{"id":606934,"date":"2026-02-16T21:18:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T21:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/606934\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T21:18:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T21:18:43","slug":"anthony-edwards-caught-in-4k-saying-he-wants-to-play-for-hawks-at-nba-all-star-game-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/606934\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Edwards caught in 4K saying he wants to play for Hawks at NBA All-Star Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2026 NBA All-Star Weekend gave us a lot to chew on. There was Kevin Durant\u2019s alleged burner scandal<\/a>, an absolutely terrible dunk contest, and a pretty good All-Star Game featuring a Kawhi Leonard takeover and Victor Wembanyama raising the competitive stakes. No one talked about tanking<\/a> for a few days, and that\u2019s really all the league can ask for.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s always some viral moments when the best players in the world gather together for the weekend, especially with the way cameras and microphones are constantly rolling these days. After Sunday\u2019s All-Star Game, Anthony Edwards covered his mouth to make an off-handed comment to Atlanta Hawks star Jalen Johnson. It sure sounded like Edwards, an Atlanta native said \u201cI can\u2019t wait to come home,\u201d and added \u201cy\u2019all got so many wings, and (Jonathan) Kuminga nice, too\u201d I remember interviewing Edwards from his Atlanta high school in 2019<\/a> when he could only dream about being America\u2019s biggest NBA star. Now that it\u2019s actually happened, maybe he\u2019s dreaming about returning to his hometown.<\/p>\n

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Watch the clip here and judge for yourself.<\/p>\n

The Hawks acquired Kuminga from the Golden State Warriors<\/a> at the trade deadline. Atlanta entered the All-Star break at 26-30 in 10th place in the Eastern Conference after trading away Trae Young<\/a> earlier this season.<\/p>\n

Is it panic time for the Wolves? Not yet. Edwards is under contract through the 2028-2029 season. Minnesota has gone to back-to-back Western Conference Finals since drafting Edwards with the No. 1 overall pick in 2020, and they have four more playoff runs with him under contract before he can test free agency.<\/p>\n

The NBA hasn\u2019t had a superstar change teams in free agency since Kawhi Leonard did it in 2019. New York and Los Angeles are usually the markets elite players want to end up in, so it\u2019s interesting to hear Edwards speculate about going home to Atlanta. Life is always easier in the Eastern Conference, so maybe that\u2019s part of the appeal.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s possible that Edwards is just talking about going home to Minnesota after the All-Star Game here. Maybe he\u2019s talking about chicken wings, not small forwards. If that\u2019s the case, why did he cover his mouth?<\/p>\n

Ultimately, Wolves fans have nothing to worry about for now, and Hawks fans can\u2019t get too excited. Edwards is under contract, he plays for a really good team, and he won\u2019t have the opportunity to test free agency for a long time. It\u2019s just another viral moment from this All-Star Weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 NBA All-Star Weekend gave us a lot to chew on. There was Kevin Durant\u2019s alleged burner…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":606935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[375,208,7,164,2990,529,938,6676,251,307,6,494,693],"class_list":["post-606934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-anthony-edwards","tag-atlanta-hawks","tag-basketball","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-jalen-johnson","tag-kawhi-leonard","tag-kevin-durant","tag-kuminga","tag-los-angeles","tag-minnesota","tag-nba","tag-trae-young","tag-victor-wembanyama"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116082396651566769","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606934","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=606934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}