Kawhi Leonard<\/a> received the other four votes. Playing in the Los Angeles Clippers\u2019 home arena, Leonard scored 31 points for Team Stripes in a 48-45 victory against Team World.<\/p>\n While Leonard had a standout individual performance, Edwards was the top-performing player on the winning team.<\/p>\n This season, Edwards is averaging 29.3 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 3.7 assists over 46 games. He is currently ranked eighth on the latest edition of the NBA\u2019s MVP Ladder.<\/p>\n At 24 years old, Edwards is on pace to be one of the top stars of his generation. Last month, he became the third-youngest player in NBA history to reach 10,000 career points, behind only LeBron James and Kevin Durant.<\/p>\n In terms of team success, the Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> hold the sixth spot in a tightly packed Western Conference. The franchise is on a 7\u20133 run in its past ten games.<\/p>\n Edwards\u2019 surrounding cast includes the likes of Julius Randle, Rudy Gobert, Jaden McDaniels, Donte DiVincenzo, and Naz Reid. Gobert and Randle were both multi-time All-Stars within the past five years.<\/p>\n The Timberwolves have experienced consistent playoff success, making Western Conference Finals appearances in the past two seasons. Last year, Minnesota was defeated by the Oklahoma City Thunder in five games.<\/p>\n Overall, the Timberwolves appear to have found a franchise star in Edwards. Capturing the 2026 All-Star Game MVP award is a step in the right direction for the 24-year-old.<\/p>\n For all the latest\u00a0NBA\u00a0<\/a>news and rumors, head over to\u00a0Newsweek Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Sunday, the NBA launched a new USA vs. World format for the 2026 All-Star Game. The round-robin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":606302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3782],"tags":[375,7,529,307,152,3954,6,308],"class_list":{"0":"post-606301","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-timberwolves","8":"tag-anthony-edwards","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-kawhi-leonard","11":"tag-minnesota","12":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","13":"tag-minnesotatimberwolves","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-timberwolves"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116080596850213017","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771249223_570_GettyImages-2004842800.jpg\"\/)
A Promising Year<\/p>\n