Anthony Edwards didn’t mince any
words when he declared his Minnesota Timberwolves would be a
top-three seed in the Western Conference this season.

The Timberwolves’ young
superstar guard shared in a postgame interview following their win
vs the Golden State Warriors how he said to his American teammates
at the FIBA World Cup in Manila last year that Minnesota would be
in the top three teams in the West. 

Edwards also mentioned a couple
of other bold opinions on each of their places in the standings
come the season – which some of them disagreed on – but he was
‘cool’ with it.

“I told them we’re going to be top three in the
West and they were like, ‘Nah, y’all going to be in the play-in
again, it’s cool,” Edwards said.

Sure enough, Edwards has backed
what he said back then with the Timberwolves being currently the
3rd seed in the West with a 49-22 record. They even had the West’s
best record for three months until the Nuggets and the Thunder
surpassed them.

Edwards continued. “I actually
told them that Orlando was going to be in the playoffs. I told them
that Tyrese [Haliburton] would be in the play-in game. I told them
that New York would be super good.

Edwards got it right as
Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers continue to survive the Eastern
Conference playoff race (currently the 6th-seeded team with a 41-32
record). 

The Orlando Magic, who Edwards
also mentioned would be in the playoffs, have already clinched a
playoff spot and are fighting with the Cleveland Cavaliers and the
New York Knicks for 3rd-5th spots in the East. The Knicks have also
been one of the best teams in the NBA despite having Julius Randle
and Mitchell Robinson out for the past two months behind their
all-star point guard Jalen Brunson.