{"id":21355,"date":"2025-02-17T05:56:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T04:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=21355"},"modified":"2025-02-17T05:56:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T04:56:05","slug":"2025-nba-all-star-game-why-didnt-anthony-edwards-play-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/2025-nba-all-star-game-why-didnt-anthony-edwards-play-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 NBA All-Star Game: Why didn&#8217;t Anthony Edwards play tonight?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, February 16, 24 NBA stars got down to the Chase Center for the ultimate showdown of the 2025 All-Star Weekend, the All-Star Game. In the newly-introduced format, the Chuck&rsquo;s Global Stars were set to clash against Kenny&rsquo;s Young Stars in the first semi-final of the night. <\/p><p>While fans were excited to see some big names team up against each other for the ultimate title, not every star made it onto the court. In addition to <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/lebron-james-announces-he-will-miss-2025-all-star-game-due-to-ankle-soreness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Los Angeles Lakers icon LeBron James<\/a>, Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards was also sidelined.<\/p><p>&ldquo;Ant-Man&rdquo;, in his third All-Star appearance, was selected for the All-Star Game 2025 as one of the reserves from the Western Conference, and was later picked for the Kenny&rsquo;s Young Stars. While the 23-year-old was introduced before the game along with other players, he didn&rsquo;t step up on the court.&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/top-rivalries-in-all-star-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>2025 NBA All-Star: Top rivalries in NBA All-Star history<\/a><br><a href=\"All%20perfect%2050-score%20slam%20dunks%20by%20Mac%20McClung%20in%20NBA%20All-Star%20Slam%20Dunk%20contests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>WATCH: All perfect 50-score slam dunks by Mac McClung in NBA All-Star Slam Dunk contests<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/who-is-mac-mcclung-all-you-need-to-know-about-nba-all-star-slam-dunk-superstar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Who is Mac McClung? All you need to know about NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Superstar<\/a><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/go-betmgm-sportsbetting-us-en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"trk-cta-img\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Image\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/e48da6fef5344aa5871b51fe32a9580a-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20871\"><\/a><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why didn&rsquo;t Anthony Edwards play in the All-Star Game?&nbsp;<\/h2><p>The 23-year-old didn&rsquo;t feature in the lineup for his side due to a groin injury. Edwards revealed that he has been dealing with the injury for quite some time, despite being listed as questionable in a few games for his side.&nbsp;<\/p><p>After Kenny&rsquo;s team went down to team Chuck 41-32, Edwards said that he could have given it a shot if he had gotten more time for the warm up. <em>&ldquo;My groin&rsquo;s been messed up for a little minute,&rdquo; <\/em>Edwards told the media.&nbsp;The injury doesn&rsquo;t seem severe enough to keep Edwards out of action in Timberwolves&rsquo;  upcoming clash against the Rockets on Friday, Feb. 21.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Anthony Edwards says he didn't play in the NBA All-Star event because of a groin issue. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kkCKft7SXd\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/kkCKft7SXd<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Sporting News (@sportingnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sportingnews\/status\/1891311221367853301?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>February 17, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Miami Heat&rsquo;s guard <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/2025-nba-all-star-who-won-the-nba-3-point-contest-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Tyler Herro, who won the NBA 3-Point Contest 2025<\/a> on Saturday, was included in the starting five at Edward&rsquo;s place, and he finished with six points and one assist.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Notably, Edwards has played a total of 54 games for the Timberwolves this season, and he has been averaging at 27.5 points, 5.8 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyler Herro was inserted in the starting five at Edward\u2019s place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":21356,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[23,819],"class_list":["post-21355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-anthony-edwards","tag-nba-all-star-2025"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2025 NBA All-Star Game: Why didn&#039;t Anthony Edwards play tonight?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In addition 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