{"id":605985,"date":"2026-02-16T08:27:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T08:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/605985\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T08:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T08:27:18","slug":"anthony-edwards-credits-victor-wembanyama-for-all-star-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/605985\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Edwards credits Victor Wembanyama for All-Star effort"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards had himself<\/a> quite a weekend. While the NBA All-Star festivities didn’t exactly end up being must-see television, Edwards had a blast, performing consistently on Sunday night during the All-Star Game and bagging home the MVP honors<\/a> in the process after scoring 32 points across three games, including eight in their final win, a 47-21 rout for Team Stars over Team Stripes.<\/p>\n

But the Stars certainly faced a few close calls on their way to bagging the NBA All-Star Game<\/a> crown. They lost to the Stripes in the round robin game, but thankfully, they won their earlier contest against Team World thanks to a game-winner from Scottie Barnes that had Victor Wembanyama exploding in fury<\/a> due to his team’s blown defensive assignments.<\/p>\n

This reaction was simply a telltale sign of how seriously Wembanyama was taking the competition, even the All-Star game that’s lost its luster in recent years. And the Timberwolves star credited him<\/a> for infusing some much-needed life into the exhibition contest.<\/p>\n

\u201cI ain’t gonna lie, Wemby set the tone. He came out playing hard. Hard not to match that so, s**t that\u2019s what happened. Sorry for my language. But that’s what happened,\u201d Edwards said in his postgame interview, via the official ClutchPoints account on X (formerly Twitter).<\/p>\n

\u201cWemby set the tone. hard not to match that so, s**t that\u2019s what happened. Sorry for my language.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anthony Edwards after the USA Stars\u2019 win \ud83d\ude05
pic.twitter.com\/7CguenFt3o<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) February 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards relishes the competition\"Team\u00a9 William Liang-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Edwards is the kind of player who always wants to come up against the best players in the association; that’s just the kind of stone-cold killer on the court he wants to be. The Timberwolves star also said that he very much liked<\/a> the new format the NBA had for this year’s edition of the All-Star Game, and that feedback from him will definitely be taken into account by the people responsible.<\/p>\n

Now, all that’s left for Edwards to do this season is to try and power the Timber<\/p>\n