The NBA has named Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards the Western Conference Player of the Week for games played Feb. 23 through March 1, and the âwhyâ is simple: Minnesota went 3-0 while Edwards put up 28.7 points, 3.3 rebounds and 5.0 assists in the sweep.
The award lands as Minnesota comes off a three-game road sweep capped by a 117-108 win in Denver on March 1, and the Wolvesâ schedule immediately flips back to Target Center with Memphis visiting on Tuesday, March 3, a tight window where momentum matters in the standings race.
Key Points
- Edwards powered a 3-0 week and earned West Player of the Week.
- Minnesotaâs surge included a statement road win at Denver to jump the standings logjam.
- His max extension is now firmly in the âfranchise timelineâ phase through 2028-29.
Anthony Edwards Stats
Edwardsâ Player of the Week case was built on volume scoring and Minnesota banking wins: 28.7 PPG on 45.7% shooting, plus 5.0 assists and 3.3 rebounds across 37.8 minutes per game during the award window.
The Wolvesâ 3-0 stretch wasnât light work either. It ended with Minnesota closing out Denver on Sunday, a win that showed Edwards doesnât have to score 35 to swing outcomes when the defense loads up and the Wolvesâ supporting cast is humming.
For the season, Edwards is averaging a career-high 29.5 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game, while shooting a career-best 49% from the field and 40% from three. He was named to his fourth consecutive All-Star game this past February.Â
The Minnesota Timberwolves are currently 38-23, the No. 4 seed in the west at time of publishing, with 21 games left in their schedule.
Anthony Edwards Contract
This award also hits at a time when Edwardsâ deal is no longer âupcoming.â Itâs the financial backbone of Minnesotaâs present.
Edwards is playing on a five-year designated rookie extension that Spotrac lists at $244,623,120 total value. For the 2025-26 season, his base salary/cap hit is $45,550,512, per Spotrac and Basketball-Referenceâs contract tables.
Because itâs a designated rookie max structure, the âmaxâ can scale based on award triggers (the kind discussed when the extension was reported), which is why youâll see different maximum outcomes referenced depending on incentives/criteria.
What This Means Next (Including MVP Odds)
Edwardsâ weekly honor is arriving amid a real on-court push. Minnesotaâs win at Denver snapped the week with a playoff-seeding type feel, and itâs the kind of game that stacks up when margins tighten in March and April.
A couple notable âaround Edwardsâ threads:
- Discipline subplot: The league fined Edwards $25,000 for throwing a ball into the stands during a win over Portland (no apparent malice, per the report). Itâs not on-court production, but itâs part of the overall âface of franchiseâ spotlight he lives under now.
- MVP odds check: Depending on the book/source, Edwards is sitting in the longshot tier, ESPNâs published odds list him at 150â1, while other odds pages show different prices at different snapshots.
With Memphis in town March 3, Edwards has an immediate stage to turn this into a âkeep it rollingâ headline, especially if Minnesota is trying to climb into (or protect) a top tier in the West.
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