Anthony Edwards says he talked to KAT before every finals game to give him advice on the Spurs
It is nice to see them retain such camaraderie after KAT got traded. Also, Ant seems genuinely happy he got a ring, no jealousy or nothing, has my respect for that
Ant has his personal problems, all of which can and hopefully will be chalked up to immaturity, but he seems like a real and genuine friend, and that is an exceptionally good character trait.
he’s a real dumbass and has some immature views, but i’m not going to sit here and say i didn’t enjoy his stuff with Lily Zhang.
when you say immature views, do you mean that homophobic shit he spouted a year or two back? because he could have grown since then
“Send da video” springs to mind
again, that was a while ago!
His general lack of care of making kids and then neglecting them. And that maintains to this day that he’s not a part of their lives.
I don’t think neglecting them is quite fair. Hes paying his fair share and knows himself enough that he wouldn’t be a good parent (a part of being a good parent is actually wanting the kid). It’s probably better for the kids that he isn’t physically present
This is a terrible take. The issue stems from making all those kids in the first place if you know ahead of time that you’re not going to be able to take care or be present in their life.
No matter how much money or fame you got being absent in your child’s life will play a crucial role in their and how they end up developing.
I mean literally everything a parent does effects the child. But being a single parent isn’t necessarily a bad thing for the kid, and in a lot of cases, it’s better to have one parent who cares than multiple who don’t.
I think the women who choose to have a baby with this man are far more responsible for the outcome of the child/children they decided to have.
2023 is not that long ago
But, 21 to 24 is a lot of time.
You wouldn’t spit on what you loved when you were 16 when you’re 18…
16 to 18 to 21 to 25. I feel like, as a man, your personality doesn’t really solidify until you’re late 20’s, and from there, you continue to keep growing.
16 to 18 is fundamentally different than 21 to 24…
And what has he done since to show that he’s “changed”?
I think that just like Ja Morant is learning, dumb shit you did doesn’t just get absolved because time has passed.
But on the other hand, r/nba can’t sit here and hold something over someone’s head for all of eternity, well after everyone has moved on from it
God forbid I’m still arguing with people on reddit in 10 or so years, but I’m not going to be surprised if yall are still gonna be making gun jokes about Ja well into his 30s. But maybe I’m wrong for expecting anything other than absolute lowest denominator discourse from r/NBA
Congratulations, you’re better than everyone else I guess
You’re right, I think I’m better because I don’t think Ja and Ant should be characterized as “gun guy” and “send da video guy” forever
We’ve all moved on from that in the city. He apologized. The only extracurriculars he’s known for is fathering/not fathering a few children
If I remember right too, it was very clearly him in the apology too. Not some PR team bullshit, which I appreciated, because it always means more when it feels genuine like that.
He also has stopped doing that too, people keep poking fun at him because it is public, but there are a lot of current NBA players who have a lot more kids they are not involved with running around.
ok so i was asking the other guy who said it, but yes this is my point. he has no new issues
My dick bigger than yours!
It was 4 years ago now, he was 20. But yeah nothing has happened since then and he apologized.
yeah, it’s crazy to continue judging him based on that
There’s plenty more stuff to judge him on besides that lol
a year or two back?
Um that incident was like 5 years ago
Okay maybe I’m just ignorant, but didn’t he just say “look at these gay ass dudes” cuz they were dressed kind of crazy? Which tbf, they actually were some gay ass dudes.
I dunno, maybe it was a little homophobic, but it didn’t strike me as hateful or mean spirited. Just felt like he was joking around with a friend.
it’s homophobic to use the word gay as a negative, but it’s also extremely common among teens and young people. he apologised for it and it hasn’t happened again which is why i suggest maybe there’s growth there
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You’re looking pretty sensitive too friend
You guys are actually very weird for holding on to some type of resentment 5 years later.
I couldn’t imagine what the internet would think of me or my friends dumbassery we said and did when we were 20. Lol. But reddit LOVES the holier than thou act.
Not like he’s gone on crazy rants since then either, so he’s either A. grown as a person and has matured(crasy concept!)
or B. is atleast smart enough to shut the hell up before it affected his money(he’s givin no reason not to believe option A)
I always need to remind myself that these are essentially kids with more money than knowledge at that point in their lives.
Most guys figure it out, or someone gets a handle on them. Sometimes the guy just can’t be helped(cough cough Ja Morant)
I think there’s this weird thing where people put athletes (and celebrities in general) on some massive pedestal because they’re rich and famous and expect them to be perfect role models.
I also find it interesting that many people also don’t like some model athletes because they seem too manufactured and “perfect.”
It’s not like they genuinely care. They just want to hold something over him.
I don’t even think it’s him specifically Redditors just love feeling better than other people
He has a lot of flaws that makes him polarizing, but he feels very authentic and I think that’s why so many fans are drawn to him.
Comradery is kinda funny but it’s camaraderie lol
/r/BoneAppleTea
Real cumraiders
Pretty sure those only exist in the IDF
Nah it’s Cum Rod Derry
Better than Londonderry
Dairy*
Same etymology
Him telling Obama not to dog his teammates is a prime example.
Pretty sure they’re like best friends
Yea i like to see former teammates root for one another.
Fuck second apron for ruining teams
Future Knick I hope. Probably my favorite player in the league. Dude is so fun to watch when he’s on his game. Still has development leaps to make too
Go away!
😂 ay man, we all have players we’d like to see on our team haha. It’s not that deep
Eh, wolves (and Minnesota sports) fans are paranoid because it always ends up actually happening to us.
Future Hawk more like
Laker
Called dibs first
Don’t be greedy
Imagine Ant and KAT playing together
surely they wouldn’t break that up after being a game off from the 1 seed
More about the 2nd apron
Would trading Gobert have saved them from the second apron? Surely you do that trade first if it does unless the Wolves valued Gobert more for their vision of the team
It’s much easier to get good return for KAT than for Gobert when they (need to) do the trade.
True. I’m sure there was the thought of the blow back they’d get if they would’ve traded Gobert after obtaining him for 5 picks.
Also we need Rudy to not be a play in team, he is the entire defense
Defense wins championships
That’s a fair point but whenever this topic comes up people always undersell Rudy’s value to the team. The Wolves basically can’t play defense without him.
I mean look at what Jaylen brown just got traded for and compare that to the kat deal. We just didn’t know about the second apron yet. Allowed them to resign naz too which leads to lamelo
Gobert makes like 30 million less than KAT per year
Gobert took a paycut
trading gobert could’ve saved them from the second apron yea but trading kat gave them more flexibility which is why they chose to trade kat instead of gobert
This is dumb af
Man I bet they could make the conference finals
Well the Timberwolves also made it to the conference finals the season after they traded KAT
Traded KAT? Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns have never played together before
Mickey Mouse CF. Played the Warriors without Steph in the second round and the collapsing Lakers in the first
Stfu with the Mickey mouse shit
Monkey paw uncurls, ANT traded to the Knicks
Someone photoshopAI gen them in same jersey pls
Send da cheat code
Hahahahah
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
Oh you meant the other one…
R1 R2 L1 R2 left down right up left down right up
Be dawgs and don’t let angry french man get into your head.
Ant was still cooking vs the spurs on bad knees
And an oxygen mask
A healthy Ant i would’ve picked Minny to win that
I like our chance if all our guys were healthy (Ant hobbled, Ayo was on one good leg after Denver, DDV obviously.)
But Spurs blew us the fuck out in 3 games, we needed full strength to stand any chance (and Randle off the team sooner sadly. Still can’ believe he shot 34% for that series, seemed like much less.)
All 3 of our best 3pt shooters were hurt, and that makes for a tough series when you’re against one of the greatest paint protectors in history.
But I do think we still lose. The reality is that Randle was functionally sabotaging us and we were not playing team ball to the level the Spurs were. Vibes were down, the ball wasn’t moving, and the communication was lackluster on both sides of the ball.
Randle was just doing whatever. Just like on the Knicks.
He gave up on playing team ball and tried to feed himself. His ego got in the way of winning basketball.
I think we win with healthy Donte and Ant. Those comebacks we kept cutting to 11-12 points are more likely to be completed with Ant and Donte’s threes, transition and defense
I would be inclined to agree if it was only game, but we got blown out 3 times.
Yeah having your best 3pt shooter back absolutely helps but the Spurs were scoring at will some of those games
Momentum matters at least a bit for that
You probably don’t get blown out with a healthy team.
imagine a healthy donte
We did push it to 6 games
Nah but we wouldn’t have gotten blown out in 3 games like we did. A healthy Ant & Donte + Randle playing well sure I think we could’ve won
that’s a little much, they would’ve needed more than just a healthy Ant
I forgot who but someone on ESPN after game 5 mentioned that there was a group chat with sga, edwards and brunson were they were giving him advice all series lol 😂
Hey, that’s cheating
power of friendship so strong it transcends teams
I think not being in the same conference helps too lol
Aw hell ya can do this
That’s not very cash money of you, Ant.
The Avengers win until the Mad Titan Thanos collects all the Infinity Stones.
Well, The Alien got a power forward. Group chats aint gonna help ‘em now.
Alien couldve won if he didnt choke 4⁄5 games lmao
This kinda talk comes out of fear and jealousy. I aint even mad
Ant is that dude that you don’t want anyone you know dating, but he’s the best friend you’ll ever have. Everyone should have a friend like that once in their lives.
He’s that dude from college who goes to the frat party until 3 AM and then is the first person to come help you with a flat tire at 7 AM. Just a great homie.
Kat did get worse throughout the series which is funny
Yes Kats foul calls did get worse throughout the series
Was the same in Minnesota, he gets such a brutal whistle. To be fair he does tend to get reckless and bring it on himself fairly often.
To be fair he does tend to get reckless and bring it on himself fairly often.
Sometimes he is reckless
But it is so frustrating to see him get hacked on one end and get no calls, then get called for ticky tack fouls the other way
I thought for sure he was going to start to get a better whistle once he joined New York but turns it doesn’t matter what jersey he has on–he will still get a terrible whistle
Yeah, the NBA dos something weird compared to the NFL in calling fouls where in the NFL the foul is based on the effect the action has on the play, so if the action does not cause a meaningful advantage, then no flag is thrown (exceptions for player safety fouls, pre-snap and post play penalties, those are judged differently). NBA is looking for specific indicators that cause calls regardless of how much of an impact they have on the play, it is why SGA’s push off can have a hue effect but does not get called because he is not triggering the key indiators, but other player’s can get called for something less impactful. KAT looks out of control a lot, so he hits those things the refs are looking for even if the effect is less than what other people are doing, so it takes much less for KAT to get called for a foul.
It’s stupid, since the rules in the NBA are written based on the same advantage/disadvantage basis that the NFL has, but because of the way the league has the refs calling it, it means players try to game the system. it is that gaming of the rules that fans generally don’t like, since fans of course don’t have that level of understanding of the rules, and frankly don’t need to, so it looks like one player is getting away with something another player does not because of technicalities around those indicators.
He’s always looking out for his 7 foot sons. KAT and Goburrrr
“Watch out for that tall french dude.”
Hang the banner.
Hang da banner
Send da ravens
Send da honorary ring
He wants his ring too
Well Minnesota sports deserves one
Y’all have the lynx
I hate that argument so much.
They’re great. They deserve all the praise in the world. Cheryl is the best coach in WNBA history. But 35 years since the last Minnesota men’s team APPEARANCE is absolutely awful.
Coach Ant
Minnesota gets a complementary ring
Ant is my favorite player outside of spurs players. He is also the only player I fear the most in the league
Send da film
Thanks for the ring, Ant!
give him a ring
Collusion! Unbelievable! :p
Give him an honorary ring 🙏🏿
Ooh Timberwolves friends!! 👍👍
People don’t get your GOATed Inbetweeners reference smh.
FOOTBALL FRIEND! 👍😃👍
Thanks bud. At least one person got it lol 😅
They all friends only bozos on Twitter think there’s beefs between players
Ant, the real Wemby stopper
Mfkers still need to feel good about the season the SPURS WHOOPED TF OUTTA THESE WESTERN TEAMS LMFAOOOO
I like this for Ant, other than the stupid way he is sitting and holding the mic, this is wholesome.
Welcome to the list, Ant
Aside from game 1 and 2 wasn’t kat pretty bad? He refused to shoot and was not even driving as much
He got some terrible fouls called on him early in the games and never quite settled in.
Pause..
ANT to the Knicks confirmed.
I am still sad that we traded KAT for Randle.
Fuck you, Ant. This is all your fault.
Should have never been broken up.
What kind of sitting is that in front of people? Is it normal for Usa standards?
Minnesota didn’t have the talent with all the injuries they suffered.
It’s way easier to analyze something from the outside. You get tunnel vision when you are directly involved
He must have ignored him that’s why they won 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’d be shocked if ant’s iq is above 67
Imagine if LeBron said something shit like that , the media and haters would crucify him , but everyone is all like “ ant got my respect on that” .
You think LeBron wasn’t giving Wade advice in 2006?
Wade had GP, Shaq, and Pat Riley in his ear what helpful advice could be possibly be getting from LeBron against a WC team lmao.
LeBron is still an extremely smart player who was close to Wade. Why not take advice from as many people who want you to succeed as possible? LeBron sees the game totally different than Payton. They all would be giving different perspectives.
LeBron was 21 years old and had just played in the postseason for the first time in his career in 2006 lol. There genuinely isn’t a worse time in his career to make this example.
LeBron, Wade, Bosh and Carmelo were all giving each other advice throughout their careers. I’m not implying LeBron was some wise man they all sought out. But why wouldn’t close friends be sharing what they see to help their friend in a series? I wouldn’t be shocked if NAW were texting Shai something to give him an edge this playoffs. They aren’t competing against each other.
I’ll bet Ant had something valuable to offer KAT. Now his friend has a ring.
If LeBron publicly said “I was talking to so and so before every finals game giving him advice” everyone would be saying LeBrons always looking for attention , he didnt even make the finals and he still has to be involved somehow. Deny it all you want , thats exactly how it would go.
If lebron took his family to applebees it would be a news story and people would shit on him for attention seeking. I sincerely have so much respect for him keeping it together the way he has his whole career, i would have had several mental breakdowns lol. Like genuinely i wouldnt take his money if it came with everything else that comes with being lebron