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Anthony Edwards
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Key facts
- Position
- Shooting guard
- League
- NBA
- Born
- ( 2001-08-05 ) August 5, 2001 (age 24) , Atlanta , Georgia, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
- Listed weight
- 225 lb (102 kg)
- High school
- Daniel McLaughlin Therrell (Atlanta, Georgia) Holy Spirit Prep (Atlanta, Georgia)
- College
- Georgia (2019–2020)
- Nba draft
- 2020 : 1st round, 1st overall pick
- Drafted by
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- Playing career
- 2020–present
- 2020 present
- Minnesota Timberwolves
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anthony
- Family name
- Edwards
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Atlanta
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Educated at
- University of Georgia
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- Position played
- shooting guard
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 102
- Image
- Anthony Edwards Georgia (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 1.97
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- date of birth
- 2001-08-05
- drafted by
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- Commons category
- Anthony Edwards (basketball)
- name in native language
- Anthony Edwards
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Encyclopedic overview
Anthony DeVante Edwards (born August 5, 2001), nicknamed "Ant-Man" or simply "Ant", is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A shooting guard, Edwards played college basketball for the Georgia Bulldogs and was selected with the first overall pick by the Timberwolves in the 2020 NBA draft. He is a four-time NBA All-Star, a two-time All-NBA Second Team selection, and won a gold medal on the 2024 U.S. Olympic team.
Edwards finished his high school career at Holy Spirit Preparatory School in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, where he was rated a consensus five-star recruit and one of the best players in the 2019 class by major recruiting services. As a senior, he earned McDonald's All-American and USA Today All-USA first team honors. He committed to play college basketball for Georgia, becoming the highest-rated recruit to do so, and was named SEC Freshman of the Year after his freshman season with the team.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anthony Edwards” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.