MINNEAPOLIS — Anthony Edwards devoted much of his previous two offseasons to the U.S. national team for the World Cup and the Olympics, coming off intense runs through the NBA playoffs with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

As valuable as those experiences were for his flourishing career, the time Edwards had for his own training this past summer was instrumental toward his desired development into a true MVP candidate on a legitimate title contender.

“I feel like I was able to actually work on my game,” he said.

For all he's done on the court over his first five seasons in the league, Edwards is still a 24-year-old with plenty of room to improve. As Timberwolves player development coach Chris Hines has told him often, “Greatness is boring,” a maxim seemingly tailor-made for Edwards.

“There

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