Anthony Edwards has agreed to a four-year, $156.5 million contract extension with the Minnesota Timberwolves, according to a source familiar with the deal…

We’ve had the Anthony Edwards rise to superstardom conversation for the last two years. He made his first All-Star appearance in 2023, but the 2023-24 NBA season was his true breakout on the national stage. In his fourth season, Edwards was named to the All-NBA second team and led the Minnesota Timberwolves to the franchise’s first Western Conference Finals appearance in two decades.

He’s vaulted into the argument for who the best American basketball player is. He is in the conversation about who will become the face of the NBA when the old guard of LeBron James, Steph Curry, and Kevin Durant finally call it a career.

Ant’s profile has risen dramatically since “analysts” called him the second coming of Dion Waiters when he was coming out of Georgia in the weird-as-hell 2020 COVID draft class. Edwards has 3.3 million followers on Instagram and a wildly popular signature shoe with Adidas. He continues transitioning from one of the most exciting young players in the NBA to one of the league’s best players full stop. However, two things this summer can take Ant from being a national sensation to becoming a global icon

The first is the 2024 Olympic Games. Edwards booked his ticket to Paris this summer after a strong individual showing at last year’s World Cup and is part of a Team USA roster that people are heralding as possibly better than the Dream Team. Edwards is walking into one of the greatest basketball rosters assembled, with James, Durant, and Curry leading the Americans for one last ride to Olympic gold and glory. Joel Embiid chose Team USA over France and Cameroon.