“Hey, it took MJ (Michael Jordan) seven years to figure it out,” Hill said in a Thursday report from Jon Krawczynski and Joe Vardon of The Athletic.
“I’ve been impressed with Ant’s playmaking and decision-making this season, that balance. If a double-team is coming, rather than say, ‘I can beat the double-team,’ move the ball. That’s where I have seen an improvement. He was making great plays last year, now he is making winning plays.”
Hill is the managing director of USA Basketball and is surely looking for Edwards to help lead the Red, White and Blue to a gold medal during the upcoming Summer Games.
However, Edwards is first focused on winning his first championship at 22 years old, which would be well ahead of Jordan’s first at 28 years old.
Jordan, of course, went on to win six rings and is arguably the greatest player in NBA history. It is quite a comparison point for any young player, and Edwards himself even said it needs to slow down earlier this month.
“I want it to stop,” he told Melissa Rohlin of FOX Sports. “He’s the greatest of all time. I can’t be compared to him.”
He also highlighted his differences during an interview with ESPN’s Malika Andrews (59-second mark):
“I want people to be like, ‘This Anthony Edwards kid, he’s got his own style. He’s maybe got a mix of Michael Jordan in him,'” Edwards said. “But I’ve got a trey ball, I can shoot the three. So, I think that makes me a little different than Michael Jordan.”
Edwards looked Jordan-ish when leading the Timberwolves to a victory over the reigning-champion Denver Nuggets in Game 7 in the second round and will need to reach that level again to make the NBA Finals after his team lost Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals to the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday.
The two-time All-Star was just 6-of-16 from the field and will surely need to improve on that if Minnesota is going to come back against Luka Dončić, Kyrie Irving and Co.
If Edwards does lead a comeback, those comparisons won’t be going away anytime soon.
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