Anthony Edwards was 6 when LeBron James made his Finals debut in 2007. He was 10 when Kevin Durant & OKC made the Finals in 2012. He was 13 when Steph Curry & the Warriors started their streak of five Finals apps. in 2015. At 23, he's knocked all three out of the playoffs over the last 2 years. - ThreadSky

keerthikau.bsky.social • 36 days ago

Anthony Edwards was 6 when LeBron James made his Finals debut in 2007.

He was 10 when Kevin Durant & OKC made the Finals in 2012.

He was 13 when Steph Curry & the Warriors started their streak of five Finals apps. in 2015.

At 23, he's knocked all three out of the playoffs over the last 2 years.

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bsknia.bsky.social•36 days ago

I feel like this says more about the greatness and longevity of LeBron, KD and Steph than it does about Edwards, who is actually 'expected' to start blooming at this point in his career.

stevenlopez.bsky.social•36 days ago

Knocked out Steph*

thetreefox.bsky.social•36 days ago

Impressive but it does feel like a bit of a stretch to say he knocked out Steph, it feels more like Steph's hammy ended this series more than Ant. He's a baller for sure though

benbjammin4ws.bsky.social•36 days ago

I've been hearing this narrative around since before the series.

I'm a Wolves fan, and I expected the Wolves to win the series regardless. But I can't say that we knocked out Curry. Might as well say we knocked out Magic Johnson. He played as many minutes in the games the Wolves won as Curry.

openapostrophe.bsky.social•36 days ago

Yep, this. Ant is great, the Wolves are an impressive team and have a good shot this year and into the future. But they didn’t beat Curry in these playoffs. They may well next year though!

benbjammin4ws.bsky.social•36 days ago

Warriors offseason will be super interesting.

I could see them doing anything from blowing it up for an OKC style rebuild while their guys still have a lot of trade value to working out a deal with the Lakers to finally pair up Steph and LeBron in the Bay to running it back.

openapostrophe.bsky.social•36 days ago

I assume they will put everything on the table for Giannis, fail, then try to pick up a 3&D wing and a Steven Adams type and keep fading into uncompetitiveness unless Steph indicates he wants something else.

openapostrophe.bsky.social•36 days ago

But a LBJ attempt is also on the cards if he’s open to it. Maybe through a Kuminga S&T.

benbjammin4ws.bsky.social•36 days ago

I assume LeBron would also cost them Green and/or Butler, but I haven't looked into draft assets, how active players are valued, salaries, etc.

benbjammin4ws.bsky.social•36 days ago

I hope that didn't sound too harsh. I do think the "Ant, the legend killer" narrative is valid overall. I just think that sometimes we get a little impatient to advance the narrative.

With what's left in the playoffs, it's "Ant, legend in the making" anyway. The whales are pretty much gone.

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