He will never escape the “accusations” of being Michael Jordan’s son. If anyone ever looked like the best of all time, it’s Anthony Edwards, the 22-year-old who swept the Phoenix Suns out of the playoffs.
Kevin Durant and Devin Booker, starting this year and Bradley Beal. All of them are members of the Phoenix, but even the three of them were not enough to stop the guy born in 2001, who knocked the team from Arizona out of the playoffs after only four games.
No one expected such an easy task for Minnesota, but anything is possible when you have Anthony Edwards, a superstar in the making, in your ranks. Although he is already one of the best in the world.
Phoenix could only bow to the unreal Edwards, who scored 40 points, nine rebounds and six assists in the fourth match and showed the Suns that the time of superteams is over.
In the first match, he scored 33 with also nine rebounds, in the second he played more, so he ended the duel with 15 and eight assists, to score 36 and then 40 in Arizona.
Edwards plays with incredible ease, his explosiveness is unreal, and no one from the ranks of Phoenix has been able to stand in his way. And not even Kevin Durant, who in the end had only words of praise for “Ant-man”. Brash and brash, but in a positive way, Edwards is a real refresher for the league in a sea of “stars”, who are only trying to shoot and force free throws. He is ready to compete, it clearly “works” for him, and Phoenix felt it on his skin. Just like “KD”, on whose account Edwards was able to make a few remarks. However, without bad intention, which is clearly visible.
If everything goes well and Denver celebrates in one of the next three matches against the Lakers, we will see a fierce duel between the Timberwolves and the Nuggets in the Western semifinals.
This season, the two teams played four matches, the score is 2-2, and Edwards recorded 24, 25, 25 and 30 points in the series. And it wasn’t the playoffs.
It is clear that, if the Nuggets reach this series, they will have to pay attention to a guy whose style of play is unsatisfyingly reminiscent of Michael Jordan, so NBA fans often joke that Jordan is his father.
Still, the Nuggets have KCP, there’s Watson, so we’ll see how that plays out on the bigger stage. Unless the Lakers become the first team ever to go 0-3.
No matter how this year’s playoffs end, basketball got a new big star and the face of the NBA, who will dominate for years to come.
He has knowledge, skill, leadership skills, charisma and competitive spirit. Only injuries to bypass him…