The Minnesota Timberwolves made University of Georgia standout Anthony Edwards the first overall selection in the 2020 NBA draft on Wednesd...
The Minnesota Timberwolves made University of Georgia standout Anthony Edwards the first overall selection in the 2020 NBA draft on Wednesday.
The Timberwolves, who finished 19-45 in the coronavirus-disrupted 2020 season, opted for Edwards, who averaged 19 points per game as a freshman, to bolster a roster that includes young stars Karl-Anthony Towns and D’Angelo Russell.
“It’s an indescribable feeling,” Edwards said from his home in Georgia on the ESPN broadcast of the draft.
𝘼𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙮 𝙀𝙙𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨. 𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙡.@theantman05 x @Timberwolves #NBADraft | #DawgsintheNBA pic.twitter.com/FJAtdazAO9
— Georgia Basketball (@UGABasketball) November 19, 2020
“So many emotions,” he said. “My family is emotional. I feel like when I get out of here I’m going to be emotional. It’s beyond measure to be in this situation.”
The 2020 draft comes barely four weeks after LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers clinched the NBA Finals after a virus-disrupted season.
And it comes just five weeks before the 2020-21 campaign tips off on December 22.
That means the NBA’s newest top recruits face being thrown in at the deep end after an unprecedented last leg of their journey to the league.
“We’ve all had to do our best, whether that’s agents, players, colleges, pros, so we’re thrust into that, too, and it makes for a lot of unknowns,” said Golden State general manager Bob Myers, whose Warriors...
