“MVP and a championship.”

Those were Anthony Edwards' stated goals entering the 2025-26 season. There was little reason to doubt his pursuit of either. The Timberwolves guard had made massive strides each season, dragging the franchise along with him in the process.

Why couldn’t he ascend to the sport’s ultimate individual and team heights this year?

This week, he showed us why.

Being the best player in the world, or something very close to it, requires a robotic level of dominance. You walk onto the court, you take over the game. Rinse, repeat — for the 70-plus times you take the floor in the regular season and beyond.

There’s no room for duds like the one Edwards delivered in Minnesota's home win Wednesday over Washington. The guard was aggressive in the first quarter, logging 12 po

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