Wolves vs. Suns: The Most Impressive Thing About Anthony Edwards | JJ Redick & Tim Legler
2024 ж. 25 Сәу.
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In this clip, JJ Redick and ESPN's Tim Legler discuss how Anthony Edwards' leadership is the most impressive thing that has stood out about him as a young star in the Minnesota Timberwolves first round NBA playoff series against the Phoenix Suns.
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Wolves basically have an early 2000s playoff team in this Era. 2 True Bigs. True SG star. Elite wing defender. Point guard
They have a deeeep bench as well.
That's why I say people been sleeping on the Wolves. Cuz we know this type of team wins rings already
We want our lick back from 2004
But KAT is the most efficient 3 point shooting big in league history, isn’t he? That changes things HUGELY
Yep. That simple
For me it’s Ant’s leadership his personality is so infectious he got that it factor
He reminds me of prime DWade.
At age 22 he’s propelled his team to championship contenders. Greatness.
@@r000ty thats the best comp, coming from someone whos watched every game of his as a pro. Young DWade with more range.
@@r000ty shewayne can't shoot ants way more talented. Baby mj
@@andyj952terrible comp iggy and wade said ants more talented this is old news if u kno
This is how you know no one from the national media has watched more than 1 wolves game before the playoffs
FR bro at least folks have to finally watch us cause we're playing KD and Booker lol
remember when everyone had high hopes for the Suns..? lol now they are eating their tongue
As a Celtics fan, I’ve been bringing you guys up as finals contenders all year and people have been looking at me like I have 2 heads 😂😂😂 Elite defense and a team loaded with dawgs who could take over at any moment. Casuals are shocked that Jaden McDaniels is a good defender all of a sudden lmao
5:33 watch video please
@@shiningwizard202I’ve been wanting a Wolves vs. Celtics finals all year. That would be wild.
The way Ant was passing and playmaking was almost mind-blowing considering how he normally goes for his shots
Lmaooooooo what ? Man made regular passes
@@Jaywon977 If Jaden didnt have the game he did, i feel like Ant would have had 20-25 points in that game because he would have tried to bully some more shots. But he saw his teammates and Conley cooking, so he did his job on defense practically all night long, and also using his ability to gravitate the defense to get off the ball to find open looks. A selfish elite young player may have just started jacking up shots when they didnt need to in a game like that. And Ant has continously improved throughout the years and namely these past couple weeks of the regular season to get that experience of what he was doing in game 2. He's got that dog in him
He plays right - they believe in team, effort, the night.
@@Jaywon977 you aint watching if you think it's regular passes, he has improved dramatically with passing out of double/trip coverage. That coverage used to fluster him at times and now, his playmaking skills are evolving in real time. Tune in and watch, he was already doing everything else which is scary.
Put some real pressure on him first. All we seen is him get sent home in playoffs. Hasn't done anything significant.
As a longtime Wolves fan, this upcoming Wolves Nuggets series is the best series of my lifetime. Will be paying to watch every game (don't have cable atm), something I've never done before once.
You dnt have to pay go google and search stream east and you can watch all games free
Don’t pay man. Look up buff streams or stream east. Can catch every game just delayed by a few seconds live. When you first click the game link it’ll open new tabs with ads, just keep going back to the main stream page and clicking play until it stops trying to open an ad
Watch on crack streams
@travispaquin95 On Crack streams? I'll try finding that. Thanks man I've been trying to find how to watch without spending.
“Probably didn’t give them enough credit throughout the regular season as a legitimate threat” you and every one else Tim
To be fair as a life long since the 90s fan of the wolves I had zero idea how we were going to play against the suns. If we lose to the nugs in 6 or 7 I’ll still be very happy with the season but I honestly don’t see how any team is a lock to beat us in a 7 game series either.
Playoffs are there to get a truthful test on a team. Regular season matters but only goes so far.
Love Ant attitude different than Ja flash cockyness
Jah is on another level
Rent free like a mfer 😂 📞 12
@@marshallkohlhaas80 yeah, a lower one
@@eazydp In 2-3 years it will be Anthony Edwards tier and then everyone else. Feeling blessed. Long suffering day 1 wolves fan here.
@@marshallkohlhaas80same level but Ja can’t shoot
I'm just dying for that Wolves Nuggets rematch. AWWWWWWWOOOOOOO
this time we bring a fully healthy Rudy and Jaden and Naz to the party...could be an epic all timer series.
It's going to be awesome. Wolves are so big and long when fully healthy. I think they are the toughest matchup for the Nuggets in the whole league.
Nuggets gonna lose to the lakers
@@edwinpaduafontan4036 its possible.
@@edwinpaduafontan4036keep lying to yourself
Ant has that Jordan swag somehow, It's gonna be scary when he reaches his prime
“Somehow”… 🤔
He's past his prime
He does, he doesn't just want to win, he has that fire to prove every night that he can destroy any team they put in front of the Wolves.
@@troll-fx2zc what?
Getting ahead of ourselves, are we??
I don’t know why people are so shocked about Jaden McDaniels. Dude has BEEN a dawg. Rudy is an elite defender for sure but Jaden is the glue that keeps their defense consistent. Glad the casuals are catching up. Cheers Wolves fans!
They got KD but we go Jaden McDaniels😤🔥
A fully realized Jaden, is gonna be soooo dangerous. He just needs that confidence. We all see what he is capable of. He might not get all the opportunities right now in this offense with what the team is trying to do, but crash those boards, get those put backs. I have no concerns on his want-to because of what he does night in and night out defensively. Its just that consistency.
I am looking forward to when Jaden's BB IQ, experience, and maturity catches up with his body, skill set, and competiveness. He will be more than a menace!
It's interesting watching everyone catch up to how good the Wolves are in real time.
Great segment! As a wolves fan, I love to hear this. Seems like everything I've heard from national media is Sun's focused. "Suns are down 0-2" whole segment is about how the suns team isn't constructed correctly, or KD just isn't trying hard enough, Suns don't have a deep enough bench, etc. Maybe one comment about how the Wolves are playing well and the rest is just focused on what the suns are doing and what they need to do. Thanks for taking the time to talk about the Wolves in some more depth, and sorry about complaining.
No you are just keeping it real
You're spot on. The mainstream media focuses on higher market teams too much. To the point people are totally ignorant of low market teams.
You're right. Mainstream media, and even people on YT, focus way too much on high market teams. To the point most fans are totally ignorant of low market teams outside of their home state.
JJ is awesome man. I’m always on the hunt for any and all the Wolves content I can get. I’ve been annoyed lately. That’s because. We live in a world where they’d rather tear someone down (Suns) than build someone up (Wolves). All the headlines the last couple days are about the Suns or KD and how they are failing. Not how the Wolves are having a statement year from start to finish and a team to be worried about. Half the people claiming the wolves are the real deal, ain’t even really watching the games. Stephen A is out here trying to hold Grayson Allen accountable. 😭 Rob Parker and Chris Broussard think Jaden McDaniels is a no name role player. Just pitiful how casual these so called “experts” are. Y’all should know who NAW is but most don’t. The Wolves winning it all would NOT be a surprise to us Wolves fans that have been watching all year. They flipped a switch in that Nugs series last year and have only gotten scarier with Naz and Jaden healthy for the playoffs. We are the deepest team in the league. Nobody else has a guy like NAW or NAZ coming off their bench. The Celtics better pray we don’t come out the west cause we would be 2-0 against them if not for a snowstorm that cause travel issues on a B2B and were still up 20 at TD Graden while short handed. Ant Jaden and NAW will make life hell for Tatum and Brown if they get the chance.
I'm with you on all this 100%
Ive started to tell myself, if they dont mention NAW, they dont know really what they are talking about, they havent been paying attention.
💯
Excellent comment. My thoughts exactly, as a longtime Wolves fan. (Except you said it better) haha
This 2 are great together!
JJ + Krueger >
It’s so obvious the bias towards the suns and the expectation for them to be great while the Wolves have looked like this all season and it’s still surprising to these guys. Wolves BACK!
This defense is incredible to watch
Yea cause they get to play physical and the suns don’t
@@Jaywon977 Suns don’t even try to play defense they are just flopping everywhere
@@ndmaynard227 na you definitely right ,, Kd literally the only one play defense and he either guarding the big man or the best player , and getting guarded by the best player or double team ,
Ant is the leader at age 22 he is vocal and lead by example
Ant is a Super Saiyan
I agree
Next year he goes to Supa Saiyan God then his prime will Be Ultra Instinct!
Also massive shoutout to Nickeil Alexander Walker, has turned into a massive 3 & D rotation guy for the wolves, super fun team to watch! Went to my first NBA game ever for Game 2 and was amazing.. 🔥
If I was a Minnesota fan I would be frustrated, everybody is saying “phoenix isn’t good enough” HEY MAYBE MINNESOTA IS JUST THAT GOOD DAMIT
he's a PO performer; GOAT material
Timberwolves are the only team playing baskteball. It's incredible watching elite defense and the way they just grind down opponents.
Tim Legler is so great! Love these 2 guys together, great dialog!
I see a lot of folks saying things like "Ant is going to be special!" Well I gotta say! That motherfucker IS special! If, and that is ALWAYS the IF, he remains healthy and under contract in MN, Anthony Edwards will go down in Wolves history higher than The Big Ticket. Mark my words. 22 years young, if I'm not mistaken, and already this confident? Good Lord, watch out League, this mans prime is going to be something to behold! I honestly haven't even come to grips with the fact that this is real. Being a life long Wolves fan has had its ups and downs but man I've NEVER been this excited for our present and future! Go Timber Puppies!!!
Good to see KAT in a scenario better suited for him. He can be a really good secondary player, but he's not a leader. I dont say that as a knock against him, hes just a perfect robin to Ant and vice versa.
I just see a glimpse of Michael Jordan in ANT. There is a very long way to go to even get close to MJ’s achievements but there is something I’m telling you.
Tell that to your optometrist and he will tell you to get stronger presciption
@@pangoolal7512 MJ is my optometrist. He said “That brother is special” 😬
Visiting after the Wolves sweep. Massive shoutout to them, lost all games in the regular season and antman not really scoring, Booker probably chirpin before the series started. Just proves that being 10 players deep and knowing your role can be more than just having a big 3. And antmans probably looking like Big Me.
Its awesome to see what ant is doing after the concerns about his commitment coming out of the draft
We transitioned from a grit and grind era to pace and space and with that defense tends to lack at times. This Timberwolves team is showing how impactful defense can be even when your offense isn't always clicking. It's amazing to watch.
I did! My cousin played with him at Georgia , all he headed was guidance from a man ! Seems like he got that part , someone positive is in his ear. And I love to see it! Him and SGA are some dawgs, in every letter of the word!
To add. I think, what kind of goes unsaid, is him just overall being a great teammate himself, is he has had some huge veteran leadership coming from the PG position in his ear since he got to MN. Rubio i think was huge as Ant was a rookie. Both lost their mom's, Kat lost his mom, etc. Then honestly Dlo, also Beverly for that dawg mentality, and very importantly this last season and a half Mike Conley. Who was a premiere NBA player in his Grizzly days. And then just good hungry grinders like Naz and Jaden. Kind of had a close proximity to a lot of great people. You hear Ant in interviews, and literally deflects all praise to his teammates in ways that seem super sincere, and super honest. Its honestly quite insane how consistent this aspect of him is.
JJ and Legs is the best.
I don’t understand when people say “defense is boring”. It’s something pure about elite defense with lateral quickness movement, strength, rebounding, and IQ. You can’t win a championship without it.
MIN looks mighty impressive. It's almost as if they purposely fooled the Suns in regular season, made them believe they had their number, and now are coming back with a vengeance. It's brilliant if that's what happened. 😅😂😂😂
Ants leadership has always been there. His teammates always said so, he was always their biggest hype man, and they credit him for the confidence they have
dude, thats the best way to put it how he always puts his teammates in super high regards, consistently, and most importantly genuinely.
Make-up: „How much bronzer do you want?“ Tim Legler: „yes“
Don't mock Freddy Kruegs. He will come for you
the wolves just want it more. eric gordon doesn't even heave it at the buzzer and mike conley goes horizontal to save a loose ball.
Love when you have Tim Legner on!
I wonder what will happen to the podcast if JJ gets the Hornets job
He should NOT instead
@@SKIDSnSTUFF From what I've read, he's a "serious" frontrunner for the job & the team is considering hiring him
@@TheCinemaSimpeltonJj will become a basketball legend if he fixes the hornets oml🙏
@@2phonebabykeem913 The only thing that will fix the team is LaMelo becoming healthy
Nice
NBA don't want to admit it, but the Wolves era is starting.
Wolves just gaining strength as the game progresses and throttling opponents like a giant anaconda has been a thing all season long. Great defense is *fantastic* to watch, but takes so much teamwide commitment to bring it every night.
its almost like, it takes them a half to get a feel for what the opponent is doing, and then lock it down in the second half. And because all these great teams are older, they are exhausted by end of 3rd quarters. Seen it so many times, and the clippers games this year seem to be where you can really see it. Suns are almost like, these actions arent working, we are tired, so we gonna try a lot more iso ball because we dont know what to do.
We've been like this all season
He's coachable. His growth this year in adjusting to double and triple teams is commendable. He seldom dribbles into danger anymore (HEAR THAT KAT?) He has numerous games of 15+ combined rebounds/assists/steals/blocks. That's where he needs to be ( GOT THAT KAT?). They win when he hits 15+ combined even if his shots aren't falling He gets it. GOT THAT KAT?
He is the one
I think ant started to changed his mindset right after that USA team he was task to be a 6th man when he was supposed to be a starting 5. He really prove that he was better than just another 6th man
After Heat won against Celtics yesterday, I don't see Celtics winning the chip. MIN or Denver champs 2024. 🎉🔥
Yeah, Cleveland will give Boston a tough series. I don't see NYK, MIL or Indiana beating Boston though
@@mikhailmemedovich122 well, I don't really see anyone beating them in the East because they're so stacked, but that loss against Heat was really embarrassing. Therefore, I don't really think they'll win against MIN or Denver, both teams are just really focused and will punish their every mistake.
Boston is a soft team mentally. They’re as talented as they get but when push comes to shove the fold like lawn chairs
@@daurycetaylor112 agreed!
@@dvdv8197 yeah I think whoever makes it out of the West will be a lot more tested than Boston and may have the edge. But this is the Celtics year to win it, otherwise its a huge disappointment. They also have the easiest road to the finals.
Sponsored by BMW I see you JJ! 💰🏎️
What a turnaround from the Suns being the worst matchup for the Wolves.
Wolves are the only team who can honestly have a shot at Denver.
Lmao suns are actually they showed you that last year lmao and wolves not getting pass the suns
@@Jaywon977surely this won’t age like milk
@@Jaywon977 I can understand this comment before the series started, but now... This is what living in delusion looks like.
@@Jaywon977 Last year's suns are a completely different ran team. I have never seen a more inconsistent NBA team since Durant's Brooklyn years. and god knows how long before that.
Jaywon just a troll or a half-wit?
Ant & the T'Wolves vs Ja & the Grizzlies next season gon' be 🔥👀
Tim should get a chance to coach in the nba
If the wolves get to the finals, that Gobert trade will go from being one of the worst to one of the best 😂. ain’t life wild
He’s the alpha no doubt AE going be special
Well, this aged REALLY well!!!
Tim is THAT DOG! 😎
It was so weird to see that the odds were in favor of the Suns for Game 3. It’s people never watched Games 1 or 2. Suns just do not have a well rounded roster at all.
This is what happened to the Nets when they had KD, Kyrie and Harden, if you have 3 star players that play iso and are purely offensive players, there's no way to win, you need somebody to play like an actual pg to create the situations were these scorers can shine, so far they only seem to take turns to just dribble and shoot the ball
Looks like Legs was spot on 2:20
Ant is the new MJ-Koby
What's up with Leg's eyebrows?
Butterflies ARE real
Great analysis
come coach the lakers next year pls 🙏🏼
He's Neo from the Matrix and he knows Kung Fu now.
"He's starting to believe" - Mike 'Morphius' Conley
@@kbrewers the Minnesota Morphius I love it! Make no mistake having that pro's pro vet pg has alot to do with the leaps Ant has taken.
@@charleybarley914 Thinking that Mike still has his Memphis Mike in his bag at times when we need it. Is awesome to see with him at 36 years old. He is such a good mind to be in his ear. its all coming together.
@@kbrewers Ant's gonna def mention Bite Bite in his HOF speech
@@charleybarley914 that would be such a call back when that happens in 20 years.
Tim Legler is absolutely right.
How is this any bit surprising Minnesota is a juggernaut with the best defense the best single player the best defensive player and the best six man are the best 7 point shooter have you guys not been watching the Timberwolves this season😂
I love the Wolves but Jokic is better than Ant. Not by a lot, and Ant is coming for his MVPs, but Jokic is in his prime. Wolves are the better team tho
"Suns and Phoenix series"? Folks can't even say our team's name. That's how badly we're dismissed in the minds of talking heads
who is Phoenix playing again??
Glad I wasn't the only one who caught that. FFS JJ!!
@@therealjuice4725The Suns?
A lot of us expected this from ant and I’m not even a wolves fan
Does Bradley need to come off the bench?
Timberwolves are built for the Nuggets. That's going to be an amazing western semifinal
I expected better jj. Ant proved himself against Memphis in the 2022 playoffs
Sorry I did not watch any Wolves games before the playoffs, but damn Ant is good. I thought he would be good next year but damn he took that Shai step sooner. My bestfriend, who hasn't watched NBA games in 2 years, texted me like 2 days ago saying Ant is his favourite new gen player😁
Whoever wins the MN and Denver series will win the championship
Wow. Finally someone else besides me that has this mentally weak and getting burned out the longer the games go on take. Good job bruh.
i have the take where this defense makes these old player led teams fucken exhausted by the mid 3rd quarter. We dont always agree on everything waldo, but dang what a series for how we thought this one could be after going 0-3 in reg season.
Pendulum swung to the younger players right in front of everybody's eyes... (W) OKC, Minnesota, Denver... (E) Boston, NY, Cleveland..... Who's going to rule the 2024 all the way to 2010 ?
Funny how being part of team usa, makes great players, into hof. Something about learning team success over individual stats and defence, or just opposite the nba regular season. And playoffs are just as cringed like college kids learning there roles all over again,
Someone should get into a bet with Legler that stipulates if he loses, then he has to show up on air in a Phoenix Suns T-shirt. (He has been ripping them a new one for weeks. I mean really ripping them! Hard!)
Ant became a leader before KD
Way to show you literally dont watch basketball outside of the national games/coast teams. Youd know this if you watched any 3 game span this season
leredick where you at with the lakers being down 3-0
Ant with 5 rebounds. 8 assists. 3 steals. 1 block. And great defense played all game in game 2. Who cares if you are 3 for 12. Bad shooting nights happen. And happen often to all players in the nba. If that is your idea of a bad game then you need to stop watching basketball and grow up and go learn life.
Agree, im sure kobe had numerous games shooting a low percentage and scoring under 20. I guess he was a bum his whole career too.
Everyone knows Ant is Him but how tf Rudy Gobert voted most overrated? You really know players have an innate hatred over foreigners
Gobert is a lock down defender that's crazy they rate him most overrated.
Suns and Phoenix series
They’re knocking out the nuggets maybe 5 or 6
Wolves got a big shot
Disappointing to this point for my Suns. However series not over yet! Suns at home now. And one more thing the Wolves are not making the finals against anybody lol 😮
Legs is a moron for saying this is a nightmare matchup for PHX… wolves fans said it was a nightmare to play PHX when the series started
They got swept so it was a nightmare
Yeah and by this comment, they were already up 3-0 (Minnesota) so you must’ve not been watching and just hoped on here to call that man out of his name
@@matthewharris9580 you didn’t watch bud Minnesota went 0-3 in reg szn vs phx and the media then switched and called it a bad matchup for phx once they started to lose
The only thing impressive about the wolves/suns matchup is how absolutely awful the suns ha e been. The coaches and players are either not willing to adjust or they just have no answer. Im pretty sure book is trying to get vogel fired.
We feel like we haven't gotten enough recognition this year, yes, but we understand: why would anyone take a franchise with our trash history seriously until it's really obvious?- Wolves Fan, St. Paul MN
I think we do mostly understand, but we were just hoping that, hey just check how this team is playing. See the pieces from the bench. Stop giving Denver the ultimate safetly blanket. Stop always defending the bad teams in the league (GS, Lakers primarily) and see what the new teams are bringing in. OKC has been in the same bucket all year, and all 3 midwest div teams have been flirting with the #1 seed all year
We gotta prove ourselves, but, at the same time, it's BS for mainstream media to focus on high market teams all the time.
@@lightbeforethetunnel ya the constant barrage of Lakers, Golden State, bottom bracket teams like they were the favorites was incredibly annoying. Like are we doing actual reporting or just want the cash?
It's just so funny how Legler and these other "talking head clowns" are able to turn on a dime and act like they weren't saying, before the series started, that the Suns were the absolute WORST match-up (based on the regular season) for the Wolves....smh Now he's all bought in and "growing to love the Wolves more and more every game"...well, gee, Legs....Welcome to the party, pal.
Legler literally chose Wolves in 6...
I’ve watched the wolves all season and I thought this was the worst possible matchup I’m also not going to overreact to the first 2 games. Still 2 more wins to go
Lmao it’s funny you think the series is over lmao
@@Jaywon977 Pacific Division is so freaking weak.
@@Jaywon977 Can I think it now? Let me know. Do t want to disappoint anyone.
Tim Legler has been very bitter when it comes to the Suns for a long time lol maybe it's personal or something happened to him when he played for them.
Beal is softminded but acts tough, Jefferson commentated it right: if youre gonna go at Ant like that, do it all the way the whole time, not just once for 80%. That was a joke and just gave him more confidence. KD and Book were nowhere to be found. Especially Book. They completely forgot everything that made the team great the whole year. Soft. As soon as it goes tough they bow their heads. Thats never in my life a real contender. Switching teams. And done with KD, how many excuses can you still have? In the end Chuck was right: you need leaders. And now hes on a team where everyone looks around for a leader and Beal is the best leader? No way. No freaking way you getting out the 1st round.
Suns get swept have to break this team up and fire Vogel
Legler got hella makeup on
Timmy, welcome to the wolf pack brother 🐺🌲🐺🌲🐺🌲🐺🌲🐺🌲
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The suns can’t win because they don’t have no point guard and you’re playing with three players that are used to have the ball in their hands 70% of the time that’s why the perfect fit for Bradleyville would’ve been the Pacers and they would’ve got a point guard and KD and Devin Booker were doing just fine
Phoenix plays like an AAU team. They have no offensive game plan. The Wolves are a much much better team.
KD = Clyde Drexler
Kd the 7 most points scored , a mvp , 2 x final mvp 4 time scoring title would’ve been 5 but he got hurt that season .. most points in the Olympics ,, most gold medals would’ve been 3 rings if he ain’t get hurt in gs and maybe 4 if his toe or Kyrie don’t get hurt against bucks .. we talking about the greatest scorer ever lmao 7 foot and been in 50/40/90 season multiple times .. best player on the best team in history lmao BE FR
Y’all got to stop glazing 😂 he only had like 15 points last game
i believe you missed the conversation.
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"They're growing on me every single night " LEGLER Tim. Pause man 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Kids really say pause to anything, truly sad.
@@Creaky_ I'm not a kid, but I Agree. But you can't say that ain't funny haha
@@CaioSantos-ly4ll its not funny