Anthony Edwards Replies To Fans Online

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Minnesota Timberwolves shooting guard Anthony Edwards joins GQ Sports in Actually Me, as he goes online to answer the internet’s questions. ‘Ant-Man’ responds to questions from X, Quora &amp; Reddit, as well as fact-checking Wikipedia and replying to Instagram, YouTube &amp; TikTok comments.How has Anthony Edwards become such a great trash talker? Does Ant feel bad about dunking on people the way he does? What’s one thing he learned from Kevin Durant on and off the court? Watch the full episode as Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards goes undercover and answers all of these questions and more.The first episode of Illuminated features Anthony Edwards, as told by his best friend Nick Maddox. Available to stream now on all adidas platforms, https://www.youtube.com/adidas

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00:00What's up, GQ? It's Anthony Edwards. Today, I'm going undercover on the internet.

00:05It's actually me.

00:08I got the skill. I need Will.

00:10Don't holler at me.

00:12Don't help me out with these questions, sir.

00:13Okay, then.

00:15TikTok.

00:17It says, who's the other guy?

00:20Like, who's Slick?

00:20That's my partner. You see me? You see Slick?

00:23Two players.

00:26When y'all walk, y'all talk.

00:28It's Slick and Subtle and Smooth, and it works for everybody.

00:33We had practice 2016 going into 2017.

00:38You know, buddy, he coming strong on, so.

00:40I'm mean to everybody, like new team, you know.

00:43Everybody introducing theyself, and he just so happened to be the last person to walk out of the locker room.

00:48Got a little special treat, man.

00:50I had a couple jokes for him when I first saw him.

00:54First time mean him, but other than that, he was pretty cool.

00:57It's something I ain't never did in my life.

01:00It'll be 82 years to get him.

01:02Gramps keep it real.

01:04So this is where Ant gets his from, pretty much.

01:07I was always around my grandpa for like five, six years straight, so.

01:11Just sitting around him, soaking up all his game.

01:14I had the pleasure to meet him.

01:15He had no jokes with me, but he gave me some real-life game.

01:18That's what made it funny, because it was real life.

01:20A joke isn't good unless it's got some truth to it.

01:26Why is he wearing that orange wristband?

01:29I wore the orange wristband because I met this kid named Luca in Detroit, I think.

01:34Yeah, that's right.

01:34He had a wristband for me.

01:36And, you know, I just told him I'd wear it for the rest of my career, so.

01:40That don't mean everybody try to get me wristbands.

01:42Try to get me to wear y'all wristbands.

01:44It was just a one-time thing.

01:45Who's some artists on your game day and workout playlist?

01:52I'm coming.

01:53B Different.

01:55B Different.

01:57Who the other artists?

01:58B Different.

02:00Pretty much.

02:01You forgot that boy B.

02:03He know the difference.

02:04Yeah.

02:05B Different, for sure.

02:06It was one of his first ones.

02:07I was featured on one of them.

02:10I don't want to, but when you're talking about that, we're talking about B Different right now.

02:13He the one.

02:15They ain't got a catalog.

02:16And they say it's catalog worth more than a lot of these rappers I have.

02:19Nah, we tell my bug, be different.

02:22That's who I'm listening to.

02:23Every day, all day.

02:25Wikipedia.

02:28Edward spent his early life in Oakland City, Atlanta, Georgia, when he was three years old.

02:34He was given the nickname Ant-Man by his father.

02:37For sure.

02:38Yeah, true.

02:39My football coaches, one of them called me Black Jesus.

02:42My basketball coach used to call me Boogie.

02:44I had a couple different names.

02:46Instagram.

02:47Okay, then.

02:49Why Nick not hooping?

02:50I got my pension and got the hell on.

02:53I'm retired.

02:53He got kicked off the team in high school.

02:55My coach, he was hating on me.

02:57Nah, he was being bad in school, y'all.

02:59No way.

03:00For the kids who are watching this, y'all be good in school.

03:04If y'all want to be able to play basketball, do all your schoolwork, do your homework, be

03:08good in school so you don't get kicked off the team.

03:11Because it results in questions like this.

03:13Why Nick not hooping?

03:14He got kicked off the team because he was being bad in school.

03:17And he's not a bad kid at all.

03:19He was just acting out.

03:20He eventually got put back on the team.

03:22Yeah, you know, thanks to my boy, you know, him strong, arming some folks.

03:27Sure.

03:31What whip is that they pushing?

03:33I have no clue.

03:35I'm not going to lie.

03:36Well, due to the fact that I have expertise in all cars, mate, born in American, that is

03:42a Bentley Bentayga.

03:43And I was driving it like I don't love my life.

03:46I don't really know where I got my trash talking from because it's unique.

04:03I think it's just me.

04:05I don't know.

04:05I ain't really get it from nobody because like my brother who I wanted to be like growing

04:08up, he quiet.

04:10You can hear a pin drop when he around.

04:12So I probably would say my sister for real.

04:14Like my sister, when she used to play, she used to talk a lot of trash.

04:18So like probably from her, if anybody.

04:21Ain't never been it.

04:29Love to see that they've gotten closer.

04:31What's one thing you learn from KD on and off the court?

04:34One thing I learned from him on the court, he definitely was like helping me with catching

04:40and shooting the ball.

04:41Like he was trying to get me to find my rhythm, how I would like catch and shoot the ball because

04:45I would step left, right or right, left or hop into it or do weird stuff when I try to

04:51catch the ball to find a rhythm.

04:52And he always like catch it with some type of rhythm.

04:55So he was trying to help me with that.

04:57So I will say that and off the court, I ain't learned nothing from him off the court.

05:02He's just cool.

05:02Super cool to be around.

05:04Yeah, he just be chilling for real.

05:07Quora.

05:08What made Anthony Edwards Adidas shoes so appealing to basketball fans?

05:13I think number one is me wearing the shoe.

05:16Number two is probably how good they look.

05:19They feel great to me.

05:20They the best shoe I ever put on in my life.

05:23You know, they look good.

05:24So that's pretty much why.

05:27X.

05:30How do you think your draft class panned out so far?

05:33Redraft the top five.

05:34Me at one.

05:36I would go LaMelo at two.

05:37I'm going Tyrese Maxey at three.

05:39Tyrese Halliburton at four.

05:40I'm going Jaden.

05:42Shit, Jaden McDaniels.

05:44I ain't gonna lie, I'm going Jaden.

05:45I was trying to find something.

05:47Nah, I'm going Jaden.

05:48Sure.

05:50Reddit.

05:52How has Ant Edwards evolved since being drafted?

05:54I became a pretty good three-point shooter.

05:57My reason pick and roll has gotten a little better every year.

06:01My ball handling is getting better every day because I've been working on it.

06:05And I've been, you know, trying to grow as a leader, I would say.

06:08So.

06:12YouTube.

06:15Is he still eating those hot fries every day in 2025?

06:20No, I'm, no, I'm not.

06:21I was never really eating that many bags of hot fries anyway, but y'all took it and ran

06:26with it and let you know everything you need to know about the internet.

06:32Does Ant feel bad about dunking on people the way he does?

06:35Hell no.

06:36I wish I could dunk on every fucking body.

06:38I want to dunk on everybody.

06:39Swear to God.

06:40Hold on.

06:45We need the back story of this.

06:47What really went down with Obama?

06:48We was all just chopping it up.

06:50And I think he was just curious.

06:52He just said something like, what's up with this young fella?

06:54I mean, he don't know me.

06:55I ain't won no championships.

06:56I ain't get no chance to meet him.

06:57So that's his first time meeting, you know, so it's a great introduction.

07:08Do we think Ant-Man could hold his own in the NFL?

07:11Y'all know they put me in Madden, so just go buy my Mutt card.

07:15I bought my Mutt card the other day, yesterday, so y'all, let's see.

07:19Y'all get y'all answer.

07:20Playing in the NFL?

07:21Nah, I'm cool.

07:23I mean, I want to, but I love where I'm at.

07:25Ant played this role too well, where he returned to the big screen.

07:33If I create my own movie, like my own show, then yeah, but not for nobody else.

07:38But I had an awesome time working with Wancho and Adam Sandler and everybody.

07:44Yeah, that was dope.

07:45So I had a good time.

07:46All right, GQ.

07:48This is Slick.

07:48And this your boy Johnny.

07:50We out of here.

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