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It’s easy enough to call Anthony Edwards ‘Ant,’ but that’s not much of a nickname.
How about ‘Wolverine’? That feels like a big-time alter ego for the Minnesota Timberwolves superstar.
And somehow on Monday, both Minnesota’s Julius Randle and ESPN’s Shams Charania called Edwards that same name.
Maybe it’s a nickname that’s been flying under the radar for a while, or maybe it’s just slowly surfacing, with the universe clearly in favor of it.
Randle did say he used it last year, too, but maybe now it’s catching on.
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What is Anthony Edwards’ ‘Wolverine’ nickname?
Edwards’ nickname is about his mentality.
His teammate Randle explained it to reporters on Monday:
“I just remember last year, at the beginning of the year, he would take a nasty fall or a hit or whatever, and we might have to call a timeout. You’d be like d— man, he might be hurt for real. And he just gets up.”
Randle laughed at that point in his answer, then continued.
“He loves the game, so he’s going to do whatever he can to put himself in position to be out there,” Randle said.
Charania described Edwards this way on The Pat McAfee Show: “Just insane. An absolute wolverine.”
Yeah, this one is catching on, and it’s a good one, for sure.