The great man Julius Dr J Erving has weighed in on Anthony Edwards comments about how the NBA players before him had no skill.
The Timberwolves star claimed that Michael Jordan was the only one that really had skill.
Edwards comments came in August, but they are still being talked about in the NBA community.
Erving was less than impressed by the take.
Oh, cmon man. Wilt, Bill Russell, Oscar Robertson, and Elgin Baylor, who was my favorite. My personal favorite was Elgin Baylor and Jerry West. If you just take those five right there. You put Anthony Edwards on the court with them or whatever. He would change his opinion, Erving recently said on the Come and talk 2 me podcast.
Edwards did preface his comments by saying that he didnt watch back in the day, so he cant speak on it it. Yet he did.
Dr J hypothesised that Ants made those comments because he hasnt had to face enough tough competition in his basketball days.
Hes feeling himself but hes awfully good. I mean I like watching him play but hes from Georgia right? Because I know he went to Georgia for a year or two. Hes from Georgia so theres something about when youre an urban basketball player like a New Yorker or DC or whatever, you tend to have more respect because you see more guys who are as good or better than you, Dr.J said. He hasnt had that experience in middle school, high school or college where there were guys that were better than him.
Dr J is the latest person to comment publicly on what Edwards said and theres a long list.
Before him Magic Johnson, DeMar DeRozan and Paul George were among the people who werent too happy with Edwards sentiment.
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