I for one hope Edwards doesn't stop letting it fly. In fact, I wish if anything he were playing with greater abandon, as he's seemed at times even tentative with his shot.
He needs to be the guy taking those tough threes and making them. That's his whole game. There's a reason why he has the green light. There's a reason he's getting minutes as he struggles with defensive schemes and bigger guards on both ends. He has plus-plus potential as a volume shooter from three point land right now. Golden State and the Rockets have shown us over and over again that there's nothing more gravitational than an elite shooter on a roll.
Edwards might never be that guy consistently, or he might turn into a guy who takes ten threes a game and knocks them down at an elite percentage. We just don't know yet, but you can bet the Celtics are going to try and find out. Brad has always preached that guys should do what they do best.
Wanamaker has been so rock-solid on both ends of the floor, so I think he definitely deserves the majority of backup minutes for the forseeable future. But Carsen will get his chance, especially if Kemba is out for any significant portion of time (which I hope he isn't!)
EDIT: Carsen isn't the player Trae Young is, and almost certainly will never be, but Young's struggles in the first half last year come to mind. How many people wrote him off because he struggled from three for a few months?
He needs to be the guy taking those tough threes and making them. That's his whole game. There's a reason why he has the green light. There's a reason he's getting minutes as he struggles with defensive schemes and bigger guards on both ends. He has plus-plus potential as a volume shooter from three point land right now. Golden State and the Rockets have shown us over and over again that there's nothing more gravitational than an elite shooter on a roll.
Edwards might never be that guy consistently, or he might turn into a guy who takes ten threes a game and knocks them down at an elite percentage. We just don't know yet, but you can bet the Celtics are going to try and find out. Brad has always preached that guys should do what they do best.
Wanamaker has been so rock-solid on both ends of the floor, so I think he definitely deserves the majority of backup minutes for the forseeable future. But Carsen will get his chance, especially if Kemba is out for any significant portion of time (which I hope he isn't!)
EDIT: Carsen isn't the player Trae Young is, and almost certainly will never be, but Young's struggles in the first half last year come to mind. How many people wrote him off because he struggled from three for a few months?