“I never respond to a guy who’s never won a championship,” Johnson told the Smith and the audience, which drew laughter from the crowd. “He didn’t win a college championship, I don’t even know if he won a high school championship.”
Johnson is certainly an authority in the game, especially having won five NBA titles with the Lakers.
"I never respond to a guy who's never won a championship… He didn't win a college championship, I don't even know if he won a high school championship."
Magic Johnson didn't hold back while responding to Anthony Edwards' comments 👀😳
Edwards had told the WSJ that outside of Michael Jordan, no one in that era had much skill.
“I didn’t watch it back in the day so I can’t speak on it,” he told the Wall Street Journal. “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.”
Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards Getty Images for Fanatics
Edwards is coming off a season in which he averaged a career-high 25.9 points per game and helped the Timberwolves reach the Western Conference Finals.
However, the Timberwolves star is still in search of his first NBA title.
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