I wonder what GM in the league would take Anthony Edwards over Wemby? Maybe someone convinced that Wemby's body type can't hold up over the next decade? No question Ant is talented but I'd be so nervous having him as my centerpiece. When he first came into the league, I found his sense of humor and loose personality kind of charming, but now he's got 4 kids from 4 different women, and says some things in interviews that just make me think he doesn't pay much attention to the details of preparation. The other night against the Lakers, a video went viral where he was asking "who's #12? Who is that guy??" It was Jake LaRavia, who was having a really good night against Minny while Ant sat with a hamstring injury. I can forgive a casual fan for not knowing LaRavia, but Ant not knowing who he is tells me he's not exactly a serious student of scouting reports or a guy that pays attention to his opponents' tendencies. Hard to say for sure, but that might also be the reason his impact stats don't quite match his raw stats.
I can't imagine any GM or exec would. Ant is a great scorer and a solid secondary creator/defender/positional rebounder and solid a getting to the line.
He hasn't hit his prime yet and maybe he makes huge strides as a creator or defender or keeps shooting like Curry, but that doesn't look likely.
Vic may well be better scorer today and has a much much higher ceiling across the board. Obvi the best defender today and very possibly the best since the merger/ever. Easy to reach ceiling as the best rebounder in the league. Vic has a higher career Ast% than Ant, higher Stl%, higher FTR. He may already be better across the board Offensively if the TO% this yr is the real Vic. And he's 2.5yrs younger.
Ant is a superstar, but I think he's more a 2nd tier SS than in the Joker/Giannis/SGA/Luka/Wemby (Curry/LeBron/Timmy/Kobe etc) tier. Those guys all have at least 1 other truly great skillset besides scoring: creation, rebounding, D, getting to the line, and/or are simply unstoppable offensively/unblockable (Kobe, Dirk, Durant, Curry) with better secondary attributes than Ant. Those tier one guys are always either the primary creator, the absolute D anchor, or have an unguardable shot.
If Ant is gonna take a jump as a creator it needs to happen this yr, cuz that team doesn't have a PG. Right now, Ant creates like he did when he was a rookie, he's lifted his scoring and shooting but not his team's. MVP guys pick up their play to fill gaps in the roster AND LIFT OTHERS UP, not sure Ant can do that and I don't think he has the tenacity/mentality to play at an All-D level or to get to the line at an insane level.
Ant should get better as he enters his prime but besides his gravity I'm not confident his play style will lift his teammates the way Joker/Giannis/SGA/Luka/Wemby clearly do.
