"Fuck 'Em" - Anthony Edwards Had The Perfect Response To Anyone Who Thinks He's Shooting Too Many Threes This Season

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Just like they did in the playoffs, the Wolves had a big home win against the Nuggets last night (118-116) with Anthony Edwards coming through with massive buckets down the stretch to seal the win

I'm not sure what the hell the Nuggts are going to do about their bench, but that unit is the early leader for the worst second unit in the NBA. But this isn't a blog about the Nuggets' inability to build around their superstar. This is a blog about Anthony Edwards, and his perfect response to anyone who suggests he's taking too many 3s this season

Hell yes Ant! Fuck em indeed!

I couldn't be more supportive of Ant with this quote and this mentality. Listen, it's true, Ant is taking a lot of threes to start the season. He was 7-14 last night (pretty good!) and is currently shooting 43.3% on the season with over 13 3PA a game (also pretty good!). In fact, his 3PA rate is an insane 59.3%, which is a rather large jump from the 34.1% we saw last year.

Considering that a lot of people out there are crying about 3PA and how the rules need to be changed to prevent 3s, I think Ant said it perfectly here. Fuck em. If you don't like it, stop it by playing defense. 

Aside from the fact that Ant has been lighting it up from deep on high volume, why the hell would he change? If his outside shot is going to be this good, I'd want Ant shooting even more. Not only is it clearly effective, but it also helps the wear and tear on his body over the course of 82. It's not like he still doesn't give you exciting plays at the rim, he still takes midrange and floaters when they're available. But he's also on an all time heater right now from behind the arc, and for a team that needs all the spacing it can get to open up driving lanes for Julius Randle, I'm not sure how anyone could be upset about this or complain about it.

It'd be one thing if he was shooting 29% from deep and still launched, but he's shooting 43.3%! Part of me loves this from Ant for similar reasons why I love when the Celts do it. It drives the olds of the world crazy. They can't stand the evolution of the 3pt game and the fact that the math is the math. It's no surprise the entire NBA just witnessed what Mazzulla Ball accomplished and now pretty much every team is trying to do their best to follow suit. The NBA is a copycat league after all.

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So I stand with Ant. Don't let the haters and losers of which there are many make you change how you play all because their favorite team can't replicate this approach. If it works, you keep going until it doesn't, and if anyone doesn't like it…fuck em.