Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards ruffled a few feathers with his recent Michael Jordan take and former Minnesota player Kevin Garnett has weighed in.
In case you missed it, here is what Edwards said:
“I didn’t watch it back in the day so I can’t speak on it,” Edwards told Wall Street Journal. “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.”
In response to Edwards’ comments, Garnett somewhat disagreed and explained how today’s style of play just wouldn’t have worked back then.
“If I’m being honest, bro, I don’t think anybody in this generation could have played like 20 years ago,” Garnett said on Ticket & The Truth. “Twenty years ago, bro, you couldn’t get to a triple step back. You hear what I’m saying to you? You couldn’t get to a triple step back. And then if you shot that s**t, it had to go in. You know why? Because we had efficiency, back in the day, my dude, and it was so f**king hard.It was too physical, and guess what? The league had to come off of it for the flow of movement to be able to have scoring go up, which is why we like to sit here and watch kind of the rat race of the high-paced game right now.”
Before Garnett piped up, Lakers legend Magic Johnson roasted Edwards for his take.
“I never respond to guy that’s never won a championship,” Johnson said. “He didn’t win a college championship, I don’t know if he even won a high school championship.”
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