Edwards' slam over Watanabe praised as Dunk of the Year candidate

Sportsnet Staff @SportsnetFebruary 20, 2021 - 12:02am

Minnesota Timberwolves' Anthony Edwards makes his case for dunk of the year as he gets up for enormous slam on Toronto Raptors forward Yuta Watanabe.

It had already been an exciting night in the NBA, with both Jamal Murray and Joel Embiid scoring 50 points in separate games.

Then Anthony Edwards came out of nowhere to make it electric.

With time running down in the third quarter, Edwards elevated from the baseline and slammed home a thunderous dunk over Yuta Watanabe. The Toronto Raptors forward may never be the same.

Here is the can’t-miss dunk itself, and some of the best reaction to it:

ANTHONY EDWARDS WITH THE POSTER OVER YUTA WATANABE

: @NBA pic.twitter.com/UrhZeaRAMM

— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) February 20, 2021

Geez. Good effort Yuta!!

— Michael Grange (@michaelgrange) February 20, 2021

IS THIS LEGAL IN THE US OR CANADA?????????????? pic.twitter.com/gclwdiUum7

— Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) February 20, 2021

DID THIS DUDE JUST DO THIS?! pic.twitter.com/epDGybBjpo

— Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) February 20, 2021

SENT THIS MAN STRAIGHT TO MIDDLE EARTH pic.twitter.com/cjb2q3hsPI

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) February 20, 2021

Poor lovely Yuta but that was legit one of the best dunks in years

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 20, 2021

Why did it have to be Yuta Watanabe, though?? He's good people.

— Chris Walder (@WalderSports) February 20, 2021

Yuta Watanabe was too handsome to be murdered like that

— sreekar (@sreekyshooter) February 20, 2021

Time of death for Yuta Watanabe: 9:45 pm.

— Jon Krawczynski (@JonKrawczynski) February 20, 2021

I would like to defend Yuta Watanabe. Way to hang in there trying to do your job. It happens.

— Sid Seixeiro (@Sid_Seixeiro) February 20, 2021

Y’all wanna see a dead body?

pic.twitter.com/YsilaxPInX

— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) February 20, 2021

They have lots of paintings of dead people in there … https://t.co/YWphEvEbEa

— Michael Grange (@michaelgrange) February 20, 2021

"I thought it was a really good dunk" – Nick Nurse on the Edwards poster of Yuta.

— Steven Loung (@loung_s) February 20, 2021

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