{"id":109697,"date":"2025-08-31T12:05:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T12:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/109697\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T12:05:06","slug":"anthony-edwards-can-unquestionably-shake-up-the-mvp-race-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/109697\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Edwards can unquestionably shake up the MVP race this season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anthony Edwards has become a bona fide superstar over the past few years. In the past two seasons, the Minnesota Timberwolves guard has finished seventh in MVP voting and made All-NBA second team. However, entering his age-24 season, it’s clear Edwards can make another leap. <\/p>\n

Seemingly, every year, Edwards adds something to his game. Last season, we saw Edwards miraculously become one of the NBA’s best shooters<\/a>, netting the league’s most triples. Playmaking is a clear area of growth for Edwards<\/a> this season. With that in mind and a possible jump in the standings for the Wolves, Edwards can unquestionably become a legitimate MVP candidate. <\/p>\n

Edwards is primed to improve as a playmaker <\/p>\n

As discussed earlier, Edwards feels poised to improve his playmaking this season. Last season, the Georgia product averaged 4.5 assists and 3.2 turnovers. However, he showed flashes of improvement as a playmaker, including averaging 5.5 assists in the playoffs. As Edwards ages and gets more comfortable handling double teams, a playmaking jump is likely. With growth as a playmaker, Edwards could become a legit top-three offensive player in the league. <\/p>\n

Undoubtedly, this could lead to a first-team All-NBA appearance<\/a> and possibly even more. In my eyes, Edwards is a clear dark horse in MVP talks. Edwards currently has the fifth shortest odds at +1000, but he could certainly shake things up in the MVP race. <\/p>\n

Team success will play a big role in Edwards’ MVP case<\/p>\n

Fair or not, team success plays a significant role in MVP voting. So even if Edwards takes a jump as a playmaker and remains an elite scorer, it’s not guaranteed that he will be top-three in MVP voting. Without a doubt, it must be connected with team success. After seeing the Wolves make another conference finals run and finishing the season with a 16-4 record, this feels likely. <\/p>\n

Even though the Wolves were a No. 3 seed back in the 2023-24 season, Edwards’ MVP case was somewhat hindered by the surrounding talent of his team. If the Wolves are a top-three seed in an improved Western Conference, Edwards will largely be credited for this jump, as they were the No. 6 seed last season. <\/p>\n

Currently, the Oklahoma City Thunder, Denver Nuggets, and Houston Rockets are considered the favorites for the top three seeds. If the Wolves can crack this top three, it’s not far-fetched to say that Edwards will have a legit MVP case. <\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly, the last two MVPs, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (+250) and Nikola Joki\u0107 (+200), are currently the odds-on favorites. However, voter fatigue could be a factor, opening the door for Ant to be a true MVP candidate. Giannis Antetokounmpo has the third-shortest odds, but his lack of team success could hurt him. Luka Don\u010di\u0107 is slightly ahead of Edwards in MVP odds. Still, if the Wolves have a better record than the Los Angeles Lakers (which feels likely), Edwards will undoubtedly have a stronger case than Luka.<\/p>\n

While a few things will need to fall into place for Edwards and the Timberwolves, he certainly has a path to make an MVP push and perhaps even win the award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthony Edwards has become a bona fide superstar over the past few years. In the past two seasons,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-109697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}