Anthony Edwards is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the Georgia Bulldogs. Edwards was selected with the first overall pick by the Timberwolves in the 2020 NBA Draft. He is 6 feet 5 inches and 225 pounds, and plays the shooting guard position.
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Anthony Edwards is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the Georgia Bulldogs. As a senior, he earned McDonald’s All-American and USA Today All-USA first team honors. He was named SEC Freshman of the Year after his freshman season with the team. Edwards was selected with the first overall pick by the Timberwolves in the 2020 NBA Draft. He is 6 feet 5 inches and 225 pounds, and plays the shooting guard position. Edwards is a member of the NBA G League’s New Orleans Pelicans and the NBA D-League’s San Antonio Spurs. He also played youth football for the Atlanta Vikings and became one of the best Pop Warner running backs in the country by age 10.
He switched his focus to basketball because he \”thought it looked more fun\” after watching his brothers play the sport. Edwards played high school basketball for Therrell High School in Atlanta, Georgia. In early January 2017, Edwards transferred to Holy Spirit Preparatory School and reclassified to the 2020 class. He reclassified back to the 2019 class in November 2018 after seeing academic improvement. Edwards rose to become the number one recruit in the Top247 rankings by recruiting website 247Sports. On February 11, 2019, he committed to play collegeasketball for Georgia, becoming the program’s best recruiting era.
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