The impressive basketball player of Minnesota delights and causes great excitement among basketball fans in America
Source: Ross D. Franklin/AP
The famous American sports journalist Steven A-Smith believes that he is the ace of the Minnesota Timberwolves Anthony Edwards the new “big thing” that happened to the NBA. After the strong guard born in 2002 led the team in a dominant performance against Phoenix in the playoffs (4-0), the Americans are aware that a new basketball great is being born before their eyes.
“I mean he’s a superstar, officially. He’s arrived. There was Michael Jordan, there was Kobe Bryant and now there’s Anthony Edwards. That’s the way things are.” said Stephen Ey about the first “pick” from the 2020 NBA draft.
“Ladies and gentlemen, a superstar has officially arrived in the NBA. We’ve seen the talent, we’ve seen Vince Carter with the craziest in-game dunks I’ve ever seen. We’ve seen spectacular performances, but when you see his determination to play, to get down on defense, to apply everything he can, to take responsibility, in attack or defense… When you look at how he wants to be the main player and with the respect he has and feels… Then you see who Anthony Edwards is.”
The basketball player born in Atlanta in August 2001 will be at the Olympic Games in Paris during the summer and basketball fans will be able to see him in direct duels against Serbia. Before that, his focus is completely on the playoffs, where in the 2nd round his Minnesota expects the winner of the series between Denver and the Lakers (3-1). And the whole world has been talking about Edwards’ dunks for a long time.
“That’s why I talk about him in the context of Michael Jordan and Kobe. A new dawn has dawned. This is exactly it.” said Smith.
In Monday’s fourth and final win against Phoenix, Edwards scored 40 points, including seven 3-pointers on 13 attempts, after scoring 36 in the game before that. he grabbed nine rebounds, averaged six assists throughout the series…
(WORLD – M. Š.)