Anthony Edwards has all the qualities to be the face of the NBA. His above-the-rim style looks good on highlight reels, he's charismatic and engaging, and he's helped the Minnesota Timberwolves to their biggest successes in franchise history. 

Edwards has stated that he doesn't want to be the face of the league, preferring to focus on playing basketball. 

Despite his comments, Edwards is obviously being positioned as one of the stars of the league. The Timberwolves came into the season with 28 nationally televised games, which was tied for fifth most, and two more than Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets. 

Edwards added to his highlight reel on Thursday, hitting a dagger three over multiple Los Angeles Clippers' players. 

After the game, Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch was asked about Edwards potentially being the face of the league. 

"I don't think there is a single player that really sets out to be the face of the league. It's kind of a new phenomenon that we hear about in the media now. The league is in a great place. There is a lot of talent. Ant is a spectacular young player who could easily be the face of the league, but it's not something he is questing after. He certainly has a lot of attributes that will draw people to him, but you have to win at a super high level. As long as we do that, he has a chance to be that if that's something he desires. I'm not sure that really is," he said. 

The Timberwolves have done a lot of winning since Edwards was selected first overall in the 2020 draft. 

They've made the playoffs in each of the last four seasons, winning more than 42 games in each season. The past two years, they've made the Western Conference Finals. 

Each face of the league over the years has had one thing in common: championships. 

Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and LeBron James were all multi-time champions and MVPs. Only Kobe didn't win multiple MVPs. 

Edwards has put himself in the MVP conversation the last two years and has found playoff success in leading his team to the Conference Finals two straight years, but he doesn't have the hardware to show for it just yet. 

Though he is unlikely to win MVP this season, he could walk away with the Clutch Player of the Year award, and the Timberwolves are once again in a position to make some noise in the playoffs.