{"id":695207,"date":"2026-04-03T03:36:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T03:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/695207\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T03:36:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T03:36:22","slug":"timberwolves-star-anthony-edwards-now-ineligible-for-nba-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/695207\/","title":{"rendered":"Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards now ineligible for NBA awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Edwards is out of the running for any NBA postseason awards.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Timberwolves star was ruled out of Thursday\u2019s 113-108 loss to the Pistons, making it impossible for him to reach the 65-game minimum needed to be eligible for awards.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Edwards missed the game on Thursday due to a right knee injury and an illness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Timberwolves have six games left in the regular season after Thursday, and Edwards, 24, has played in 59 games However, he played just three minutes in one game, a contest for which he was not given credit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38978980\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MT1USATODAY28623043-439525673-3.jpg\" alt=\"Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards (5) dunks the ball against the Dallas Mavericks during the second quarter at the American Airlines Center.\" class=\"wp-image-38978980\"  \/>Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards (5) dunks the ball against the Dallas Mavericks during the second quarter at the American Airlines Center. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>Edwards would have needed to play in every game the rest of the season after he returned on Monday from a knee issue that kept him out of Minnesota\u2019s six games before that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was certainly headed for a spot on one of the three All-NBA teams this season before he became ineligible.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He has been averaging 29.3 points and 5.1 rebounds per game, while shooting 40 percent from 3-point range and nearly 50 percent from the field.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Edwards had 17 points in the T-Wolves\u2019 124-94 win over the Mavericks on Monday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the impact it has on the chance for an individual award, the loss of Edwards comes at a crucial time for Minnesota as it battles for positioning in the standings.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38978991\" width=\"590\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/crop-38978982.jpg\" alt=\"Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards (5) warms up before an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks Monday, March 30, 2026, in Dallas.\" class=\"wp-image-38978991\"  \/>Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards (5) warms up before an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks Monday, March 30, 2026, in Dallas. AP<\/p>\n<p>The Timberwolves entered Thursday\u2019s game in sixth in the Western Conference and were a half-game back of the fifth-seeded Rockets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The T-Wolves have a game on Friday against the 76ers, and it\u2019s unclear if Edwards will be available for that one.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Edwards is now one of several well-known NBA stars who will not be eligible for awards due to the number of games they\u2019ve played in.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That list includes big names like LeBron James and Steph Curry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthony Edwards is out of the running for any NBA postseason awards.\u00a0 The Timberwolves star was ruled out&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":695208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3793],"tags":[375,7,686,149,4057,166,152,6,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-695207","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-mavericks","8":"tag-anthony-edwards","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-dallas-mavericks","12":"tag-dallasmavericks","13":"tag-mavericks","14":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116338689046276814","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695207","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=695207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/695208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}