Former UGA basketball star Anthony Edwards named NBA All-Rookie First Team

Former Georgia basketball star and Atlanta native Anthony Edwards has been named to the NBA’s All-Rookie first team after a big first year for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

The 2020-21 NBA All-Rookie First Team:

🏀 LaMelo Ball
🏀 Saddiq Bey
🏀 Anthony Edwards
🏀 Tyrese Haliburton
🏀 Jae'Sean Tate pic.twitter.com/3YPdTmZnIm

— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) June 18, 2021

‘Ant-man’ led the Timberwolves scoring 19.3 points per game while adding 4.7 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game.

Shoutout to ANTHONY EDWARDS on an amazing rookie season 🗣

🔥 3rd youngest player to score 40+ points
🔥 Broke Timberwolves rookie scoring record
🔥 1st teenager to score 100+ points over a 3-game span

19.3 PPG | 4.7 RPG | 2.9 APG | 33% 3PT pic.twitter.com/arFTaJmtU6

— Overtime (@overtime) June 16, 2021

Edwards averaged more points per game than Rookie of the Year Lamelo Ball and believed he should have earned the award.

💯💯 https://t.co/xz2HNeCAmA

— Anthony Edwards (@theantedwards_) June 16, 2021

The sky is the limit for Edwards, who hasn’t missed a beat in the NBA after a high-flying one year stop in Athens.

Edwards was named SEC Freshman of the Year in 2020 after averaging 19.1 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game in his one year at Georgia.