10K Reasons Why Ant-Man is the Truth (And Why He’s “Sick”)
Listen, folks, history is usually boring. It’s usually some dusty guy in a monocle signing a treaty. But on Thursday night, history looked like Anthony Edwards bullying his way into the paint and feathered a 13-foot jumper over Cleveland’s Sam Merrill.
Let’s be honest: Sam Merrill didn’t ask for this. He just wanted to play some defense, maybe grab a rebound. Instead, he became the footnote in the biography of a future Hall of Famer. Life comes at you fast.
With that buttery midrange pull-up, Ant-Man officially joined the 10,000 Point Club. But he didn’t just join the club; he kicked down the VIP door.
Here is the list of players younger than Edwards (24 years, 156 days) to hit 10K:
LeBron James (The King)
Kevin Durant (The Slim Reaper)
Anthony Edwards (Kermit Wilts/Ant-Man)
That’s it. That’s the tweet. He beat Kobe Bryant to the mark by 38 days.
Now, a normal person pops champagne. A normal person frames the jersey. What does Ant do? He gets mad.
“I’m kind of sick that I got it from Kobe,” Edwards said post-game. “I wish I would have waited like 100 days or something. But it’s all good.”
Only Anthony Edwards could break a record held by the Black Mamba and treat it like he accidentally stepped on a pristine pair of Jordans. The respect is real, but so is the talent.
The Evolution of the Killer
Let’s talk about how he did it. The milestone bucket wasn’t a poster dunk that ends up on a Wheaties box. It was a 13-foot baseline jumper.
Why does that matter? Because Ant got tired of losing.
After getting bounced by the Mavs and then bullied by the Thunder’s midrange assassins (SGA and J-Dub) in previous postseasons, Edwards realized that driving into five defenders and praying for a whistle isn't a sustainable business model. He went into the lab with assistant coach Chris Hines and decided to make the midrange cool again.
Coach Chris Finch put it best with a football analogy that I, as a connoisseur of gridiron violence, absolutely love: “They don’t run the fullback off tackle for 20 times a game any longer… But it’s a great accent.”
Translation: You can't just run headfirst into a brick wall every play. Sometimes you gotta stop and pop.
The Verdict
The Wolves are 25-13. The ball is moving (33 assists! In this economy?!). Julius Randle is smiling and calling Ant “One of One.” And Edwards is putting up numbers that sit him at a table with LeBron, KD, and Kobe.
He’s shooting 41% from three, 47% from the midrange, and 100% from the field of “Dudes You Do Not Want to See in the Playoffs.”
10,000 points down. A whole lot more to go. Just don’t tell him he passed another legend too quickly, or he might apologize for being too good.
