MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards crossed the 10,000-point threshold Thursday night, becoming the third-youngest player in NBA history to hit the mark.
The milestone came on a 13-foot baseline fadeaway midway through the fourth quarter of a 131-122 home win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Edwards was 24 years and 156 days old, trailing only LeBron James (23 years, 59 days) and Kevin Durant (24 years, 33 days) on the league’s age list.
Edwards is now one of seven players to score 10,000 points before turning 25, joining James, Durant, Kobe Bryant, Luka Doncic, Tracy McGrady and Carmelo Anthony. After the game he downplayed the achievement, saying, “It’s cool, but I know I’ve got a lot more to go. I’m kind of sick that I got in front of Kobe. I wished I would’ve waited like 100 days or something, but yeah, it’s all good.”
The former No. 1 overall pick totaled 25 points, nine assists and seven rebounds on 10-for-20 shooting, including 4-for-7 from three-point range. Minnesota posted season bests in both field-goal percentage (57%, 51-for-89) and three-point accuracy (53%, 20-for-38).
Head coach Chris Finch recalled Edwards’ first 40-point performance during his rookie season in Phoenix, noting, “At that point in time you knew there was something inside him where he could get to that.”
Edwards, who debuted at age 19 after being selected first in the 2020 draft, needed 412 games to reach 10,000 points. That is the 28th-fastest pace in league history and seventh-quickest among active players, following Doncic (358), James (368), Joel Embiid (373), Durant (381), Trae Young (390) and Donovan Mitchell (410).
He joins Kevin Garnett and Karl-Anthony Towns as the only Timberwolves to eclipse 10,000 career points.
Source: ESPN
