With several MVP candidates — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokić, Victor Wembanyama, Luka Dončić, and Giannis Antetokounmpo — all flirting with missing the 65-game awards threshold, it seems that the default “MVP if the others don’t qualify” is the Detroit Pistons’ Cade Cunningham, who’s had a tremendous season in his own right.
But Anthony Edwards isn’t far behind. The Minnesota Timberwolves shooting guard is averaging 29.5 points per game on 49-40-79 shooting splits, and the Timberwolves are a solid 38-23 entering tonight’s 8:10 p.m. ET clash against the woeful Memphis Grizzlies.
Technically, Edwards is questionable for tonight’s matchup as the team manages his workload after he’s dealt with numerous injuries throughout the season, but he could be on track to play.
Minnesota is a 15.5-point favorite for tonight’s clash at DraftKings Sportsbook, with the total set to 236.5. Below, I’ve highlighted my favorite prop bet centered around Edwards.
Best Anthony Edwards Prop Bet on DraftKings Sportsbook
Anthony Edwards 30+ Points (-103)
Perhaps this is pretty chalky, but Edwards is one of the league’s best scorers, and 30 points should come pretty easily to him. He’s coming off of a ridiculously hot February in which he reached the 30-point threshold in seven of his 10 games, helping the Timberwolves to six wins. While he had just 21 points in Minnesota’s win over the Denver Nuggets on Monday night, the team didn’t need much from him, as Jaden McDaniels added 20 and Bones Hyland 18.
If he plays, he should be pretty effective against a Grizzlies team in full-on tank mode. Memphis is just 8-18 with the league’s sixth-worst defense since the start of 2026, and trading away former Defensive Player of the Year Jaren Jackson Jr. at the trade deadline surely won’t help matters in the long term. In particular, Memphis has given up the third-most restricted-area makes per game since the trade deadline, and Edwards is one of the league’s better pound-for-pound drivers.
Of course, he could score fewer than 30 points if he’s on a minutes restriction or if the game is a blowout and he doesn’t end up playing his usual minutes, but there are two games this season in which he’s played 30 minutes, 29 seconds or fewer and still managed to score 30 points. Plus, with Ty Jerome fully healthy, the Grizzlies’ offense could be just good enough to keep Edwards on the floor.
