Anthony Edwards has turned his biggest weakness into his biggest strength

It's extremely rare to not only have a generational superstar on your team, but one that has gotten better every single year of his career. Now, in his sixth season, Anthony Edwards looks to add to his impressive resume by winning the NBA's Clutch Player of the Year award.

In his previous years, Edwards had few knocks on his game, but one of them was his ability to hit clutch shots in the final minutes. He would occasionally struggle with tunnel vision, which would lead to frequent turnovers or bad shots for either him or the team around him. That has flipped completely 180º now.

This season he is the NBAs most feared player in the clutch

So far this season, Edwards has an effective shooting percentage of 83.7 in clutch time. No, that isn't a typo. Second is Philadelphia's VJ Edgecombe at an impressive 68.8 percent, but somehow nowhere even close to Edwards. The stuff that he's been doing in clutch time is some of the best the entire league has seen recently.

He's improving as a playmaker in the clutch as well. In the Wolves' most recent loss against the San Antonio Spurs, Edwards dropped a career-high 55 points. But in the clutch after he wasn't missing, the Spurs started double-teaming him the second he crossed half court, causing him to get off the ball. Instead of forcing the issue, he created a few buckets for the Wolves, including two timely Donte DiVincenzo triples.

Last season, Edwards led the league in 3-pointers made and attempted, but his clutch stats were lacking due to teams running him off the line and causing him to shoot mid-range jumpers, which, at the time, was a weakness.

Notably, Edwards shot just 42.6 percent from the field with a 51.7 effective field goal percentage last year in the clutch.

This year, after studying film of the all-time mid-range greats like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant, he's made it a real go-to weapon. So now, on top of his league-leading three-point ability, he is a real threat in the mid-range, and with his athleticism, he can score on anyone at the rim.

Where does he rank amongst the league?

I don't think it's crazy to have Edwards as a top-five player in the NBA. The only guys that are clearly ahead of him at this point are Nikola Jokic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and you could argue a healthy Jayson Tatum, but that isn't a guarantee.

There are players like Luka Doncic, but he has major defensive question marks. Nevertheless, with this superhuman clutch leap we are watching, Edwards has cemented himself in the highest echelon of superstars in the league, and the scariest part, at 24 he will continue to get better.