{"id":683171,"date":"2026-03-28T00:26:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T00:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/683171\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T00:26:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T00:26:22","slug":"minnesota-announce-anthony-edwards-injury-update-before-pistons-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/683171\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Announce Anthony Edwards Injury Update Before Pistons Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anthony Edwards<\/a> has been making a strong case all season for being the NBA<\/a>‘s next marquee star and the numbers back it up. Through 58 games this season, the Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> guard is having the best year of his career.<\/p>\n

He’s averaging 29.5 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists while shooting 40.2% from three. Over 439 career games, Edwards has averaged 24.6 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.1 assists. Four All-Star selections are already on his resume, including the 2026 All-Star Game MVP award he picked up in February.<\/p>\n

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The trajectory has been hard to ignore. But currently, Edwards is not on the floor.<\/p>\n

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Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards reacts before the game against the Denver Nuggets Ball Arena.Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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He’s missed five straight games with right knee inflammation and has already been ruled out for Minnesota’s upcoming game against the Detroit Pistons<\/a>. \u00a0The injury first showed up about ten days ago and there’s still no firm return timeline.<\/p>\n

Earlier updates carried some optimism but the latest word out of Minnesota is that the team is taking its time and will not push him back before he’s ready.<\/p>\n

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There is one encouraging sign. The Timberwolves, per Marc J. Spears, confirmed that Edwards has been cleared to return to on-court basketball activities. He’s not game-ready yet but that step forward at least suggests things are moving in the right direction.<\/p>\n

Minnesota sits at 45-28 and holds the fifth seed in the Western Conference with the play-in tournament still a real possibility. Even so, the organization has not changed its approach. Getting Edwards right for the postseason matters more than rushing him back for the regular season stretch.<\/p>\n

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What does add some urgency is his All-NBA eligibility. Edwards has played in 58 games this season but only 57 count toward the league’s 65-game minimum. One of his appearances ended after just three minutes due to a hamstring issue and doesn’t qualify.<\/p>\n

To stay eligible he needs to play every one of Minnesota’s remaining eight games starting with Monday’s matchup against the Dallas Mavericks<\/a>. With two back-to-backs built into that stretch the ask gets tougher.<\/p>\n

If Edwards clears the threshold he was on track to earn second-team All-NBA honors for the third year running.<\/p>\n

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This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Mar 27, 2026, where it first appeared in the NBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthony Edwards has been making a strong case all season for being the NBA‘s next marquee star and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":683172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3782],"tags":[375,7,149,187,188,9135,307,152,3954,6,308],"class_list":{"0":"post-683171","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-dallas-mavericks","11":"tag-denver-nuggets","12":"tag-detroit-pistons","13":"tag-marc-j-spears","14":"tag-minnesota","15":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","16":"tag-minnesotatimberwolves","17":"tag-nba","18":"tag-timberwolves"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116303968634118722","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683171","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=683171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}