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Wolves' Anthony Edwards questionable with illness for Nuggets game

Edwards has missed very few games since coming into the league five years ago.
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Nov 1, 2024; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards (5) looks to pass against the Denver Nuggets in the second quarter at Target Center.
Nov 1, 2024; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards (5) looks to pass against the Denver Nuggets in the second quarter at Target Center. | Matt Blewett-Imagn Images

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Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards is listed as questionable for Saturday afternoon's game against the Nuggets due to an illness, the team announced on Friday.

Edwards has not missed a game this season. He missed just three of 82 games in each of the two previous campaigns. Over his five-year NBA career, he's played in 362 of a possible 378 games (96 percent) between regular season and playoffs, with his longest absence being a six-game stretch in December 2021. It is very tough to keep him out of Minnesota's lineup, even if he's banged up.

Illnesses can be tricky. If it's serious enough, the Wolves will hold him out. But knowing what we know about Ant, he'd have to be pretty dang sick to miss this one against Nikola Jokic and Denver.

The 23-year-old Edwards is averaging 26.2 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 4.3 assists per game this season, shooting a career-high 42.6 percent from three on nearly ten attempts per night. He leads the NBA in total threes made by a fairly wide margin.

If Edwards is out, the Wolves would be in major trouble against Jokic, who is operating at the absolute peak of his powers right now. They'd presumably start Nickeil Alexander-Walker in that case, and they'd need a lot of scoring punch from players like Julius Randle, Jaden McDaniels, and Naz Reid to even hang with the Nuggets.

Donte DiVincenzo and rookie Terrence Shannon Jr. are out for the Wolves, but Friday brought encouraging news on DiVincenzo and his toe sprain.

Saturday's game is set to tip off around 2 p.m. at Target Center. It'll be nationally televised on ABC.

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Will Ragatz
WILL RAGATZ

Will Ragatz is a senior writer for Vikings On SI, who also covers the Twins, Timberwolves, Gophers, and other Minnesota teams. He is a credentialed Minnesota Vikings beat reporter, covering the team extensively at practices, games and throughout the NFL draft and free agency period. Ragatz attended Northwestern University, where he studied at the prestigious Medill School of Journalism. During his time as a student, he covered Northwestern Wildcats football and basketball for SB Nation’s Inside NU, eventually serving as co-editor-in-chief in his junior year. In the fall of 2018, Will interned in Sports Illustrated’s newsroom in New York City, where he wrote articles on Major League Baseball, college football, and college basketball for SI.com.

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