Edwards said he felt “great” as he came back from the first hamstring injury that caused him to miss time in his career. When asked whether this was a different recovery period than other injuries he has had, Edwards said “a little bit.”
“Because you don’t want to move too fast, go out there and try to do too much,” he said. “But I felt great tonight. I was ready to ball out tonight. Basketball gods had other intentions.”
Well, it wasn’t really fate that caused the Wolves to play such bad defense or not rebound Wednesday. They had 22 defensive rebounds to the Knicks’ 21 offensive rebounds. Knicks big man Mitchell Robinson had nine offensive rebounds, while Rudy Gobert finished with nine rebounds overall to lead the Wolves.
“It’s a spirit thing,” Wolves guard Donte DiVinenzo said of the defense. “It’s an energy thing. Everybody’s familiar with each other in this locker room. At some point, you just gotta go out and do it. You can talk about it until you’re blue in the face, but you just gotta go out and do it. Right now, we’re a sometimes team. We need to be an always team in that regard.”
They can be an always team if Edwards can always bring it on the defensive end of the court.