Beijing time on January 27, the Golden State Warriors will meet the Minnesota Timberwolves at home tomorrow, although the current Warriors record is outstanding, but the face of the Timberwolves is still not careless, because this season's Timberwolves have completed the transformation, becoming a real strong team, the season so far with a record of 24 wins and 23 losses ranked 7th in the West, is currently in a 2-game winning streak, especially edwards' recent state can be described as hot.
In the last Game of the Timberwolves' win over the Trail Blazers, Edwards played 38 minutes and shot 14-of-27, including 5-of-13 from three-point range and 7-of-11 from the free throw line, for 40 points, 9 rebounds, 3 steals and 3 blocks. According to statistics, Edwards thus became the second player in the history of the league to score 40 points without assists in a single game at the age of 20 or under, in addition, this is the fourth time in Edwards' career so far that he has scored 40 points in a single game, and the fourth player in the history of the league to achieve this achievement before the age of 21, after only LeBron James (8 times), Kevin Durant (4 times) and Luka Doncic (4 times).
There's no doubt that the 2020 champion is gradually cashing in on his talent, averaging 22.7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists so far this season, shooting 44.6% from the field and 37.6% from three-point range. And last season, he averaged only 19.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game, averaging 20 points per game is the threshold for a player to enter the quasi-All-Star level, and now Edwards' strength undoubtedly belongs to the All-Star level, but his ambitions are more than that, he hopes to repeat the legend of the old Rose, and win the MVP in the third year of his career.
After yesterday's game, when asked about the potential to win MVP, Edwards said: "If it wasn't this year, it would be next year, sure, yes, I'll be chasing MVP next year. Probably not this year, but next year, sure, I'm definitely going to go after MVP next year. For the Timberwolves, the 20-year-old Edwards is certainly the cornerstone of their future team, but it is difficult to say whether the bitter minnesota can keep the genius, not to mention that many people may forget that Edwards' agent is None other than Rich Paul.
As the most popular agent in the NBA in these years, Riche Paul's agency Klutch Sports officially signed edwards long before he entered the draft, considering that Rich Paul has been committed to operating his players to his biggest partner LeBron James over the years, so even 2 years later, when Edwards' rookie contract ended, Rich Paul encouraged him to leave the Timberwolves and team up with James in the Lakers.
At present, although the Lakers' salary space is very bad, but after 2 years everything will be different, then they will no longer be bothered by Westbrook's contract, and James's contract will end in 2023, as long as James is willing, he can sign a contract with the Lakers again, and can leave enough flexible space to introduce Edwards.
At that time, Rich Paul's three stars James, Davis, and Edwards may gather with the Los Angeles Lakers, both in terms of exposure and commercial value will skyrocket, which is of great benefit to players and agencies, in this case, the Timberwolves may only be able to compete with the Lakers with loyalty and longer contracts. But compared to the scenery of Los Angeles, whether Minnesota's ice and snow can keep Edwards' heart may depend on the achievements of the Timberwolves in the past two years.