanyama explodes in anger due to his team’s missed defensive assignments.

This reaction was simply a telltale sign of how seriously Wembanyama took the competition, even the All-Star Game that has lost its luster in recent years. And the star of the Timberwolves credit to him for injecting some much-needed life into the exhibition competition.

“I’m not going to lie, Wemby set the tone. He came out playing hard. It’s hard not to match that, f**k, it happened. Excuse my language. But it happened,” Edwards said in his postgame interview, via the official ClutchPoints account on X (formerly Twitter).

Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards enjoys the competition

Team USA Stars guard Anthony Edwards (5) of the Timberwolves
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Edwards is a player who always wants to go up against the best players in the association; it’s just the kind of cold-blooded killer on the field it wants to be. The The Timberwolves star also said he liked it a lot new format the NBA had for this year’s edition of the All-Star Game, and those in charge will definitely take feedback from him into consideration.

All that’s left for Edwards this season is to try and get the Timbers going





2026-02-16 07:35:00

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