On July 8, Beijing time, 22-year-old Edwards has grown rapidly, he has become the hottest supernova representative in the NBA today, and is even considered to be one of the faces of the future of the NBA. It's just that now Edwards is arrogantly saying that he is the first choice of the U.S. men's basketball team, and the rest of the players need to adapt to playing next to him, which undoubtedly caused controversy, and multiple factors make him unable to even become the starting player of the U.S. men's basketball team.
Edwards spoke to the media after the training camp was currently in session, and he spoke wildly about his role in the U.S. men's basketball team: "I'm still the first choice, that's how I feel, I'm not going to do too many different things, I'm going to be myself, and they all have to adapt to playing next to me." ”
However, Edwards' arrogant remarks may be difficult to achieve, after all, multiple factors restrict him from becoming the first choice in the US men's basketball team, as follows:
First, the competition for honors and qualifications is at the bottom.
In the 12-man roster of the U.S. men's basketball team, Edwards' honorary qualifications are definitely among the bottom, after all, the team has 7 champions, and only 3 have not advanced to the finals, including Edwards. Edwards leads the team in the NBA, and he is only slightly better than Embiid who has not played in the division finals, but Embiid has a regular season MVP.
Championships: Curry, James, Bushy Eyebrows, Durant, Leonard, Holiday and Tatum
Finals: Booker, Bam Adebayo
Division finals: Edwards, Haliburton
Division Semifinals: Embiid
Second, last year's World Cup led the team to unsatisfactory results.
Edwards had already led the team to the Basketball World Cup last year, but the final result was to stop in the semi-finals, and lost to the Canadian men's basketball team in the third-place match, finishing only fourth and missing out on the podium. In last year's Basketball World Cup, Edwards averaged 18.9 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.1 steals per game, shooting 47.5% from the field and 31.1% from three-point range, which is not too ideal.
Third, Cole has always paid attention to "meritorious basketball".
U.S. men's basketball coach Kerr has always paid attention to "meritorious basketball", and coaching in the Warriors is to dominate meritorious basketball, even if he let Klay and Paul play off the bench, but in the end Klay was brought back to the starting lineup.
In the U.S. men's basketball team, the qualifications of James, Durant, Curry and other players are definitely crushing Edwards, so Edwards wants to be the team's first choice, which is almost a dream.
According to the previous prediction of the American media TA, the starting role of the American men's basketball team is likely to be James, Durant, Curry, Embiid and Leonard, and Edwards can only play the role of a substitute.
To sum up, it is not difficult to see that the 22-year-old Edwards is still just a "Huazi", he is still a long way from becoming a "Huaye", and it is not realistic to want to be on the top for the time being, and he still needs to continue to experience and upgrade.