Anthony Edwards earned himself a lot more money Wednesday before Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals even tipped off.

The 22-year-old earned second-team All-NBA honors — essentially meaning he was one of the 10 best players in the league this season.

The honor was certainly earned.

Edwards was a fringe MVP candidate for much of the season. He averaged 25.9 points, 5.4 boards and 5.1 assists while tacking on 1.3 steals a game.

The guard received three first-team votes, 87 second-team votes and nine third-team votes, netting him 287 points. That was seventh among all players. Edwards received the second-most votes among second-team players, behind just Knicks guard Jalen Brunson.

First-team honorees were Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Denver center Nikola Jokic, Dallas guard Luka Doncic, Boston guard Jayson Tatum and Milwaukee forward Giannis Antetokounmpo. All five finished with more than 400 voting points.

It’s the first All-NBA selection for Edwards, and it comes with a hefty pay bump. Edwards inked his five-year extension last summer, but it kicks in next season. And now that he’s an All-NBA player, it morphs from a max extension to a supermax extension.

Edwards will now make roughly $7 million more next season — a bump from $35.3 million to $42.3 million — and over the five years, his total contract value jumps from $204.5 million to $245.4 million.

That further tightens Minnesota’s already strapped salary cap situation.

The two-time all-star becomes the sixth Timberwolves player to earn All-NBA honors, joining Kevin Garnett, Sam Cassell, Kevin Love, Jimmy Butler and Karl-Anthony Towns.

Rudy Gobert was the only other Wolves player to receive votes. He grabbed one second-team vote and nine third-team votes, putting him at 19th in total voting points. The top 15 earned All-NBA honors.

Gobert earned first-team All-NBA Defense honors on Tuesday. Edwards received four second-team all-defense votes.

“Only four,” Edwards lamented Wednesday morning. “That’s crazy.”

All-NBA Teams

Here are the first-, second- and third-team All-NBA selections as announced Wednesday by the league:

2024 All-NBA Teams

(Voting on a 5-3-1 basis by a global panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters)

First Team

G Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, OKC (99-0-0) 495

C Nikola Jokic, Den (99-0-0) 495

G Luka Doncic, Dal (98-1-0) 493

F Giannis Antetokounmpo, Mil (88-11-0) 473

F Jayson Tatum, Bos (65-34-0) 427

Second Team

G Jalen Brunson, Bos (37-61-0) 368

G Anthony Edwards, Minn (3-87-9) 285

F Kevin Durant, Phx (2-85-9) 274

F Kawhi Leonard, LAC (1-72-21) 242

C Anthony Davis, LAL (1-65-30) 230

Third Team

F LeBron James, LAL (1-32-63) 164

G Stephen Curry, GS (0-13-78) 117

F Domantas Sabonis, Sac (1-16-51) 104

G Tyrese Haliburton, Ind (0-2-69) 75

G Devon Booker, Phx (0-7-49) 70

Others receiving votes

Guards: Tyrese Maxey, Philadelphia 16; De’Aaron Fox, Sacramento 9.

Forwards: Jaylen Brown, Boston 50; Paul George, LA Clippers 16; Rudy Gobert, Minnesota 12; Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio 11; Zion Williamson, New Orleans 11; Paolo Banchero, Orlando 10; Bam Adebayo, Miami 7; DeMar DeRozan, Chicago.

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NEW YORK — Charlie Colin, bassist and founding member of the American pop-rock band Train, best known for their early-aughts hits like “Drops of Jupiter” and “Meet Virginia,” has died. He was 58.

Colin’s sister Carolyn Stephens confirmed her brother’s death to The Associated Press Wednesday. He died after slipping and falling in the shower while house-sitting for a friend in Brussels, Belgium, celebrity website TMZ.com reported.

Colin grew up in California and Virginia and attended Berklee College of Music in Boston.

He played in a group called Apostles after college with guitarist Jimmy Stafford and singer Rob Hotchkiss. The band eventually dissolved, and Colin moved to Singapore for a year to write jingles.

Eventually, Colin, Hotchkiss and Stafford relocated to San Francisco, where Train formed in the early ‘90s with singer Pat Monahan. Colin brought in drummer Scott Underwood to round out the group, according to an interview with Colin and Hotchkiss in Berklee’s alumni magazine.

As a founding member of Train, Colin played on the band’s first three records, 1998’s self-titled album, 2001’s “Drops of Jupiter” and 2003’s “My Private Nation.” The latter two releases peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 chart.

“Meet Virginia,” from Train’s debut album broke the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100, but it was their sophomore album, “Drops of Jupiter,” that confirmed the band’s success.

The eight-times platinum title track “Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)” — which features the Rolling Stones ′ session pianist Chuck Leavell and Leonard Cohen ’s string orchestrator Paul Buckmaster and was written about the death of Monahan’s mother — hit No. 5 on the same chart. It also earned two Grammys, for best rock song and best instrumental arrangement accompanying vocalist(s).

Colin left Train in 2003 due to substance abuse. “Charlie is one incredible bass player, but he was in a lot of pain, and the way he was dealing with it was very painful for everyone else around him,” Monahan told NBC San Diego.

In 2015, he reunited with Hotchkiss to start a new band called Painbirds, alongside Tom Luce.

In 2017, he formed another band, the Side Deal, with Sugar Ray’s Stan Frazier and the PawnShop Kings’ Joel and Scott Owen.

On Wednesday, a tribute to Colin appeared on the official Facebook and X social media pages for the band Train. “When I met Charlie Colin, front left, I fell in love with him. He was the sweetest guy and what a handsome chap. Let’s make a band that’s the only reasonable thing to do,” it reads.

“His unique bass playing a beautiful guitar work helped get folks to notice us in SF and beyond. I’ll always have a warm place for him in my heart. I always tried to pull him closer but he had a vision of his own. You’re a legend, Charlie. Go charm the pants off those angels.”

Prior to his death, Colin documented his time in Brussels, writing “Officially my favorite city,” in a March Instagram post.

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After a man tried to get into a St. Paul charter school through a locked door on Monday, he grabbed a machete and threatened two staff members with it, charges say.

St. Paul police were called to Hmong College Prep Academy at 1515 Brewster St., just east of Snelling Avenue, shortly before noon on a report of a man who was outside the school with a machete that he used to threaten several staff members.

When officers arrived, staff was “hysterically yelling and pointing” to a man, later identified as 40-year-old Marcelo Rubio Loredo, according to Wednesday’s charges. They said Loredo tried to enter the school.

Marcelo Rubio Loredo (Courtesy of the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office)

Officers saw a machete in Loredo’s hand and told him to drop it. He replied in Spanish, then walked away with the machete. When other officers arrived, he ran.

Loredo ignored a Spanish-speaking officer’s commands to stop. He struggled with officers, who used tear gas to arrest him. Officers found the machete on a path.

A school staff member told police Loredo tried to open a locked door. Another staff member said he saw Loredo with his face pressed up against the glass of the locked door and told him to leave. Loredo gave the staff member “the finger” and kicked the door before going over to his bike and grabbing a machete, the charges say.

Loredo raised the machete over his shoulder in a swinging manner, which the staff member took as a threat, the charges say. The school was put on lockdown.

A school maintenance worker then encountered Loredo with the machete and tried walking him off the school’s property, but he raised it in a swinging manner over his shoulder twice, the charges say.

Loredo told an investigator in an interview that he had left his job and was looking for something to eat. He said he had the machete because he was working on a yard, the charges say.

When asked if he understood that people at the school would be afraid of him waving the machete around, Loredo didn’t answer. He accused police of taking his bike and money, and asked for an attorney.

Loredo was charged with two counts of felony threats of violence and remained jailed Wednesday in lieu of $50,000 bail. Loredo, who has no permanent address, was granted a public defender, according to court records. The attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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