Andrea Kimi Antonelli: "And which is your favorite place to play?" Anthony Edwards: "Well, of course home or Madison Square. Madison Square, TD garden, New York, Boston, Philly, and Atlanta at home. But it's hard to play in Madison Square Garden too. Great place. It's hard to play there. You got to be ready for that. Boston is the same way New York is."
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Edwards addressed both sides of the court in his pitch to Kuminga, firstly emphasizing the defensive end, per Krawczynski. "He started with defense and saying 'Hey, if you come here, we're gonna focus on the defensive end; we're gonna be a really tough defensive team to play against with you and me and Rudy and Jaden McDaniels'."The Timberwolves superstar guard then shifted his focus to the offense,
where Kuminga felt he was not utilized enough in Golden State. "Then the second thing he told Jonathan Kuminga was, 'I know that you can cook offensively'. He had a very good playoff series against the Wolves when he was with the Warriors two years ago. He said, 'Look, if there's a matchup night where you just have the fourth-best defender on you and you can go at him, I'm gonna say go get him.' — 9/3/2026 BasketNews
NBA Trade Machine: Domantas Sabonis appeared in 4.0% of trades built on HoopsMatic over the past 24 hours. Of his trades, his most common destinations were Minnesota (15.4%), LA Clippers (11.5%), and Indiana (11.5%). The players traded for him most often were Anthony Edwards (13.5%), Darius Garland (9.6%), and Luka Doncic (7.7%). — 9/3/2026 HoopsMatic
“Ant, from what I am told, is very pleased by the Wolves’ offseason,” Windhorst said. “Going to get LaMelo (Ball), making this deal happen for (Jonathan) Kuminga,” — 9/3/2026 Hoops Rumors
Jon Krawczynski: They had to get into a bidding war, a recruiting battle with the Los Angeles Lakers for Jonathan Kuminga's services. The Lakers were offering a possible starting spot, the Wolves were offering a possible starting spot, the Lakers were offering more than $12 million per season, the Wolves could only get to six, and yet with a huge recruiting push from Marc Stad, Marc Lore, and Alex Rodriguez, and Tim Connelly, and Anthony Edwards, and a bunch of Timberwolves teammates, they were the ones that outmaneuvered the Lakers in free agency for a player both teams coveted. — 8/28/2026 YouTube
Shams Charania: In the last month, the Timberwolves persistently recruited Kuminga, offering their best financial tool in the taxpayer mid-level exception plus a large on-court opportunity. Edwards was a major part of the full-court recruiting press to sign Kuminga while president Tim Connelly traveled to Miami for a four-hour in-person meeting with Kuminga earlier this month along with productive conversations between the wing and coach Chris Finch. — 8/26/2026 x.com
Shams Charania: BREAKING: Jonathan Kuminga has agreed to a two-year, $13 million deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves, plus a player option, agent Aaron Turner tells ESPN. Kuminga will be a starter alongside Anthony Edwards, LaMelo Ball, Jaden McDaniels and Rudy Gobert on the West contender. — 8/26/2026 x.com
Michael Scotto: Jonathan Kuminga chose the Timberwolves because he felt it was the best basketball fit and gives him a chance to start at power forward for a contender. Wolves stars Anthony Edwards and LaMelo Ball, executive Tim Connelly, and owner Alex Rodriguez all actively recruited Kuminga. — 8/26/2026 x.com
The newest edition of the Anthony Edwards 2 -- the Magpakitang Gilas -- was created exclusively for the Philippine market, while its companion, the Believe That. 1 Tibay Ng Lahi, completes a two-shoe pack that was designed around Filipino basketball and culture. For Melvin Rodas, the Filipino designer behind both shoes, the goal was never to create two separate Philippine colorways. He wanted the shoes to feel like they belonged together, each carrying a different piece of the same story. "I wanted it to be as a pack," Rodas told ESPN. — 8/21/2026 ESPN
In addition to child support, the judge ordered Anthony to take out a life insurance policy worth around $2.6 million with Alexandria named as the primary beneficiary... and pay Alexandria's legal fees totaling more than $21K. Alexandria and Anthony share a son named Amir, born in 2023. The docs note Anthony admitted under oath that he never met his son in person and is not seeking to have any parenting time with the kid. — 8/20/2026 TMZ.com
NBA star Anthony Edwards is now on the hook for $14K a month in child support to his ex, Alexandria Descroches, and the money is for a kid he claims he's never even met. According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, the amount was determined based on the Minnesota Timberwolves guard's monthly income of nearly $4.8 million ... and the figure represents a massive increase over the baseline amount of around $3,200 per month. Alexandria was asking for a higher amount in child support. — 8/20/2026 TMZ.com
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