Despite being only 23 years old, Anthony Edwards has already surpassed Kevin Garnett in a surprising NBA playoff stat for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

For the second year in a row, Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards has been named to the All-NBA second team. The teams were revealed Friday night. Edwards was one of eight players to appear on all 100 ballots from a global panel of writers and broadcasters,

His scoring helped the Minnesota Timberwolves secure a 102-97 win and a 2-1 lead in the conference semifinals. And beyond that, it was another bullet point on Edwards' "top seven in the league" resume. In today's NBA, forcing your way into that conversation isn't easy.

It's Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves against Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder for a spot in the NBA Finals.

Edwards becomes just the second Timberwolves player to make an All-NBA team in consecutive seasons since Garnett did so in seven consecutive seasons from 1999 to 2005. Ant joins Garnett (x8), Sam Cassell, Kevin Love (x2), and Karl-Anthony Towns as the only Wolves players to make an All-NBA team.

But now, as the league transitions into a new era of basketball, many are starting to wonder who will be the next face of the league. According to popular rapper and die-hard hoops fan Fat Joe, Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards is the clear frontrunner for that title.

Alexander, the Oklahoma City Thunder put on the finest of ceremonies The NBA’s newest MVP was handed his trophy before scoring 38 points as the Thunder

Mike Conley and Anthony Edwards have spent the past two-and-a-half seasons as teammates on the Minnesota Timberwolves, helping lead the team to back-to-back appearances in the Western Conference finals.