Can Anthony Edwards take the mantle behind NBA greats: LeBron, Curry, KD? | Good Word with Goodwill
Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter, Vincent Goodwill, and Senior staff writer for The Ringer, Mirin Fader, discuss the evolution of Anthony Edwards and debate whether or not he is ready to fill the shoes of some of the best who came before him. Hear the full conversation on “Good Word with Goodwill” and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.
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I'm very curious about the Anthony Edwards experience this season.
Like everything with Ant is showing up like Rose is like the Netflix thing.
I feel like we are with Ant where we were with John Morant three years ago.
And then we saw what happened with John Marant.
Like we're waiting for the next guy to step forward and take the mantle from the lebron Steph Katie.
You know what I mean?
Stranglehold that has had the league there over the past decade or so?
And I'm wondering, does Ant want that?
Does he want all the attention that comes with it because it can be heavy?
And I wonder, you know, I do, I think that he would be great for it.
Yeah, but you gotta also want that and I'm so fascinated by who wants it.
I do think he does.
I just think he, he just reminds me of like just that competitive player who it could be the biggest game in their life and they're just in their backyard, you know, having fun.
He, he shrinks the moment.
That's why I think he is ready for that and that very few can do that.
And very few have that attribute the player he is today.
He is not going to be that player in 2345 years.
So I wanna see where the evolution goes, right?
Like where does the work come in?
Where does, where does the growth happen?
Um because it can easily Peter out and stall here.
Look, Michael Jordan was 23 at the start of his first MVP campaign, I believe.
No, he's 24.
He's 24 at the start of the 8788 season and it's 23.
I'm not making the Aunt Jordan comparison because it's lazy in some degree.
He's like slightly or his team is slightly ahead.
So I'm very curious how you respond to the expectations.