Edwards says he'd beat anyone on Team USA in swimming
Anthony Edwards doesn't think any of his teammates on the U.S. Olympic squad would stand a chance against him in a swimming pool.
The Minnesota Timberwolves star told the "Today Show" he'd like to compete in freestyle swimming at the Olympics if given the opportunity and is confident he'd smoke his basketball teammates in the event.
"For sure. They ain't no swimmers," Edwards said when asked if he's the fastest swimmer on Team USA. "You got Joel big Embiid, you got AD (Anthony Davis), and Bam (Adebayo). They ain't swimming fast.
"LeBron (James), he ain't swimming fast. KD (Kevin Durant), Kawhi (Leonard), (Jayson) Tatum, they're not swimming fast at all. So my only challenges are Book (Devin Booker), when he might not know how to swim. Jrue (Holiday), he might drown. And (Tyrese) Haliburton, oh my God. If Haliburton beat me, then I just need to never touch the water again."
The 22-year-old Edwards will make his first Olympic appearance at the Paris Games, which get underway July 26.
Team USA is 2-0 in Olympic exhibition play, with their latest win coming against Australia on Monday.
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