Anthony Edwards Injury Timeline: When Star Will Return To Timberwolves

The Timberwolves will beryllium rocking their iconic throwback uniforms Wednesday nighttime against nan Lakers astatine Target Center, but they won’t look rather arsenic flashy connected nan tribunal without superstar Anthony Edwards.

Edwards is retired for Wednesday night’s prime-time conflict against nan Lakers due to a hamstring injury. The hamstring rumor first popped up connected nan wounded study up of nan Wolves’ season-opening 118–114 triumph complete nan Trail Blazers, but he played anyhow and went disconnected for 41 points successful 39 minutes. Edwards scored 31 points successful 34 minutes successful Minnesota’s 2nd crippled of nan year, but he was pulled aft 3 minutes connected nan level successful nan Timberwolves’ 114–110 triumph complete nan Pacers connected Sunday night.

As nan Wolves person learned already this season, location are nary easy nights successful nan Western Conference. The Timberwolves request Edwards backmost connected nan level arsenic soon arsenic imaginable to make judge they enactment connected nan correct broadside of nan standings successful nan early goings of nan 2025-26 season.

Minnesota announced Monday that Edwards will beryllium re-evaluated successful a week, but nan 24-year-old prima is expected to miss much time. The Athletic’s Jon Krawczynski reported that aforesaid time Edwards will apt miss a minimum of 8 games arsenic he recovers from nan hamstring injury.

Edwards has already missed 1 afloat game—the Timberwolves’ 127–114 nonaccomplishment to nan Nuggets connected Monday night. If he is capable to return arsenic soon arsenic reportedly possible, Edwards could beryllium backmost successful clip for nan Timberwolves’ conflict against nan Kings connected Nov. 14.

Timberwolves’ upcoming schedule

Minnesota has a comparatively easy schedule, each things considered, complete nan adjacent 2 weeks. The Wolves big nan star-studded Lakers connected Wednesday night, but past six of their adjacent 7 games are against teams that didn’t make it retired of nan play-in tourney past season.

The Timberwolves person leaned connected a fewer players to play a bigger domiciled without Edwards connected nan floor.

Savvy seasoned constituent defender Mike Conley, who came disconnected nan chair successful Minnesota’s first 3 games, is backmost successful nan Timberwolves’ starting rotation. His beingness arsenic nan starting constituent defender has slid Donte DiVincenzo complete to his earthy position astatine shooting guard, wherever Edwards usually occupies.

Conley has seen his minutes tick up arsenic well, playing a mixed 21 minutes successful nan first 2 games earlier logging 24 and 25 minutes nan adjacent 2 contests. In those 2 games wherever he had a bigger role, Conley is averaging 8.0 points and 4.0 assists successful 25.5 minutes connected nan floor.

In summation to Conley, Timberwolves defender Bones Hyland has seen double-digit minutes successful 3 consecutive games, and second-year defender Rob Dillingham played his first important domiciled Monday nighttime against nan Nuggets, scoring 4 points connected 2-of-2 shooting successful 12 minutes. Fellow youngster Terrence Shannon Jr. besides helped filled successful for Edwards that night, logging 9 points connected 3-of-8 shooting successful 25 minutes.

It takes an full colony to switch a talent for illustration Edwards. The Wolves will thin moreover much heavy connected their trio of talented bigs—Julius Randle, Naz Reid and Rudy Gobert—while Edwards gets healthy.

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