How Anthony Edwards can best improve his game
How Anthony Edwards can best improve his game | The Kevin O'Connor Show
Yahoo Sports senior NBA analyst Kevin O'Connor is joined by Andrew Sharp to discuss the Timberwolves guard's performance in the Western Conference Finals and what he needs to work on this offseason. Hear the full conversation on 'The Kevin O'Connor Show' and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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With Ant, to me that's like we saw him grow, but I think with him you call him like a a a new age James Harden like style with the shooting during the regular season and all that.
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He also is sometimes with just the way he stands around.
That's what would freak me out.
Yeah, I mean that, that happened a little bit in last year's Western Conference Finals and it's happened a couple times in the playoffs where I'll be watching the Wolves and I'm like.
What is the deal here?
Is this like a feel out game?
Like, are you gonna start attacking?
Because good things happen when Ant forces his way into the lane and forces the defense to collapse.
Like the Wolves were getting good offense out of that.
And so that's what needs to be a point of.
Emphasis going forward.
It is actually OK to mix in some pull-up 14 footers here and there because going back to Harden, Harden had those shots completely programmed out of him, and that really hurt him come playoff time.
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And so, and, 23 years old, plenty of time, but that's definitely an area I would look at going forward.
This series is over, like Minnesota's not gonna have a 3-1 comeback against OKC and this offseason needs to take two things.
Hey, I need to learn to enjoy playmaking.
He he needs to get better as a passer.
He needs to not get disengaged when he's not scoring.
He needs to find satisfaction in passing, but almost more importantly, I think, embrace playing off ball.
He doesn't take enough catch and shoot 3s.
105 on dribble jumper threes in game 40 for 1 on a heap.
Only one catch and shoot 3 point attempt for a guy who's made 52.9% of his catch and shoot 3s in the playoffs.
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So this guy who is in a The shooter doesn't get enough easy shots off the catch because he's not moving and relocating off ball, he's not getting himself in a position for those shots.
And also, it's not just shooting.
The last time he scored on a cut to the rim was game 3 against the Warriors.
Oh, like, come on, you're, you're an all-world athlete, you can finish lobs, you can, you're so explosive on your first step with with or without the ball in your hands.
Cut to the rim, man, like he's too good to, to not be doing that, and I think those are the two things he's really gonna take from this year's playoffs, like last year, he improved as a shooter.
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