Tyrese Maxey played ‘short, chubby, strong’ Anthony Edwards in 5th grade
On Sunday night, The Philadelphia 76ers picked themselves up one of their more impressive wins of the 2025-26 season win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. As has often been the case this year, Tyrese McKay led the 76ers, scoring 39 points on an efficient 16-28 field goal.
After the game, Maxey talked about his relationship with the Timberwolves star Anthony Edwardswho scored 28 points in the loss, and revealed that two were they have been competing for over a decade.
Maxey said there’s “tapes of us playing Ant, I think we were in fifth grade,” Maxey said, per Chris Hine of the Minnesota Star Tribune on Bluesky.
Maxey also described fifth-grader Edwards as “short, chubby and strong.”
Edwards is no longer short or chubby, but he’s still one of the strongest guards in the NBA today, as he was one of the few Timberwolves to get to his spots consistently against the 76ers on Sunday.
For the most part, though, Philadelphia did a solid job of keeping Edwards’ supporting cast in check, winning all four quarters of the game en route to a comfortable victory.
The 76ers are now 31-26 on the season and have a solid chance to secure one of the top six seeds in the Eastern Conference when it’s all said and done. Making things even more impressive for Philly is the fact that the team won with Joel Embiid and Paul George in the lineup. Embiid is currently dealing with a calf problem that flared up during the All-Star break, while George is still serving a 25-game suspension from the league for violating their substance abuse policy.
Either way, the 76ers will next take the floor on Tuesday night against the Indiana Pacers.
2026-02-23 16:25:00
