Paul George: Anthony Edwards’ Take On Michael Jordan Era, ‘Immature, Disrespectful To Game’

Add new Philadelphia 76ers forward Paul George to the list of those who didn’t care for Anthony Edwards‘ take on the Michael Jordan era of the NBA.

Edwards, the Minnesota Timberwolves’ star guard, suggested that Jordan was the only player with real skill in his era.

Well, George offered an old-school NBA take of his own.

“I thought it was a kind of disrespectful to the game,” George said on his Podcast P pod. “I thought it was a very immature comment. 

“Obviously Anthony Edwards is super talented and is a huge talent going forward, but just how much the game has grown and how far like you got to pay dues to those dudes that did it before us. And I think that’s just where the translation between that era and his era…

“They don’t really know you know too much of Magic Johnson and Larry Bird … But I think his comment was more so geared towards like… Because obviously MJ is moving how guys move in this era today, so I think that was kind of like where he was going with it, as far as the movement and the explosiveness the athleticism and being able to contort your body.”

If you missed it, here’s what Edwards said during an interview with The Wall Street Journal:

“I didn’t watch it back in the day so I can’t speak on it,” Edwards said of the Jordan era. “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.”

Magic Johnson also recently called out Edwards for the comments.

“I don’t never respond to a guy that’s never won a championship,” Johnson told ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith. “There’s not nothing to really say. He didn’t win a college championship. I don’t even know if he won a high school championship.”