Magic Johnson Shuts Down Anthony Edwards

23-year-old NBA player Anthony Edwards recently stated that NBA Hall of Fame legend, Michael Jordan was the only NBA player who “really had skill.” Another NBA Hall of Famer, Magic Johnson responded with a statement that should keep comments like that from coming out of Edwards’ mouth.

In a recent Wall Street Journal article, the Minnesota Timberwolves player, Edwards said he didn’t get a chance to watch NBA games from an earlier time, yet stated that although people say it was tougher to play in earlier years, he disagreed with players having skills back then.

“I didn’t watch it back in the day so I can’t speak on it,” he told the media outlet. “They say it was tougher back then than it is now, but I don’t think anybody had skill back then. [Michael Jordan] was the only one that really had skill, you know what I mean? So that’s why when they saw Kobe [Bryant], they were like, ‘Oh, my God.’ But now everybody has skill.”

Although he claimed to have not seen people play to know if they had skill, his arrogance in saying that NBA players weren’t skillful had people reacting to what he said. One of those people, Los Angeles Lakers legend, NBA champion, and successful businessman Johnson spoke to Stephen A. Smith about the statement the Team USA player made.

“Well, you know, I don’t never respond to a guy that’s never won a championship,” Johnson said. “It’s not nothing to really say. He didn’t win a college championship, I don’t know if he even won a high school championship.”

“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.”
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The New York Post reported that the conversation between Johnson and Smith took place when the two were at the Yaamava Resort & Casino.

According to Sports Illustrated, Edwards also made a comment earlier this summer that had basketball fans shaking their heads. Before Team USA started that gold medal journey at the Paris Olympics, he stated that on a team that featured future Hall of Famers like LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Anthony Davis, and Joell Embiid, he told reporters that he, not them, should be the number one option for the Games.

Magic Johnson Shuts Down Anthony Edwards’ Talk Of Only Michael Jordan Possessing Skills During Their Era