They Say Anthony Edwards Is Michael Jordan’s “Son”…

They Say Anthony Edwards Is Michael Jordan’s “Son”…

Why out of every player in the NBA is Anthony Edwards being compared to Michael Jordan what made NBA Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett say this I’m going to put my bread on young fell he like a young 84 Jordan boy you hear me and going even further what has made the man

Himself Michael Jordan tell Chris brousard I reached out to the goat himself and he told me he does indeed see the similarities in his game and Anthony Edward’s game Michael Jordan himself sees similarities in their games very interesting what’s up guys Mike here and recently A lot of people have

Been comparing Anthony Edwards to Michael Jordan but I think Anthony Edward’s own words here will calm the storm a bit I think he’s right for sure 84 Jordan he didn’t say ‘ 96 97 say 84 you know he’s finding himself so you know I agree with that yes 84 Jordan not

Prime Jordan and also recently on a podcast with complex Anthony Edwards said this you could be the next Michael Jordan when you hear comparisons like that what comes in mind for you I just want him to stop do you feel like MJ could guard you hell no no so let’s stop

The exaggerations ourselves let’s listen to Ant let’s let him be his own man because even if he never reaches the level of Michael Jordan the greatest player of all time the Michael Jordan conversation is clouding the fact that Anthony Edwards is on track to be in the

MVP discussion and the number one guy on a championship Contender for years to come we need to remember Anthony Edwards is only 22 years old and already has the timber wolves near the top of the Western Conference which is much more impressive than you might think the

Wolves have quite literally been one of the worst franchises in all of NBA history as after ants rookie year they were a team that had made the playoffs just once in 17 Seasons but now Minnesota is going to make the postseason for the third straight year the Timberwolves have never reached the

NBA Finals they’ve only won two playoff series ever which happened in a single playoff run back in 2004 where they made the Western Conference Finals with MVP Kevin Garnett so it is safe to say that nobody saw the wolves rapid rise to the top of the West coming but that is

Because nobody thought Anthony Edwards would have this much impact on his team this early in his career right now out of everyone in the NBA who is 22 years old or younger an is leading the way with 26.4 points per game and he is Fifth and assist with 5.2 these numbers

For this age are historic as at the age of 22 if we include in only seven players in NBA history have averaged at least 25 points five assists and five rebounds per game and all of these players are either NBA legends current Superstars or John Morant who we’re

Still hoping comes back to Greatness Luca donic and Jason Tatum have been unreal for their ages they are the clear-cut next up MVP candidates but the deeper we dig into Anthony Edward’s game the more the stats show us that he is truly on Pace to become an NBA legend

When it comes to NBA stat comparisons what’s often left out is a players defensive impact on the court the true Mark of a two-way Superstar who can lead you to a championship and ants playoff numbers have shown that but we’re going to get to that in a bit but guys before

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Win shares now an might want the Jordan comparisons to stop but there is a reason they have been popping up both Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant were seen as two of the greatest to ever play because of their offensive dominance as well as their defensive stardom and the

Thing about ant is he is shockingly outpacing both of these greats in defensive impact at his age as while Michael Jordan retired as one of the best defensive guards of all time it took him until the age of 24 to be ranked in the top 20 in the league in

Defensive rating and that season he would finish third in defensive win shares comparable to ant that same season he would also be named the 1988 defensive player of the year one of only eight guards in NBA history to win that award Mike would be named to the all

Defensive team nine times which Kobe Bryant would actually best him in as Kobe was named all defense 12 times however in terms of advanced stats Kobe only had one single season in his career where he was top 20 in defensive rating and his highest ranking for defensive

Winshare was in the year 2000 where he finished 10th so when we see plays such as this Pacers have a chance up ahead n SMI blocked Edwards getting up and good night I mean Anthony Edwards he hit his head under the backboard that is one of the most incredible plays you’ll ever

See while this play in itself is amazing what’s even better is that the stats behind it do not lie as a perimeter Defender ants Advanced stats are already showing he is one of the best in the league and this has come from a Relentless work ethic that not only has

Included countless hours in the gym but also studying game film to become the best player he can possibly become but where did this desire to never stop improving come from of course part of it was from Ant all along but if we listen to what Steve Cur said to Anthony

Edwards during their 2020 NBA draft workout we can find some shocking Insight I was going through the drills and he kept stopping him like that’s all you got that’s all you got and I’m like bro I’m going hard as you want me to go

Like what you want me to do he like man you got to see Steph and KD and Kay work out we if we had the number one pick we wouldn’t take you I think after that man it’s just I became a mad man in the gym

I try to work to I’m tired I’m exhausted this kind of determination is scary when we combine the god-given athleticism that Anthony Edwards possesses some players Coast when they have a 42in vertical and has done the complete opposite despite the fact that he certainly has some of the best

Highlights we have ever seen that might sound like an exaggeration but it is not his rookie season he won dunk of the year over poor UDA wobbe they were lucky that wasn’t turned over Anthony Edwards that time he does finish with the exclamation point after Jimmy Butler got into his face during a

Game against the Heat an responded with this dunk over an unsuspecting Gabe Vincent an off the feed and Anthony Edwards showing that ants can’t kill Anthony over just absolutely destroyed gate Vincent on that play and recently ant injured both himself and John Collins on this play

That he said gave himself chills as he always dreamed of dunking on a player like this another turnover for Utah Edwards gets it back and threw it down and one from the Raptors an would dislocate his face finger John Collins was ruled out of this game with a

Concussion protocol to add injury to insult but going back to the trash talk here another part of what makes Anthony Edwards so special is he truly wants the smoke from anyone including future NBA Hall of Famers against Draymond Green a would tell him and he of course would proceed to

Back this up with a six-point Timberwolves win but many would say that Draymond has seen better days to me the most impressive was ant having the audacity to go up to kawhai Leonard and tell him this to which ant again backed up everything he said he outplayed Kawai as

The Wolves 1 by4 and ant scored 33 points in the process however the most impressive thing about Anthony Edwards is something we have not yet gotten into the fact that he has shown he can be a true playoff super Superstar listen to what Bruce Brown of the championship

Nuggets had to say about an after their Playoff Series last year an was going OD though is OD I would say this year the toughest players to guard was ant and Shay ant was cooking cooking every doing everything though all three levels in both of his playoff runs and stats have

Risen tremendously as last season he went from averaging 24.6 points 4.4 assists 5.8 rebounds 1.6 steals and7 blocks a game two 31.6 points 5.2 assists five rebounds 1.8 Steals and two blocks a game against again the future NBA champions not only is raising your game when the light shine the bright is

One of the biggest marks of a true NBA star Jimmy Butler has built his entire reputation on this but also it needs to be emphasized that against the highest level of competition possible Anthony Edwards performed at an extraordinary level as throughout the history of the league only four players have averaged

At least 30 points five assists and five rebounds per game at the age of 21 in the NBA playoffs those four men are an Luca LeBron and Tac and going further here we see that in the post-merger era these stats have only been accomplished by 14 players ever on top of this part

Of the reason why people have made the claim that ant is like a young Michael Jordan is because of his willingness to take the last shot at this young of an age ant wants to be the one who is responsible for if his team wins or

Loses we saw this in game four against the nuggets in the 2023 playoffs where ant made a number of key plays down the stretch but none were more important than this Gordon defends on a switch cross over three he got it this kid is a live wire Fearless this young man

Unafraid of the moment wants the responsibility when his team needs him most with this shot an helped Minnesota avoid a sweep and then using this momentum the Timberwolves almost beat Denver as with 2 minutes and 20 seconds left and would feed nille Alexander Walker for a three then on the next

Possession he would tie the game which eventually led to this finally gets it to him Edwards launches no and Denver survives his first missed opportunity at greatness but as we know a rookie Kobe Bryant wants airball four clutch shots in 5 minutes against the Utah Jazz in the

Playoffs sending the Lakers home and Kobe came back to become one of the greatest of all time what do to say Anthony Edwards won’t do the same thank you for watching if you’re already subscribe you’re awesome we all know it if you’re not please subscribe hit the

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