A photo of Dwyane Wade and Anthony Edwards at Team USA practice is already causing fan overreaction
On Tuesday, a photo of Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade and rising Anthony Edwards of the Minnesota Timberwolves was making the Internet rounds. Heat fans are already viewing it as Wade trying to recruit Edwards to Miami.
For Wade, it was more of a way to pay tribute to Tom Crean, who coached him at Marquette. Crean was also Edwards' coach at Georgia.You can't blame the Heat fans for wishful thinking. Any NBA fan base would want Edwards. He is arguably the most exciting, and entertaining, rising star in the league. He began the Team USA practice week by saying he was the best player on the roster.
"I'm still the number one option. Y'all might look at it differently," Edwards said earlier this week. "...I just go out there and be myself. Shoot my shots, play defense. They've got to fit in to play around me. That's how I feel.""I love that Anthony Edwards said he's the No. 1 option ... I want him to think that way," Kerr said Tuesday. "And I want five, six other guys to feel that way too.
Now, if only Edwards could make his way into a Heat uniform. For now, it's highly unlikely. But at least fans can imagine.Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins.
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