Anthony Edwards on His All-Star Snub, Playoff Hopes, and Favorite Players to Go Against | Off Guard with Austin Rivers

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🗓️ 3 February 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Austin and Pausha are joined by Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards, a.k.a. “Ant-Man,” for a fun, wide-ranging conversation. They start by reacting to the fresh news of Ant not being selected as a Western Conference All-Star and discuss other players who may have been overlooked (3:48). Then, they talk through his past playing football before eventually finding his passion in basketball (9:38) and dive into last year’s playoff run against the Grizzlies and how playoff experience has impacted his performance this season (13:07), before touching on his favorite players to face off against (20:01). Plus, a hilarious Rapid Fire: Timberwolves Edition segment (36:28)! Hosts: Austin Rivers and Pausha Haghighi Guest: Anthony Edwards Producer: Ben Cruz Associate Producer: Erika Cervantes Additional Production Support: Megan Schuster Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's popping everybody? This is Logan Murdoch from Real Winds and I have some big news to share on Saturday, February 18th
0:05.7	The ringer NBA show will be hitting the road for all star weekend for a live show in Salt Lake City
0:10.8	You heard that right. We are taping the pod in front of a live audience in Salt Lake next month and we want you to join us
0:17.6	Pull up on us at the state room in the heart of downtown Salt Lake
0:20.6	You can grab your tickets now at the stateroom.com. That's the state room.com
0:25.0	Door is open at nine o'clock show was at 10. It's gonna be a 21-in-up event
0:30.2	Come hang with the gang and Chad mid season updates drive preview and even have a Q&A with us
0:35.0	Space is limited so grab your tickets while they last at the stateroom.com or click the link in the description of this show. Hope to see y'all in there
0:56.2	What's up everybody welcome to another episode of off guard my name is posh and as always I'm joined by our co-host Austin Rivers
1:03.6	Austin why don't you tell the listeners what today's a special episode today is a special day
1:10.1	Cuz we got our boy Anthony Edwards in the building man my teammate the homie
1:15.9	8-1
1:17.4	What's up, sat and handing
1:21.2	First of all, I am big fan. I actually first heard about you in Memphis a few years ago
1:27.0	I was with Marshawn Brooks who's playing for the grids is at the time and he told me there was a kid in high school who could play in the NBA right now
1:35.4	So I went home watched the highlight tapes and you know what Marshawn was right you were a man amongst boys out there
1:42.2	Yeah, I've always been a big fan. That's actually crazy said that appreciate he always talks about Marsha
1:47.1	Yeah, yeah, yeah, by the way, shout out to Marshawn
1:51.0	He's a hooper. He was a buck in the league
1:53.0	He's getting that back overseas awesome guys. I just want to say shout out to my guy
1:57.8	So last night huge win for you guys and all you guys get into it big win against the defending champs at home
2:04.9	Over time game you guys were down a couple guys
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