Anthony Edwards has quickly risen as one of the best and most marketable stars in the NBA today and while a lot of that marketability comes from his standout talent, a lot of it comes from his outspoken personality as well. 

Edwards is loud, boisterous and electric, often making jokes in his media appearances and speaking with fans and and holding nearly nothing back when he speaks. 

He's Gen Z through and through and Edwards' personality is such a huge part of what makes him so easily marketable and why he's able to go viral so often, but of course his personality doesn't stay off the court. 

Trash talk is an integral part of the game of basketball for most players, whether or not they have a personality like Edwards, so it should be no surprise that Edwards is one of the premier trash talkers in the NBA himself.

In a recent interview with Kyle Ingram, Edwards went into the specifics of how he talks trash on the court and when he decides to take over that responsibility for his teammates as well. 

“A lot of players don't talk trash, but I do. If I'm scoring a lot of points, I'm talking crazy!" Edwards said (via Legion Hoops). "‘They can't guard me out here, man! Find somebody who can guard me! He ain't it’…I talk trash for my teammates, too. If my teammate is having a good game, I'll talk trash for him. I'll be like, 'Don't say nothing, I got you!'” 

A prerequisite for talking trash is actually thriving inside of a game. The same kind of antics don't land when when you're down by 20 than they do when you're up by 20, but Edwards doesn't have that problem all that often considering he's one of the best scorers in the NBA today and the Minnesota Timberwolves find themselves on the right side of the scoreboard often. 

Trash talking on behalf of his teammates is an interesting detail as well. That might not be a though that would occur to most players, but Edwards adding in that detail shows an interesting insight into his perspective as a leader of the team.

For a handful of years, Edwards was the rising young star, but now he's reached a stage in his career where he truly is the leader of the franchise and he's established enough where a lot of his teammates look to him to set the tone for the rest of the game.

Part of the way that he does that is by actually leading the way offensively and with his effort level, but talking trash in his teammates' behalf is just another way that he's found his own way of being a leader in the NBA.