The thing I really like most about Ant's shooting, it adds to his longevity by protecting his body. He doesn't need to always make the athletic play - his shooter is a reliable threat too which means he can conserve more energy throughout the game. If he is able to make strides with his playmaking - good luck to the rest of the league.
I gotta say. I've been somewhat of an Ant hater, saying he's still no match for the Grizzlies, but if he can shoot like this throughout the season, it's too close to call, only because of the Grizzlies depth
it's a progression I think as is integrating any new skill. Right now he might be integrating things around scoring the basketball, and as time goes on and that becomes more like second nature to him, then I think he will be able to integrate more playmaking in there
Hahha genuinely wasn't slander, he's an absolute bucket but in fairness if Ant is learning from him, Steph, KD and Lebron could probs offer some advice aswell
This is also really good for his stamina as well instead of expending so much energy rim running and constantly creating mid range shots when they drop on him His stamina was a big reason they lost in the conf finals last year
It's easy to like Ant. Did you see him going nuts when Steph secured that gold medal? It's there that he thought: 'I am gonna perfect this to an art-form. Just because I can.'
I have him in my fantasy team this year. I wasn't expecting the 3 point marksman ship, but yes his free throws are probably going to even out at the low 80%. If he really wanted to he can be a defensive mence.
He's taking more 3s to accommodate Randle, and it looks like he's just happened to hit a purple patch. If there's one thing I've learnt from watching the NBA, its that your shooting will betray you when you need it most. Hopefully Ant will keep improving his game, so that when it happens to him he'll have other options available. The sky's the limit for him. He's not even close to the finished article, and he's already the best 2 guard in the league.
also he’s already an amazing 3 level scorer and good playmaker. idk what you mean by saying he needs to find other ways to produce. he already has other ways to produce
Randle, Shannon and Rob along with Dante all give the Wolves a lot of answers when Ant struggles. They didn't have that last year. I like Suns and Wolves in WCF.
@@6manYT im the only fan who has commented on almost every video, I discovered your channel then became die hard, keep it up (also please make a video on the cavs) (I know I'm a dubs fan but 10-0 is crazy and we lost by like 19 and at a point down like 40)
It can be frustrating watching Ant play, because he doesn't utilize his athleticism to the same extent that other athletic beasts like Prime Lebron, Prime Westbrook, Prime DRose, Giannis, and etc can/do. He still gets too cute with his layups sometimes, or just simply won't blow past a slower defender because he's too focused on pulling off a cool dribble combo. Dude is so close to greatness it's maddening. But still I'm gonna be on the Ant train until the wheels fall off.
He got his 3pt shot form from Dame. He tried Clay's, Steph's, KD's shot form, didn't work. Dame's got a pure af shot form, it looks really with Ant using it.
Anthony Edwards still has wasted movement sometimes. He'll pull of a great dribble combo to create space, but then he won't attack the lane, he'll hit a nice step back combo, but hesitate on pulling the shot, or he'll take one dribble to long before he fires off a pass to an open teammate. The dude is so fast and athletic, literally nobody in the NBA can keep up with him. I think sometimes ant surprises even himself with how much ground he can cover.
Ill keep it simple for you... the Playoffs taught him a lesson about energy/stamina... against the Nuggets he was always worn out by thr 3rd quater slashing. He needed a solution and going on a Olympic run witg 2 of the best shooters in history and all that experience.. I GUARANTEE you they gave hin the cheatcode. So he conserves his energy from 3 and slashing when he needs to. The NBA have to deal with someone that Shoots like Durant has a mid/post game like Kobie/Carmelo and can slash like Vince Carter. The guy is a defensive NIGHTMARE... and he can put the ball on the floor and cook you in an iso with setbacks and hesi's etc
The change came from kat-randle switch..i think..kat likes to take 3 so last time ant play inside..but randle didn't take much 3 so ant went outside..imho
Well let's pump the bakes a little. Wolves have had the 25th hardest schedule through 9 games. So far MIN has played LAL-SAC-TOR-DAL-DEN-SAS-CHO-CHI-POR. Of those, defensive ratings re: DEN is 6, DAL is 9, LAL is 12. The rest worst. But yeah, Ant clearly working on his game and watching the greats this summer. That's how you become one of them. And his 3PAs up to 11.7 from 6.7 last year. ASTs down to 3.6 from 5.1. And critically, his advanced stats are still trending up.
You need to throw out the lakers game! You cant go by that at all when 1 of the Twolves top 2 players was traded just before the season and they have a new core so they are just now learning how to play with each other.
My favorite conspiracy theory ever is that his biological dad is MJ. It just makes sense. Look at his eyes, and his dribble. I want it to be true so much :D
He has a sharigan! He has copied moves and perfected them. 1 luka garzas slow euro step 2 kds walk up 3 ball 3 mj layups And now is working on stephs offball movement.
Man, I can't stand this new travel/gather step rules or whatever. For me 4:26 is a travel. How are you supposed to defend it if the attacker ist allowed to just add another step?
I like your videos, matter of fact you are my fav bb content creator and I like Ant but these hyperbolic exaggerations are not necessary. minnesota lost 3 games and they are 4th seed so defo not an unstoppable force and the NBA shouldn't close down... and please don't overlook the defensive part when you analyse a player. fans ALWAYS ignore the defensive part.
I appreciate you, I understand what you're saying but I think in this case its hard not to be hyperbolic because he's literally on Steph Curry pace as a shooter which was the main thing I was talking about in this vid. I tried to balance it out by mentioning his playmaking but that's fair to mention the defensive part. Appreciate you watching!
This is just a hot streak. Ant is not a player that can sustain 40+ 3 pnt% at 11 attempts a game. He will come back down and probably finish around 37% from three. This won't last. He also should incorporate more mid range jumpers in his game, it keeps the defense guessing because you now have a 3D attack. Eventually, defenses will pick up Ant's tendencies and step up to his threes. Ant lacks offensive IQ and playmaking for others.
@Sammy-f7l He does, but not consistently. He really got away from his mid-range game after the Suns playoff series last season. From that point on, he just became 2D with bad long threes and exhausted drives to the rack. He was killing the Suns with his mid-range game, but then lost confidence in it against the Nuggets and Mavs. I love when he posts up and uses his turnaround fades.
Definitely not the kind of history a type of player like ANT wants to chase....at this rate he'll become a Poor man's Jayson Tatum 🤦🏻♂️💀💀💀 4.8 FTA on 67%....from a so-called Superstar??? 🤮🤮🤮
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The thing I really like most about Ant's shooting, it adds to his longevity by protecting his body. He doesn't need to always make the athletic play - his shooter is a reliable threat too which means he can conserve more energy throughout the game. If he is able to make strides with his playmaking - good luck to the rest of the league.
Ant was studying with the Masters all summer. He knows what he's doing.
Anthony edwards is like that one guy in kindergarten who makes himself overpowerd af
lolll
that deceleration is pure Kyle Anderson
Too good. Footwork is out of this world. Not fair.
His athletic ability is unbelievable.
It's like he has robotic legs.
as a wolves i feel so blessed i love our organization right now
Wolves back
Years of being trash. We deserve this
Naz Reid
Im in Denver and I told my boys last year the wolves had it no one believed me you guys are going for the ring ant man is just so fun to watch
Anthony edwards is not fair
You got that right
A better way to say it is: “ANT is a problem!!!!”
I gotta say. I've been somewhat of an Ant hater, saying he's still no match for the Grizzlies, but if he can shoot like this throughout the season, it's too close to call, only because of the Grizzlies depth
sayin
nothing like a good anthony edwards glaze sesh after my workout (he deserves it tho)
it's a progression I think as is integrating any new skill. Right now he might be integrating things around scoring the basketball, and as time goes on and that becomes more like second nature to him, then I think he will be able to integrate more playmaking in there
Klay Thompson is a shell of himself on defense at 35 and after 2 devastating injuries to his achilles and ACL.
Imagine if Ant actually got some love from the refs, he'd be unstoppable
Just like his pops mj
Tru
Imagine if Jokic got some respect from refs
@@hungrylion101he gets a lot😭
@@bam9852 lol not really
On curry pace . Ant is the 5ace
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Guys I see the potential in this channel.. I understand it now
ant is a monster but i think jokic is doing the unthinkable right now literally having a mythical season so far
Imagine this two together, sheesh
Considering Ant has new teammates, Ant is more impressive
@@Sammy-f7l no. absolutely wrong lmao. Ant could never do what jokic does
KD gave him those tips during the Olympics and made a monster
4:33 I just wanna say 4 spurs defenders without wemby is like 1 regular defender lol
I cant be the only one that wants to see ant play badminton
I will not have this Luka Garza slander. Man is lowkey offensively brilliant. He is just unspeakably bad the other end of the floor
Hahha genuinely wasn't slander, he's an absolute bucket but in fairness if Ant is learning from him, Steph, KD and Lebron could probs offer some advice aswell
Yeah Garzilla can get buckets fairly effortlessly. Garzilla is the shit.
ant playing fundamental basketball instead of dunking is so awesome
during the half time warmup on the wolves portland game i saw him sink 10 3's in a row!
i always say that Rudy with the bag of Garza is one of the greatest players in today's game
This man is unreal and always does something to improve his game every year.
Anthony Edwards is my favorite player right now in the NBA, he's an amazing player that is fun to watch 🔥🔥
now all he needs is for him to not get tired even if he is relied upon on defense.
Anthony Edwards shooting 15 3's per game truely unthinkable mean while ignoring the slashing skill which he is good at, hope it does not end like Fox
Just imagine how good a 26 year old Ant will be at the 2028 Olympics
Gonna be epic seeing him fail so bad without Durant, Lebron and Curry to carry the team. France and Serbia will be better
@dsm577 lol keep dreaming
@@dsm577 Delusional
That Mike Korzemba shade is hilarious
if you ever wanna see jordan play in the modern nba here you go
This is also really good for his stamina as well instead of expending so much energy rim running and constantly creating mid range shots when they drop on him
His stamina was a big reason they lost in the conf finals last year
"His stamina was a big reason they lost in the conf finals last year"
bingo.
ANT > Booker and Mitchell
Hell yeah. Salute.
Not yet
Yes! And its not close!!!
@@kjjr3270 he was better last year. LOL who brought their team to the western conference finals?
Combined
It's easy to like Ant. Did you see him going nuts when Steph secured that gold medal? It's there that he thought: 'I am gonna perfect this to an art-form. Just because I can.'
what did the chef taught ant in France is something we need to know, can't wait for that documentary.
He Finna be another ray Allen
I can’t believe this 😱
Hahahah I told you
Yeah reclaimed the best sg in the league for me. It was Book but Ant shooting super efficiently this year
I have him in my fantasy team this year. I wasn't expecting the 3 point marksman ship, but yes his free throws are probably going to even out at the low 80%.
If he really wanted to he can be a defensive mence.
He already is a defensive menace. Dude will hit 9 3s while guarding the other teams best player
He was a top 5 defender last year....wtf you mean when he wants to be.
He was fine to watch while Ja was out last season
He's taking more 3s to accommodate Randle, and it looks like he's just happened to hit a purple patch. If there's one thing I've learnt from watching the NBA, its that your shooting will betray you when you need it most. Hopefully Ant will keep improving his game, so that when it happens to him he'll have other options available. The sky's the limit for him. He's not even close to the finished article, and he's already the best 2 guard in the league.
his handles are improved as well. He has to shoot 3s to open up the paint. The next step is to get some damn calls when he drives
Who is first?
shooting will betray you ? have you never heard of the warriors or the celtics ?
also he’s already an amazing 3 level scorer and good playmaker. idk what you mean by saying he needs to find other ways to produce. he already has other ways to produce
He is also a great defender!!!
Best player in the league, he win mvp this year
anthony edwards is carmelo anthony with upgraded explosiveness
Anthony curry 😂
Nah that's Stephen Edwards
Randle, Shannon and Rob along with Dante all give the Wolves a lot of answers when Ant struggles. They didn't have that last year. I like Suns and Wolves in WCF.
No. Shannon gives you no answer. He can’t shoot and this isn’t college where he can just go in the paint
Ant 🐜 has been my draft crush for years hoping my twolves get him and when we did all i can say is 3 years champions 🏆 maybe 🤔 dynasty
ANT MAN!!!!
JEFFREY
@@6manYT im the only fan who has commented on almost every video, I discovered your channel then became die hard, keep it up (also please make a video on the cavs) (I know I'm a dubs fan but 10-0 is crazy and we lost by like 19 and at a point down like 40)
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said i wanna play like jordan , curry n bron. now i wanna play like ant
I was at the portland wolves game and it was crazyyyyy
"FK EM" lmao
Donavan Mitchell over Ant any day of the week
I rather Ant
hes always been a lights out shooter did you see him in college?
Gave up on the Pistons? 😢
I’m so happy my gf said we should go to the Wolves game last night after halftime
Aye thats fire, you've got a real one haha
He’s still shooting at a crazy rate
Yes I will.
It’s gonna be a battle out the west every year with Ant Luka Shai
Anthony my DAWG mane...
I told ppl from the olympics
He worked on his jumper/3s
He’s going to come back killing.. i got him top scorer for the year
I liked his playstile more last season tbh
. . . on the other hand, he needs to improve his defense stamina - right, Kyrie?
Also these replays showing Ant carries and travels, a lot
The problem is Ant is not consistent enough to do it a majority of time. He still a kid.
There is still one meter behind missing to Stephs shouting area.
It can be frustrating watching Ant play, because he doesn't utilize his athleticism to the same extent that other athletic beasts like Prime Lebron, Prime Westbrook, Prime DRose, Giannis, and etc can/do. He still gets too cute with his layups sometimes, or just simply won't blow past a slower defender because he's too focused on pulling off a cool dribble combo.
Dude is so close to greatness it's maddening. But still I'm gonna be on the Ant train until the wheels fall off.
48.1% from 3 lol
Letting Ant play on team USA is like the Looney Tunes letting the Monstars play with them during practice. Just stole all their mojo 😂
45+ inch vertical & 45+ 3 point %
It's crazy mike still gets flack over that Lonzo video lmao
Don’t worry about being nervous good women think it’s cute.
He got his 3pt shot form from Dame. He tried Clay's, Steph's, KD's shot form, didn't work. Dame's got a pure af shot form, it looks really with Ant using it.
He can’t palm the ball, his ceiling is very limited
Anthony Edwards still has wasted movement sometimes. He'll pull of a great dribble combo to create space, but then he won't attack the lane, he'll hit a nice step back combo, but hesitate on pulling the shot, or he'll take one dribble to long before he fires off a pass to an open teammate. The dude is so fast and athletic, literally nobody in the NBA can keep up with him. I think sometimes ant surprises even himself with how much ground he can cover.
Ill keep it simple for you... the Playoffs taught him a lesson about energy/stamina... against the Nuggets he was always worn out by thr 3rd quater slashing.
He needed a solution and going on a Olympic run witg 2 of the best shooters in history and all that experience.. I GUARANTEE you they gave hin the cheatcode.
So he conserves his energy from 3 and slashing when he needs to.
The NBA have to deal with someone that Shoots like Durant has a mid/post game like Kobie/Carmelo and can slash like Vince Carter.
The guy is a defensive NIGHTMARE... and he can put the ball on the floor and cook you in an iso with setbacks and hesi's etc
The change came from kat-randle switch..i think..kat likes to take 3 so last time ant play inside..but randle didn't take much 3 so ant went outside..imho
He got a kd release and.dame foot setting killer jump jump shot
he moves liek mj
Well let's pump the bakes a little. Wolves have had the 25th hardest schedule through 9 games. So far MIN has played LAL-SAC-TOR-DAL-DEN-SAS-CHO-CHI-POR. Of those, defensive ratings re: DEN is 6, DAL is 9, LAL is 12. The rest worst.
But yeah, Ant clearly working on his game and watching the greats this summer. That's how you become one of them. And his 3PAs up to 11.7 from 6.7 last year. ASTs down to 3.6 from 5.1. And critically, his advanced stats are still trending up.
You need to throw out the lakers game! You cant go by that at all when 1 of the Twolves top 2 players was traded just before the season and they have a new core so they are just now learning how to play with each other.
You have paralysis by over analysis! Your given stats are meaningless till they have more time to play together and gel
My favorite conspiracy theory ever is that his biological dad is MJ.
It just makes sense.
Look at his eyes, and his dribble.
I want it to be true so much :D
that playstyle when driving to the basket smells like injury, but hope for the best
Is the unthinkable having more baby mamas and kids than fingers on his hands?
Human hishturee
9 games isn’t a big enough sample size. Not even close
Closest build to lebron
love how the video is 9:11 mins long
ofcourse when KAT is not there to steal 3p attempts xD
According to this video: 9 games of great 3 point shooting…real. 9 games of poor free throws…fluke
He has a sharigan! He has copied moves and perfected them.
1 luka garzas slow euro step
2 kds walk up 3 ball
3 mj layups
And now is working on stephs offball movement.
nice
Will Ja be able to keep up with him....
Dunk or 3 pointer NBA is a bit boring 😅
🐜man is good but can he lead them to a Sometimes he feels like he has to everything for them to win. Even Michael Jordan trusted his players.
Who does he remind you of....? Hmmmm....? can't put my finger on it...
But those jerseys suck, change them!
I thought Ant man stocks were down after the olympics. I thought he was a bit of a moron. Was I wrong?
Man, I can't stand this new travel/gather step rules or whatever. For me 4:26 is a travel. How are you supposed to defend it if the attacker ist allowed to just add another step?
yeah i dont really like the way it makes the game look either but the rule has been there since 2009
Step-throughs were travels before in the NBA (and the rest of the world) and still are travels in today's game using FIBA rules.
Lmao who cares about fiba
@@spol The rest of the world not named America. Congratulations to President TRUMP, by the way! God bless America.
sell out who changed their voice for money and not pistons saddddddddddd
I like your videos, matter of fact you are my fav bb content creator and I like Ant but these hyperbolic exaggerations are not necessary. minnesota lost 3 games and they are 4th seed so defo not an unstoppable force and the NBA shouldn't close down... and please don't overlook the defensive part when you analyse a player. fans ALWAYS ignore the defensive part.
I appreciate you, I understand what you're saying but I think in this case its hard not to be hyperbolic because he's literally on Steph Curry pace as a shooter which was the main thing I was talking about in this vid. I tried to balance it out by mentioning his playmaking but that's fair to mention the defensive part. Appreciate you watching!
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lmao ant sucks hes a shotchucker putting up so many bad games this season. What a regression
Blocking your channel due to ridiculous cliickbait title.
This is just a hot streak. Ant is not a player that can sustain 40+ 3 pnt% at 11 attempts a game. He will come back down and probably finish around 37% from three. This won't last. He also should incorporate more mid range jumpers in his game, it keeps the defense guessing because you now have a 3D attack. Eventually, defenses will pick up Ant's tendencies and step up to his threes. Ant lacks offensive IQ and playmaking for others.
He does shoot mid range at times, when needed. And when he's breaking a defender down etc
@Sammy-f7l He does, but not consistently. He really got away from his mid-range game after the Suns playoff series last season. From that point on, he just became 2D with bad long threes and exhausted drives to the rack. He was killing the Suns with his mid-range game, but then lost confidence in it against the Nuggets and Mavs. I love when he posts up and uses his turnaround fades.
Unless you are Jonathan Mogbo making Ant airball
Definitely not the kind of history a type of player like ANT wants to chase....at this rate he'll become a Poor man's Jayson Tatum 🤦🏻♂️💀💀💀
4.8 FTA on 67%....from a so-called Superstar??? 🤮🤮🤮
Buddy he shoots 83% at the line in the playoffs as well as last year in the regular season.
hes an 80% career free throw shooter, he just had 1 really bad game where he shot 6/12.
Casual alert. He had a carer ft percentage of 80 percent how about u do sum research
No wonder you are lone
Megastar not superstar. Only few players could even be a megastar