HOUSTON – Without hesitation, Anthony Edwards leapt into a story about Ricky Rubio when asked Friday about playing alongside the former Timberwolves guard who announced his retirement Thursday.
Like it happened yesterday, Edwards recounted a tale from his first training camp, when he was playing in a scrimmage with D'Angelo Russell and Karl-Anthony Towns, and his team was trailing late.
"I came down and took the game-winning shot, and I missed," Edwards said.
Rubio had some advice for Edwards after that.
"Ricky was like, 'Young fella, this is not the shot that you take. You let them take the shot,' " Edwards said.