Anthony Edwards has settled as one of the elite stars of the NBA. However, a remarkable improvement area that has been discussed this season outside season is that the Superstar of Minnesota Timberwolves should use the Mid-Range game more. Earlier in his career, Edwards often scored from the middle range, but he left that aspect of his match last season.
Yes, this was linked to the development of Edwards as a 3-point shooter. Nevertheless, Edwards could become a more complete scorer by using the Middle Range Shots game. This was a clear problem during the Western Western Conference Finals series with the Oklahoma City Thunder. A specific play type that could help Edwards is post-ups.
Edwards in particular shot a low career of 30.8 percent, which translated into the 25th percentile playing post-up last season. Anyway, on 6-foot-4, 225 pounds with supreme athletics, Edwards is more than able to become a deadly post-up guard. About a recent episode of the Hoops Tonight Podcast, Jason Timpf discussed how to post more benefits Edwards such as Scorer and overall player.
Developing a post-up game would benefit Edwards
From a season in which Edwards had an average of 27.6 points and the competition led a total of 3-Pointers, it is not to be denied that he is one of the best scorers in the NBA. At the same time, the 24-year-old has another level to reach as a scorer, and diversifying his offensive arsenal is a natural growth area.
As noted earlier, Edwards has the physical tools to be an elite post scorer as a guard. In addition, the Georgia product ranked in the 73rd percentile for post-ups during the 2023-24 season. A number that rose to the 88th percentile in the play -offs. From this to the 25th percentile (at half the attempts per game) and do not register enough post-ups to qualify on the dashboard of the NBA.com in the 2025 play-offs is an important drop-off. Edwards on average 27.6 points in the play -offs of 2024 but only 25.3 points in the play -offs of 2025.
With a more frequent post-up and mid-range game, Edwards was a more effective and less predictable scorer. Retaining this level after scoring volume and efficiency, while an elite remains outdoor shooter, can give Edwards a matter as the best all-round scorer of the competition. When smaller guards switch to him, Edwards must make more use of it, and he must also look at smaller players to do this.
By comparing Edwards with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (who of course won MVP and Finals MVP), the use of post and mid-range is considerable. SGA ranked in the 69th percentile in post-ups in the regular season and the 100th percentile in the play-offs. He also shot 50 percent in the middle range during the regular season with 4.6 attempts, while Ant only shot 37.6 percent at 2.7 attempts.
Although Shai is now the more effective score, it is not far -fetched to say that Edwards could become a better scorer. On paper, with 25 extra kilos and more athletics, Edwards should be the more effective post player. Developing a consistent post-game can help Edwards close the gap between him and SGA. During his career, Edwards has been constantly improved, and it is reasonable to expect that this is a growth area that he will approach this season.
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