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If there’s one thing NBA star and Olympic gold medalist Anthony Edwards has, it’s confidence.
But Magic Johnson doesn’t want to hear anything about that until Edwards is a champion.
Edwards turned heads days ago when he declared Michael Jordan as the only real baller during his tenure in the NBA. It didn’t take long for NBA greats Magic Johnson and Isaiah Thomas to publicly disagree.
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Edwards was asked about the difference between his generation of the NBA and generations of decades ago.
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“They say it was tougher back then than it is now, but I don’t think anybody had skill back then,” Edwards barked. “So that’s why when they saw Kobe, they were like, ‘Oh, my God.’ But now everybody has skill.”
Two all-time greats, including Magic Johnson and Isiah Thomas, wholeheartedly disagreed.
Johnson sat down with ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith when he commented. “I never respond to a guy who’s never won a championship… He didn’t win a college championship, I don’t even know if he won a high school championship.”
Thomas was a bit more patriarchal in his approach. On X Thomas replied to a post from Yahoo! Sports with, “Propaganda works, so be careful what you choose to believe.”
Propaganda works, so be careful what you choose to believe. https://t.co/A2fJvxDlmd
— Isiah Thomas (@IsiahThomas) August 20, 2024
The big question is, why does Edwards think that prior generations had “no skill”? To say that you think you’re better than someone is one thing, but to disrespect a league that’s been around for nearly 80 years is something else.
Here are 15 throwback NBA ballers that could cook Anthony Edwards – if they were both in their primes, of course!
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