Basketball player Anthony Edwards will take up American football if he wins an NBA title “within 3-4 years”

Basketball player Anthony Edwards will take up American football if he wins an NBA title “within 3-4 years”

THE SPORT SCAN – Gold medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the star player of the <a href="https://www.archysport.com/2022/01/nba-minnesota-timberwolves-the-call-of-the-forest/" title="NBA: Minnesota Timberwolves, the call of the forest”>Minnesota Timberwolves dreams of becoming an American footballer in the years to come.

He dreams of doing what no athlete has done for 70 years. Anthony Edwards, who will begin his 5th season in the NBA with the Minnesota Timberwolves, aims to play in the NFL later. A transition from the biggest basketball championship in the world to the biggest in American football, something that only Bud Grant, NBA champion in 1950, has achieved in history.

“If I win a title within 3-4 years, I will go play football”promised Edwards, 23, in front of the camerasESPN. A spectacular dunker with exceptional athletic qualities, Edwards (1.93 m, 102 kg) played American football when he was younger before turning to basketball.

He is today one of the best players in the NBA, averaging 25.9 pts/game last season. Minnesota, led by Edwards but also French pivot Rudy Gobert, reached the Western Conference final during the last playoffs. The basketball player opened his trophy cabinet this summer by winning the gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with the United States.

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