Anthony Edwards to Jalen Johnson: “I can’t wait to come home”
Well, I hate this.
Nah the Timberwolves basically have franchise tagged Ant as long as he is in his prime I don’t think he’ll be going anywhere. I do think one day he’ll play for Atlanta but like in those late Tmac days or Lou Williams days
Yeah I’m probably more worried about the Giannis style reporting that will come if this blows up
Hes going to Atlanta this week, so I doubt its anything more than that.
He has 3 years left and the Wolves can offer more on his next contract, the Hawks are currently awful, his friends are on the Wolves and the team is good. There’s really no scenario where it would make sense.
Excuse me sir, we prefer “Mid”. Not awful.
A good, honest .500 basketball team
Yes sir.
(We prob won’t get back to .500 this year lol)
Yeah but still a .500 team in spirit right now, not trash at all and not tanking like prideless bums when the fans pay to watch them
Well we own their swap this year and first next, so a tanks not on the table
At least you’re not tanking like a bunch of other pussy ass teams.
We don’t have our pick so no need
Yeah! Some of us are just terrible…
😐😔😩
I’d appreciate if you didn’t 🫡
Rude. I want him to come home so badly but I don’t wanna take him from y’all, Twolves fans deserve to watch someone like him
Thank u and bless up 🙏
It’s definitely not happening, but the east is an easier conference, and with Ant we’d actually be pretty dangerous. We would still need more pieces but he’d pair nicely with JJ, and he’s played with NAW before.
If he was traded to ATL JJ would more than likely no longer be on the team in order to get him
It would probably be a package with ZR, our ‘26 pick swap, the pelicans/bucks ‘26 pick, asa Newell, and a lot more future picks and whatever money to make it work. Most of these trades happen to pair star players up. That said, this is pure speculation and there’s no way Ant gets traded unless something absolutely horrible happens with the T-Wolves.
Yeah that would be a no go for the Wolves. A team built to win now trading their superstar for picks and no current talent would be hard to believe
Hawks have assets outside of Johnson
yall might get the no1 pick overall. if anything this is the best time to make the trade if this really has legs
Yeah I wish we would trade it while it’s super valuable, the way we’re handling Zachary and how long it took us to see how good Jalen Johnson is gives me very little confidence in our talent development. Really I wish we would just sell the team and move somewhere else so I can pick a different team to root for.
This 👆🏻
All this is true, but it wont stop ESPN beating this to death
If they had Ant, they wouldn’t be awful lol. They’d probably be a top 4 seed.
Yeah, but have you seen the East? Our conference is easier to win in by decent margin so that could factor in.
Still don’t think he leaves you guys anytime soon, but just saying.
The way nba contracts are nowadays I don’t money will be a factor of it means he goes to his hometown with nicer weather
I doubt ESPN’s going to make a big deal about a superstar going to the Hawks.
If he said something this suggestive to KAT about the Knicks, then yeah, it’d be wall-to-wall.
ESPN is gonna squeeze every drop outta this, you can believe that!
I mean I love ant but there’s no way he’s planing 4+ years out. This is him going home after the asg
You just gotta understand any top player under 30 in any sport is simply gonna have trade rumors swirling 24⁄7, especially when they haven’t recently won a championship.
I mean I would be worried about him possibly leaving
Anything is possible after Luka
I think it’s the opposite, the Luka trade has become a cautionary tale lol
Superstars have never once asked out of the team that drafted them while in their prime
Completely forgot about T-Mac on the hawks. Also, I checked his bref and thought I had hallucinated Tmac on the spurs for a sec before I remembered he was only on a playoff roster and never played a regular season game in SA
Ant loves minnesota but he also loves ATL and BBLs. Of course he’s going to go home and wild out for a few days as opposed to going back to Minnesota and freezing in february.
It’s pretty hot out right now
Been pretty warm last few days
Yeah I’m sure he loves those Kuminga wings in Atlanta
It’s like 50° thank you very much
Hen means for the break? Don’t worry ant going no where he loves Minny.
I think Minnesota is pretty cool when I visited there!
Don’t guys usually go home for all star break?
send da bleach
Lmaooooooo
After Luka, no front office will let their young superstar walk again
That’s the kind of quote that instantly makes your stomach drop
i think he means literally coming home for the all star break, not to the hawks
I saw this as a “I can’t wait to go home for the break. By the way, you guys have some good wings.”
Ant strikes me as a guy who would ask out impulsively but run it back within a week. That said, prepare yourself for the “is small market team wasting the prime of x super star” hit pieces.
Truthfully I think he means at an away game in Atlanta not he wants to play for the hawks
they have the assets to trade for him too which is the worst part. If he wants to bail at the end of the season for a Peterson/Dyabantsa type package you may need to take it.
Atlanta, where he’s from
Where the playas play
Big beats, hip streets
See gangstas roamin’
And parties don’t stop till 8 in the morning
And we ride on dem things like everyday
It’s all about those Magic City lemon pepper wings!
Good every damn time!!
and wear skirts
Yes we got your Australian boy Dyson Daniels with us too he loves Atlanta.
Jaylen Brown is an Atlanta guy as well, imagine the defence being played with those 3 on the court
Jalen doesn’t play defense.
Is he from the Hawks?
“Yall got so many wings”
“Yall gone like Kuminga”
He even said “we” before he said “yall” as in “we got so many wings”
That’s some interesting phrasing that has nothing to do with Atlanta being his hometown.
Maybe he’s still a hawks fan
It makes sense if he’s talking about lemon pepper wet wings
Anthony Edwards
Worldwide
Antlanta
I’d give up the Pelicans pick to get ANT lol. And more.
(ANT is coming to Atlanta during his break, his family lives here, I think he’s just excited to come home and see them. Prob nothing to do with switching teams)
The only sane comment I’ve seen, haha
Thank you for acknowledging it’s Ant and not lowballing. If Ant was from LA, Lakers fans would be like “Jake Laravia, Jaxson Hayes and a first for Ant is a overpay”
What did he say after that? Sounds like he said we have too many bigs
Holy shit, why he say that in front of the cameras
Im sure he means going home, as in going to Atlanta for the rest of break. But its good troll bait at least
Yeah and Atlantas got some wings like lemon pepper wings
Lemon pepper WET
LEMON PEPPER LOU!!! The legend himself
and kuminga wings
But are there stuffed chicken wings?
😂 Then why’d he cover his mouth? I don’t know dude..
That being said, I’m pretty sure players say they want to join other players’ teams all the time when they cover their mouths. Keeping their options open.
Sure dude
Cope lol he was talking about going to the Hawks
Gonna be a movie when the hawks trade for 35 yr old ant in a decade
Still probably gonna be catching bodies and hitting 3s
Ant talks way too much lmao started speaking on the roster and everything
He accidentally said “we” lmao. “we…Yall go so many wings. Yall gone love Kuminga”
Like bro, what are you doing?
I think he was saying it from the perspective of being a Hawks fan probably? I’ll assume he rooted for the Hawks being from Atlanta and all.
Ngl I thought he was talking about chicken wings at first
To be real, I don’t care if he continues rooting for the Hawks 80 games a year
With NAW out there, I do too
Safe not to assume much with Ant
He’s just an Atlanta fan, that’s not crazy.
ANT to ATL confirmed?
Atlanta fans are living high on the copium
Yes but Atlanta as in Magic City not the Hawks
Ant: “Y’all got so many wings. Kuminga. You’re gonna like Kuminga.”
JJ: “He gon be eating playing next to me.”
If the kdfiles were right he may just be a player in the wrong system because of how curry dominant that team is
it’s obvious he’s been in the wrong system since the start lol. he doesn’t have a motion offense pass first type of playstyle
Unfortunately that’s what the Hawks run lol
When steph went down in playoffs last year kuminga played good against them he probably remembered
I mean even if this is meaningless this can’t be fun to see if you are a Wolves fan.
its a nothing burger. I dont think Ant particularly enjoys all star weekend, and would literally rather be home in Minnesota or ATL than in LA. he wants to GTFO, if that means going from LA to ATL directly right now, I’d lean towards that what he means.
Or maybe just literally go back to Minnesota and do nothing for a few days.
I love whenever an NBA player says some clear cut and concise shit, there will always be some delusional fans ready to deny what they obviously meant.
Seriously people are trying to say he’s talking about eating hot wings when he mentions Kuminga, a wing, .5 seconds later lol.
So in your mind with how clear cut and concise this was; when does this happen and how? Ant would turn down a Supermax just to play for the Hawks?
Ant could play in Minnesota for the rest of his career and I wouldn’t be shocked.
At the same time it’s not a nothing burger for your star player to say what Ant said.
Dude even accidentally said “we” when talking about the Hawks wings and how they’re going to like Kuminga.
“we…Yall got some wings”
LOL k. Well Ants officially the first person to use the term “we” when talking about his childhood lifelong favorite home town team.I surely hope youve never said “we” when talking about the Cavaliers.
He quickly corrects himself. You dont think MN fans notice Ant representing Atlanta in everything he does? Do we clown him because he doesn’t wear MN Twins hats but always a Braves hat? no.
It’s just about where hes from, and nobody has a problem with it. He’s never once indicated he wanted to bolt to the Hawks. And he’s signed for another 3 years, so we can revisit this in 2029
I think he wants to play in Atlanta because he’s an Atlanta guy. With that said he’s not going anywhere just like Brown isn’t. He’s not turning down $80M/yr or whatever the max is to play here.
What? Lmao he literally started talking about the roster right after covering his mouth and lowering his voice to say he can’t wait to go there. The level of cope from wolves fans is hilarious lmao
Whatever you say
MN fans can never enjoy anything without getting dumped on
Ant just going home for the rest of the break lol, he ain’t leaving Minny.
That is correct. Kirill. Justin Jefferson. Ant. All have had some weird trade speculation in the past year.
Anthony Edwards for Cameron Boozer and Dyson Daniels notification gonna hit like crack
Good thing Connolly isnt Nico
But Cameron Boozer’s ceiling could be anything. It could even be Ant!
Exactly, why have Ant now when you can have Ant in the future??
fade the Wolves flairs, mods
Does anyone know how to falsify birth certificates?? Im on a mission
Out of context.
He could be talking about visiting since we don’t play until friday. Jaden, Naz, and Rudy all left for warmer climates. That and he likely does some of his summer workout around then.
He could also be talking about joining the Hawks in 28.
He doesn’t seem the type to make plans that far in advance
At the time of this statement he didn’t even know if was gonna use a condom tonight let alone leave to go to the Hawks in 3 years.
He could definitely do that, assuming he hates money
He paid his child support in one go idk if that means he hates money or loves it lmaooo
Definitely saves him money in the long run. Otherwise I’m confident baby mommas could argue for more money after his next supermax.
The way he operates hes going to need all the money he can get lol
Denials not just a river in Utah
if it makes you sleep better at night
The context is hes talking about the Hawks. You can hear him say “ yall got so many wings, Kuminga, yall gonna like Kuminga” and then JJ saying hes going to eat playing next to him.
I think its a big nothing burger until something is actually out there from a team but unless you think hes talkin about workin out with Kuminga…its definitely in context of a team situation.
OR he could be talking about playing for the hawks
Bone hurting juice
Sad that players can’t even have a conversation with one another without someone ease dropping.
I was thinking the same thing.
They do all the time. We just see the conversations they have while standing in front of TV cameras.
There’s a lot of coping by wolves fans in this thread for something that’s probably nothing. But I’d be going crazy if Jokic said this to someone lmao.
Tbf ant doesn’t stop talking, Jokic saying anything about another team would be way weirder.
Because a number of other fans are trying to put wolves fans down about it, on top of it being a bad look.
Look away Wolves fans
He not leaving lol
This is probably the best news the hawks have heard all year lmaooo
Second after the Pels trade, but not insignificantly far off lol.
Come home brotha!
kuminga getting a mention and not the number 1 pick
Basketball players and overrating athletic ball hogs, name a better duo
So he covers his mouth to say the crazy thing and we’re really just pretending like he means vacation, huh
People in here coping.
Gotta make sure you cover your mouth when talking about Magic City Wings
Seriously the mouth cover is the first give away that this isn’t a nothing burger
Don’t do this 😭😭😭😭
It’s tough being a Minnesota sports fan. Gonna be Justin Jefferson next week
Edwards is definetly playing for Atlanta , maybe at the tailend of his career
He means come home to get some Waffle House guys, relax.
Jalen Johnson’s ears about to be fined for collusion
He’s probably going to his home in Atlanta for the rest of the break.
His brother is having an album release party this week so I assume that’s what he is talking about.
He prob meant at the moment he’s going home not switch teams 😂
Please ant save us
If Ant ever plays in ATL, the birth rate will dramatically rise
Lowkey…. an Ant man/ Jalen Johnson duo would be 🔥🔥
Def going to hawks
Turns out Ant was actually born in Portland, let’s go baby!!! Welcome home Ant man! 🔥
oh hell yes please
Probably gonna change his mind when he gets offered the super max, but only time will tell. This certainly doesn’t look good tho!
I mean what if he just can’t wait til the off-season to go home
Let’s make it happen big dawg
DAMN LMAO
My ears must be terrible, I really can’t make out much
see this is why everyone covers their mouths, cause of snitch aaahhh mfs like op
He definitely just wanna go chill with the fam.
No guys, Ant definitely loves living in Minneapolis playing with Rudy Gobert and Julius Randle
its a shame ATL fans dont seem to share that same enthusiasm when it comes to filling the arena
Come home and see the lovely ladies of ATL of course
Won’t have a spot for him if they get Peterson.
You give up Peterson and every first you have if it means getting prime Anthony Edwards
If Edward’s tries to force the move this offseason, I agree. If Peterson goes to the Hawks and has a monster rookie season, maybe not. Him on a rookie deal, if he looks to be 80% of the player Edward’s is, I’m not so sure.
Probably gonna play there sometime in his career
nah keep him in the west
This is fine
Ant to the Hawks incoming.
Guess I will keep those season tickets!
Jalen Johnson working for the feds.
He owes to much in child support to take a pay cut leaving
Fuck him then, go home and lose….a lot
Ant is destined to come to Atlanta, one way or another