Timberwolves turn to LaMelo Ball and Jaden McDaniels with Anthony Edwards out up to two months

The Minnesota Timberwolves will spend most of the next two months without Anthony Edwards. The star guard had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Thursday, a procedure that ESPN's Shams Charania reported could keep him out for up to two months. CBS Sports noted that The Athletic has December as the target for his return. Team officials told FOX 9 that Dr. Craig Bennett performed a debridement, that Edwards is expected to make a full recovery and that the team has set no timetable.

The timing is hard on Minnesota. Edwards was averaging 33.3 points through four games and had scored 45 in Miami and 47 in Monday's overtime loss in Cleveland, all while playing on a knee that needed surgery. Tim Connelly, the team's president of basketball operations, said the injury is not a meniscus issue. He described it as a cleanup the team