Wolves' Edwards goes off for 10 threes in record-breaking performance

We've long known Anthony Edwards is a special physical talent; give him a lane to the hoop and you'd have a better shot at halting a runaway freight train. (Just ask Yuta Watanabe.)

But now, with the second-year Minnesota Timberwolves star hitting 10 threes in a dominant 124-107 win over the Denver Nuggets, it's increasingly apparent that the knocks against Ant-Man's softer skills - like long-range accuracy - were grossly overstated.

Edwards cooked the Nuggets with 38 points on 14-of-21 shooting, including 10-of-14 from 3-point territory, breaking his own shared team record of eight threes:

After his performance, the youngster is now shooting 36% on threes for the season; the NBA had collectively shot 34.8% from three entering Wednesday's slate.

Remember, Edwards shot just 29.4% on 7.7 threes per game in his lone year at Georgia, and that was while playing with the more forgiving collegiate 3-point arc.

Speaking of Edwards' youth, at 20 years and 132 days old, he's now the youngest player in NBA history to hit 10 or more threes in a single game, breaking the previous record (Kyrie Irving) by more than two full years, per Stathead. In fact, only 13 other players have hit 10 or more threes in a game before turning 25, a group that includes Stephen Curry, Kobe Bryant, and Klay Thompson.

In short, NBA defenders shouldn't leave the young Timberwolves star open from deep.

Or, put another way, D'Angelo Russell offers this succinct appraisal of his teammate.