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The Minnesota Timberwolves have plenty of reason for optimism coming into the 2026-27 season due to their new backcourt of LaMelo Ball and Anthony Edwards. Edwards is a rising star and arguably the best shooting guard in the NBA, and pairing him alongside an exciting young point guard like Ball has the potential to produce plenty of highlight plays. And for Timberwolves coach Chris Finch, he wants his star guards to be on the court together as much as possible, as per Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic.
“If you look at the shots Ant was able to make last night, they were all super easy,” Finch said. “A lot of them were generated through LaMelo’s playmaking.”
In recent seasons, Anthony Edwards has taken on more of a point guard role for the Timberwolves, but with LaMelo Ball in tow, Edwards can play more of his natural two-guard position and allow Ball to be the primary ball-handler. And as Chris Finch mentioned, it helps the Timberwolves’ offense when Ball is able to generate easy shots for Edwards.
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The No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft, Edwards has become the Timberwolves’ franchise player. This past season, he appeared in 61 games at just about 35 minutes per game. He averaged a career-high 28.8 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.4 steals with splits of 48.9 percent shooting from the field, 39.9 percent shooting from the 3-point line and 79.6 percent shooting from the free-throw line.
Ball was the No. 3 overall pick in the same draft. This past season with the Charlotte Hornets, he appeared in 72 games at just about 28 minutes per game. He averaged 20.1 points, 4.8 rebounds, 7.1 assist and 1.2 steals with splits of 40.7 percent shooting from the field, 36.8 percent shooting from the 3-point line and 89.9 percent shooting from the free-throw line.
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