Timberwolves Edwards to undergo knee ‘cleanup’

What's up guys? Thanks for coming out. Quick update on Anthony's situation. He's going to go through an arthroscopic procedure in the next 24 hours. We're constantly updating his imaging. The imaging from yesterday showed an issue that we want to get addressed quickly. Our only concern is his long-term health. And that's pretty much all I have. Do you guys have any questions? Tim, is there any kind of specifics you can put on the nature of the injury? Some people have speculated like meniscus or something. Yeah, it's not a meniscus. It's just I don't want to speak out of school. My liberal arts degree will screw me up, but it's just an arthroscopic cleanup of the knee. Is this something that could have been addressed in the summertime, or did it need to happen? No, the imaging has changed in the most recent imaging. We've had a bunch of imaging since this summer, and it changed as of yesterday. I mean there's always the ability like he wants to play tonight he looked pretty good the other night having the 47 but you know we're just concerned about his long-term health we want to make sure we put him in his best position to be you know the best version he's going to be for a long time do you have a timeline on that I know we'll provide updates after after the arthroscopic procedure but we want to we're not sure as of yet but you seem like you're pretty comfortable that he got out? Yeah, we feel like, again, with Anthony, all he wants to do is compete, so he's doing his kicking and screaming, but we're pretty confident that he'll get out there when he's right. We don't know when it's going to be, but we don't think it's going to be something that's going to cost the season. What did you think he was compromising? I mean, me, not too much relative by the most recent game, but I do think he's such a competitor. He came back in the playoffs. So I think certainly at times you can see him laboring a bit. He's just such an explosive athlete, but he had a great summer, he had a great preseason, and he's had a great first four games of the season. Was the latest round of imaging, was that sparked by discomfort he was feeling Slightly, yeah. We do it regardless, but he felt a little different, so let's just go and look at it. It's kind of where we are today. Similar last year in the playoffs when he was going through? Again, I don't want to misspeak. I think the imaging is different than the playoffs, so it's different than what it was even a month ago. So that's kind of how we came to this decision. Tim, how do you feel about this roster? Yeah, I mean, I think there was a bit of proof of concept last year in the playoffs where we were able to play without Ant. I think we have great depth of that position. I'm confident in the guys we have. And the NBA? You know, like every team, we do all these research projects, and the games just change, right? Not just the pace of the game, but the style of the game. So 15 years ago, if you were a center, you could be down the court the whole time. Now you're in 50 actions every possession. So we're trying to learn more and more. It's unfortunate that these things have become more and more prevalent. The minutes and the force at which Ant plays with, it's always going to be a challenge because there's no one more competitive, no one plays harder. But I think depth is increasingly important. But I do think league-wide it's something that we should further study. His closing the knees going into the end on his game, how do you monitor that part of that? Well, I think we have the best medical staff in the league. We're fortunate enough to be under the Mayo umbrella, so I think relative to the maintenance and monitoring, we feel great with it. The best thing about what he's going to go under is it's going to be as good as new. It's not something we're concerned with long-term. Yeah, sometimes, but it's a good problem. The fun part for him are the games. It's not just playing, but it's playing three-on-three, he's coming back at night. They're all really positive signs of an ultra-competitor, But our job, or that room's job, and we think that room's the best in the league, is to make sure our guys are healthy for as long as possible. Tim, how are his spirits right now? He wants to play tonight. He's bummed. But Anthony is such a naturally positive and upbeat guy. He hit all his teammates quickly, and you guys got it. We're going to roll from there. Be clear, that was after. Correct. The imaging was after the Cleveland game. Thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks.