Anthony Edwards: Wolves 'Don't Have S--t on Offense' After Loss to Towns, Knicks

Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards offered another blunt assessment of the team after Thursday's 133-107 loss to the New York Knicks.

Edwards told reporters in the locker room after the game the Wolves "don't have s--t on offense" or a discernible offensive identity.

"We know I'm gonna shoot a bunch of shots, we know [Julius Randle] gonna shoot a bunch of shots, and that's all we know," he said.

The two-time All-Star said the issue was down to on-court execution rather than the coaching from Chris Finch.

The offense wasn't totally the problem on Thursday. Minnesota shot 46.1 percent from the field and knocked down 17 of its 42 three-pointers. Donte DiVincenzo, Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Josh Minott came off the bench to score 38 combined points.

But things clearly aren't clicking in the bigger picture.

The Timberwolves are 21st in offensive rating (110.8), per NBA.com. Edwards' scoring average (25.9 points) matches his 2023-24 output, but that may not necessarily be a good thing when he's attempting more threes than ever (10.1 per game) and should seemingly have a bigger offensive load with Karl-Anthony Towns gone.

"Every team we play did a great job of sitting in the gaps," he said Thursday night. "When I get to the rim, putting four people at the rim. I'm sorry, people, there's nothing I can do with going to the hole right now."

That was a foreseeable downside to trading Towns for Randle. Towns is a historically great shooter for a big man, while Randle is far more comfortable operating within the three-point arc.

A frontcourt with Randle and Rudy Gobert would inevitably have spacing issues, and Edwards seems to be experiencing the brunt of that.

"We're not an offensive team," he said, per the Pioneer Press' Jace Frederick. "We're a defensive team. I don't think there's going to be too much change. I think we just got to play defense better."

That's going to be hard when Minnesota is already fourth in defensive rating (107.7), per NBA.com.

If Edwards is right and there isn't much offensive improvement to come, the Wolves are in serious trouble.