This isn’t a knock on either player as a person. Edwards’ personality seems a little bolder and more natural than Wiggins. Who knows if Edwards will but he’s young enough and should be motivated. Like Edwards, Wiggins says the right things but seldom backed those words up. His answers were just long enough to answer your question, which is fine. Wiggins was always respectful, but very soft-spoken. I can’t pretend to know either Edwards or Wiggins personally, but their public-facing personalities seem very, very different. When people compare the two players because of their effort issues, it doesn’t quite add up to me. Over the roughly 5.5 years from then until the team traded him, I was there for many of his post-game interviews and media days. My second season as a credentialed media member was Wiggins’ rookie year. The first selection in the 2020 NBA Draft this past Wednesday night left me with several thoughts regarding the pick, so let’s break down the biggest ones: Anthony Edwards is not Andrew Wiggins His foot work in the lane is pretty good and seems like a decent player. At 6’5” and 230 pounds, he has the physical tools to play defense. While I’m cautiously optimistic with Edwards for these reasons, I’m eager to see what he does. It’s up to the individual player to engage themselves night in and night out - and not everyone is up for that type of challenge.
No veteran mentor or assistant coach is specifically in charge of simply simply motivating any player. Shooting and defense are things teams can teach, to a degree, but a player who lacks effort is concerning because that’s solely up to them. The questions surrounding him are extremely valid. If that feeling in the pit of your stomach when you think of Edwards as a Timberwolf is nervousness or excitement, you are feeling something. As we know, the team chose Georgia guard Anthony Edwards - he’s far from a sure thing, but still worth talking about. Somewhat lost in all this euphoria is the fact that the Timberwolves had the first-overall pick in the draft. Rubio has been a longtime fan favorite and there hasn’t been much for fans to be excited about since his departure. Stay tuned.Much like Draft Night 2009, Ricky Rubio seems to be the popular topic among Timberwolves fans in 2020. But about an hour before tipoff, I saw Smart walking gingerly down a hallway in the bowels of the arena wearing a sweatsuit, looking nothing like a player who had a chance of suiting up. Smart was listed as questionable for Game 4, and the Celtics said he would test out his sprained ankle in warmups to determine whether he could play.
Tatum had little trouble blowing past him, too.Īt times, the Heat switched to their trademark zone defense with Robinson on the floor, and the Celtics battered them on the offensive glass.Ħ. After checking in Monday, he promptly fouled Tatum on a 3-pointer and committed another foul because he was late chasing a loose ball. Robinson’s work was mostly done during garbage time, but he is the superior shooter of the two, and his mini hot streak probably will earn him a chance to continue it.Īs long as he does not absolutely catch fire, though, the Celtics probably wouldn’t mind seeing Robinson out there. Oladipo, whose playing time increased with Tyler Herro out with a groin injury, actually helped keep Miami afloat before everything truly fell apart. Victor Oladipo's shooting down the stretch in Game 4 was one of a few positives Miami can take into Game 5.
There’s been almost no carryover from game to game, but the Heat are hopeful that they can pull at least one thing from their grisly Game 4 performance: Victor Oladipo and Duncan Robinson came off the bench and combined to hit 8 of 15 3-point attempts. And it’s even more glaring with later starts in this series, where 8:30 becomes 8:45.
EIGHT THOUGHTS FULL
It’s brutal how the ESPN/ABC games start a full 15 minutes after the announced tipoff. Shout-out to TNT for having its games tip off within a couple of minutes of scheduled start times. Just more motivation for the Celtics to end this thing in six.Ĥ. That would at least give them a couple of days to regroup and recover, but once you add in the three-hour flight home from Miami and a six-hour flight to San Francisco, it’s not very much time, especially with Williams and Smart nursing injuries.
EIGHT THOUGHTS SERIES
If the Celtics win the conference finals in seven games, the series would conclude late Sunday night in Miami. And barring an epic collapse by the Warriors, who entered Tuesday night with a 3-0 lead over the Mavericks, it will be played in San Francisco. Game 1 of the Finals will be next Thursday. Related : Celtics say Marcus Smart, Robert Williams are questionable for Game 5ģ.
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