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Gilbert Arenas laughs off at Anthony Edwards’ double-team troubles, ‘I never seen…’

January 9, 2025 4 Min Read
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Gilbert Arenas discovered Anthony Edwards’ latest complaints hilarious.

Following the offseason commerce of Karl-Anthony Cities to the New York Knicks, Anthony Edwards turned the outright No. 1 choice for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

It has been a double-edged sword for the 23-year-old. On one hand, he has the inexperienced gentle to shoot as many instances as he desires.

However alternatively, opposing groups’ defenses are paying extra consideration than ever to the 2x NBA All-Star.

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In a latest sport, the Boston Celtics utterly shut down Edwards as he was restricted to only 15 factors within the 118-115 loss.

Following the loss, Edwards went on a prolonged rant about being compelled to move extra because of getting double-teamed on each different possession.

“It’s not how I need to play, in fact. I’m solely 23, I don’t wanna simply be passing the ball all night time… However the way in which they’re guarding me, I believe I’ve to,” Edwards mentioned.

He added: “Them doubling me, undoubtedly it’s like, ‘Bro, what’s going on?’ I’m attempting to determine it out … I don’t know what to do actually, however it’s not enjoyable.”

Edwards’ feedback went viral, and lots of referred to as out the Timberwolves star. Kendrick Perkins even mentioned that getting double-teamed isn’t a difficulty. As an alternative, Edwards simply missed Cities.

Coach Gilbert Arenas of the Enemies reacts during the game against the Aliens during BIG3 - Week Five at the Fiserv Forum on August 05, 2021 in Mil...
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In the course of the prime of his NBA profession, Gilbert Arenas was some of the fearsome scorers within the league. Evidently, he’s seen his fair proportion of double-teams.

Preserving that in thoughts, Arenas shared his personal expertise whereas dropping his two cents on Ant’s points.

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“I by no means seen a double-team ok to make me move the ball. I don’t even know what that downside seems like,” Arenas said.

“Clearly, they don’t apply towards double groups of their exercises. Like, you’re a star participant, which implies you’re gonna be double.”

“If you’re going by your ______ exercise, and also you’re going towards your coach, and y’all do that goofy ____. There’s going to be some video games the place they double. So, it is best to already know what it’s presupposed to appear to be.”

To be sincere, Edwards has been on a scoring spree since being vocal about his issues with getting double-teamed. He has had two 30-point-plus video games and one 50-point-plus sport.

Because of this, the Timberwolves have gone 2-1 in that stretch, and actually, that’s significantly better than cribbing about getting double-teamed.

“I by no means seen a double-team ok to make me move the ball.”

Gil cannot relate to Anthony Edwards’ subject with being double-teamed 🤣 pic.twitter.com/SoSkS1BWl3

— Gilbert Arenas (@GilsArenaShow) January 8, 2025

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