{"id":69013,"date":"2024-03-19T11:44:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T15:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=69013"},"modified":"2024-03-19T11:46:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T15:46:45","slug":"anthony-edwards-team-usa-plan-for-the-2024-olympics-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/03\/19\/anthony-edwards-team-usa-plan-for-the-2024-olympics-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Edwards&#8217; Team USA Plan for the 2024 Olympics Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/e\/edwaran01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anthony Edwards<\/a> has big plans for the 2024 Paris Olympics, as reported by Shams Charania on FanDuel TV&#8217;s &#8220;Run It Back&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Minnesota Timberwolves guard&#8217;s aim is to not only be a part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/02\/29\/notable-names-said-to-be-locks-for-usa-olympics-basketball\/\" target=\"_self\">acclaimed roster<\/a>, but to lock down a starting role at the tournament.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;He&#8217;s someone that&#8217;s been described to me as someone who will be on the 2024 USA Basketball Olympic team in Paris&#8230;I&#8217;m told Anthony Edwards fully wants to go to and compete to start on this team. The competitiveness, the spirit, that Anthony Edwards brings night to night is truly something special.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Anthony Edwards\u2019 Team USA Plan for the 2024 Olympics Revealed<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Anthony Edwards is aiming to start on Team USA, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ShamsCharania<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is someone that&#8217;s been described to me as a guy that will be on the 2024 USA Basketball Olympic team in Paris&#8230;I&#8217;m told Anthony Edwards fully wants to go and compete to start on this team.&#8221;\ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>(Via\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gddsqM96lB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/gddsqM96lB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDunkCentral\/status\/1770092647513821586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Anthony Edwards at the World Cup for Team USA<\/h3>\n<p>Edwards was perhaps the star player of the infamous USA World Cup team in 2023. Despite being a heavy favorite to win the tournament, Edwards and the USA came up remarkably short, losing in the semifinals to Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the World Cup, Edwards averaged 18.9 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.2 assists throughout eight games.<\/p>\n<h3>Anthony Edwards in 2023-24<\/h3>\n<p>Edwards is in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2023\/11\/22\/anthony-edwards-special\/\" target=\"_self\">midst of yet another impressive NBA campaign<\/a>, with his Minnesota squad entrenched as one of the challengers for the top seed in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n<p>The fourth-year guard out of Georgia is averaging 26.6 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 5.1 assists. His shooting numbers have improved with every season he&#8217;s played, and this year is no different. The 22 year-old is shooting 46.7% from the field, while connecting on 37% of his three-point attempts. He was named to his second successive <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/02\/19\/how-to-fix-nba-all-star-weekend\/\" target=\"_self\">NBA All-Star<\/a> team in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards&#8217; highlight dunks reel is already on par with some of the league&#8217;s best. Just last night, Edwards put the NBA world on notice with perhaps the dunk of the year. During Minnesota&#8217;s 119-100 victory over the Utah Jazz, Edwards soared to put <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/collijo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Collins<\/a> on a vicious poster.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ANT OH MY <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Oy695IZ4KB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Oy695IZ4KB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDunkCentral\/status\/1769914487631487052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Edwards finished the game with 31 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists.<\/p>\n<h3>Timberwolves Fighting for Top Seed<\/h3>\n<p>The Timberwolves previously held the #1 seed in the West for the majority of the season. Various factors have led to them slipping down to second in the conference for the time being.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Timberwolves All-Star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/townska01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Karl-Anthony Towns<\/a> suffered a left knee lateral meniscus tear, and is <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/03\/07\/nba-news-minnesota-timberwolves-star-suffers-devastating-injury\/\" target=\"_self\">likely set to miss the rest of the regular season<\/a>. The Timberwolves released a statement last week regarding the former Kentucky star&#8217;s injury, communicating that Towns &#8220;will be re-evaluated in four weeks and further updates on his progress will be provided when available&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota is 0.5 games back of the first-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder, led by MVP frontrunner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gilgesh01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Timberwolves host a crucial matchup against the Denver Nuggets tonight. Both teams share identical records, with Edwards and the Timberwolves holding a 1-0 season series lead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Edwards has big plans for the 2024 Paris Olympics, as reported by Shams Charania on FanDuel TV&#8217;s &#8220;Run It Back&#8221;. The Minnesota Timberwolves guard&#8217;s aim is to not only be a part of the acclaimed roster, but to lock down a starting role at the tournament. &#8220;He&#8217;s someone that&#8217;s been described to me as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4773,"featured_media":69025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,1608,2,21,3],"tags":[2109,214,202,1052,2081],"class_list":["post-69013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","category-basketball","category-featured","category-timberwolves","category-news","tag-anthony-edwards","tag-minnesota-timberwolves","tag-nba-news","tag-olympics","tag-team-usa"],"modified_by":"Adam Echchaibi","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4773"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}