Only a few days removed from magnificent husband This sent Luka Dončić of the Dallas Mavericks At The Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis, the minnesota star Timberwolves, Anthony Edwards, remains shocked and perplexed that a case of this magnitude can drop.
Dončić, who will be 26 years later this month, is a first all-nba team player and scoring champion last season, among other achievements. For Edwards, he still cannot overcome the fact that the mavericks would be open to move a player at this level.
“They say that nobody knew the job. It’s crazy,” Edwards said after Minnesota’s defeat against Sacramento Kings on Monday. “At 25 (years), they probably exchanged the top scorer in the NBA. And he didn’t know it. He at 25. He just went to the final.
The reaction through the world of basketball was a mixture of anger and disbelief. Mavericks fans are thwarted by the fact that the managing director Nico Harrison believed It was a business to be made for a team of 26-24 which is eighth in the Western Conference. A few protest This move Sunday by organizing messages in funeral and spray painting directed against Harrison. Dončić’s own father criticized the organizationsaying that his son “absolutely does not deserve this”.
If a player like Dončić can be treated without any index that a job comes, who could be the next one? It was Edwards’ reaction when he joked a message to his NBA players to “be informed” of their own statutes and had a message for the director general of Timberwolves Tim Connelly.
“I’m afraid. Tim, if you want to exchange me, let me know, Dawg,” said Edwards. “When Luka was exchanged, everyone is able to be exchanged.”
Edwards, 23, is a triple All-Star and has an average of 23.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.2 assists during his five-season career with the Timberwolves. In the first year, it was a maximum extension of $ 204 million over five years which he signed in July 2023. This contract takes place during the NBA 2028-29 season.
THE 2025 NBA trade deadline is February 6 at 3 p.m. he.
