The Minnesota Timberwolves need Anthony Edwards to become one of the best basketball players in the NBA this season, as he continues his ascent to superstardom. Fresh off a trip to Paris with Team USA, and a Gold Medal in the 2024 Olympics, the future of the Wolves is now squarely on his shoulders.
There are no more questions about who “The Guy” is in Minnesota, or whether or not the offense can function with Rudy Gobert in the middle. All that has been figured out.
Now, the only question surrounding the Timberwolves is whether or not Ant can rise to the occasion and push them past the Western Conference finals. Can he give us a chance at the Larry O’Brien Trophy?
Anthony Edwards challenged by Chad Ochocinco to game of 1v1?
But on Sunday night, Anthony Edwards received another challenge. No, not from an NBA rival, or another alleged baby mama. This time, it was Chad Johnson ( formerly Chad Ochocinco) trying to play some 1v1, after Ant posted photos of a recent workout.
Unlike his in-person interviews, Anthony Edwards is a man of very few words on social media. He had a two one-word response to the former NFL wide receiver’s challenge: “Sayless”. I don’t think that’s Ant accepting Chad’s challenge. I don’t think he’s creating a spinoff of the once-popular shoe store, either.
Edwards just turned 23, last month. Think about it, Chad Johnson was walking into his first NFL training camp with the Cincinnati Bengals, around the same day Ant was born, on August 5, 2001. Feel old, yet?
For the kids: Who is Chad (Johnson) Ochocinco?
Ochocinco played wide receiver in the NFL from 2001 to 2011 . In his prime he was one of the better receivers in the league, and someone who can single-handedly take credit for Roger Goodell loosening the rules on touchdown celebrations.
Johnson compiled 766 receptions, over 11,000 receiving yards and 67 touchdowns in his NFL career. Unfortunately, for his ego, I don’t think the now 46-year-old would stand much of a chance on the hardwood against Anthony Edwards, arguably the best basketball player in the world.
Let’s give Ochocinco his credit, though. He is a renaissance man. Since leaving football, he’s tried his hand in professional boxing and he can be seen quite often playing soccer. And outside of maybe Kevin Garnett, there is no better trash talker in the history of sports than Chad Ochocinco.
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