Did Anthony Edwards hit his head hard? Because there is no way a sane person would denounce an entire generation of NBA players simply because he is not familiar with their game. You probably get what we are referring to here. Yup, the viral ANT “I don’t think anybody had skill back then” except Michael Jordan, comment.
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Would it be a stretch to say that he practically started a war with that remark? Well, it would be foolish to hope that the greats who ruled the MJ era wouldn’t take offense to it. Sure, ‘His Airness’ was the highlight of the time, because he had successfully turned himself and his name into a globally marketable brand.
But names like “Dr. J,” Reggie Miller, Magic Johnson, etc. command respect unlike anything we have seen. So, it was no surprise the “Bad Boys” Pistons legend, Isiah Thomas, already responded to Edwards with a reminder of his own. And now, we have the ESPN veteran analyst, Stephen A. Smith, slamming the breaks on “Ant-Man”. “Forgive the young buck for what he does not know,” he hilariously said in the latest episode of First Take.
“You can look and appreciate today’s players, understand there’s an elevated level of talent because they piggybacked off the talent that preceded them. The pioneers that came before them. But that’s not to sit up there and summarily dismiss the older generation and what they brought to the table and how innovative and tremendously talented they were,” Smith added.
Stephen A. proceeded to name a few of the elite names in the industry back then – Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Zeke, who SAS pointed out that Jordan himself dubbed as “one of the most skilled point guards this game has ever seen,” behind Magic Johnson. Everybody acquainted with MJ and Isiah Thomas knows there is no love lost between them. But that never stopped the Bulls legend from respecting Thomas’ talent.
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