![]() Edwards with the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2021 | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
League | NBA | ||||||||||||||
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Born | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | August 5, 2001||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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College | Georgia (2019–2020) | ||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2020: 1st round, 1st overall pick | ||||||||||||||
Selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves | |||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2020–present | ||||||||||||||
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2020–present | Minnesota Timberwolves | ||||||||||||||
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Anthony Edwards (born August 5, 2001), nicknamed "Ant-Man" or simply "Ant",[1] is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A shooting guard, he played college basketball for the Georgia Bulldogs and was selected with the first overall pick by the Timberwolves in the 2020 NBA draft. He was named an All-Star during the 2022–23 and 2023–24 seasons. Edwards also 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.