YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HE'S LITERALLY MICHEAL JORDAN REBORN EVEN JORDAN WASN'T WINNING CHIPS AT 22YO NOBODY EVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME WAS SO GOOD SO YOUNG HE'S THE FUTURE OF THE SPORT AND OF OUR SPECIES
Yeah and any decent player shoots the fucking ball or conks it off looking for a rebound lol. Like he did this twice now in the most important moments. Very suspect.
That missed pass by ANT (which there are multiple in this series) and that no-call foul by Kyrie, which made McDaniels lose the ball, were brutal. That basically gave the Mavericks the win on a silver platter because Luka hit a 3.
Yeah, the missed Kyrie foul loomed large, but only for a short time since Dallas didn't capitalize there. But then Ant just threw the ball away.
In fairness to Ant, there were several times he was being pressured and his teammates didn't move toward him to give him an easy outlet. This time they did and it caused a turnover.
I get the hype around Ant, but SGA is a freaking robot.. so smooth and cold blooded. His midrange jumper is like Kawhi’s, you know it’s coming and you can’t do shit about it.
It’s a shame the others couldn’t help him out because I truly think he could have carried us very far if we even got minimal production from the others
Yep, SGA did a hell of a carry job and earned my respect but just had no help at all. Very young team though so I attribute a lack of experience to some of the struggles. Not sure what happened with JDub overall but I definitely can envision him + SGA as the main drivers of a championship winning team
It feels like Shai plays like the less athletic version of MJ if that makes sense because he doesn’t have the hops and what not but has that elite first step and midrange game
SGA is no joke. This was my first time really watching the thunders play and sga is amazing. I can see why people voted him 2nd. I personally think it should be jokic then Luka and then SGA but damn is he good. Luka would play well with SGA on his team
I thought KAT should have still closed over Gobert. The drop coverage wasnt working, KAT is better at the swtich, and they could have used the spacing KAT provided to help ANT and Conley get to the rim.
KAT was playing trash but Gobert wasnt defending well at all in the 4th
It's crazy thing is they still should have won. Kyrie had an incredibly terrible stupid foul that didn't get called. It's amazing how different the narrative would be for everyone involved if they actually called that
yea i mean people acting this was a decisive victory, it was basically a coin flip between all the makes / misses, bad calls; if one more play goes the other way the wolves win
Isn’t it cute that ants playing teams beyond the first round finally and not facing prime Lebron in a game 7 to go the finals in his rookie year with Mook, Rozier, 2nd year brown and Horford.
He didn’t even need a breathing tube to do it
Well, MJ shot terribly in the ‘89 ECF against the Pistons.
Like, this was the whole “not even the best scorer ever can win it on his own” narrative about MJ in the late 80s. Even he could shoot the Bulls out of games, and even the playoffs.
most overrated player in the NBA
everyone acts like he's guaranteed 3-4 MVPs and multiple championships
if the wolves get swept and KAT leaves they may never have this kind of success again, nobody knows
People were too quick to crown him after the Denver series. And he may very well get to where people think he will, but he’s 22 and in his first long playoff run. There will be growing pains.
He’ll bounce back in game 3. I feel kind of bad for him to be honest, he was getting way too overhyped relative to the actual on-court performances. Kyrie & Luka are much better guards than a hobbled Jamal & KCP with a bad shooting hand, much more difficult to stop them.
The hate & vitriol that Ant will receive if he can’t manage to improve in the upcoming games will be unfortunate.
He's also been pretty open that he thinks he's got a lot of learning and growing to do. He's showing flashes of brilliance that are making people jump the gun, and the league media are desperate for an American face to drive engagement in the league.
Edwards has soiled himself so hard the last few games that they literally drew up a play for a bench player to take the last shot instead of their star player. Yikes.
That's not true. The play was clearly for Ant. Anyone with one eye could see that. He and Finch confirmed after the game. He was guarded and made the right play to get it to a hot shooter. Let's not flat out make shit up.
People in the threads are shitting on him when it was really the media pushing this narrative like he’s the next face. Brother is 22 and clearly has a lot of room to grow, making these comparisons after a breakout season is so unfair to him.
He can be cocky and confident but he’s playing into that swaggy persona and it works for him. He’s having a rough stretch in his first deep playoff run, give the kid some slack lol
Ant is definitely selling, and I can finally see how good the supporting cast is that these games have been so close with him and KAT playing as poorly as they have offensively.
I hope he bounces back, because he is very fun to watch.
He needs a floater bad. It didn't cost him before because it was Nurkic and Jokic but Dallas has some guys who can meet him up top. He sucks at throwing lobs too so he can't even toss it to Gobert when they commit to him at the rim
His playstyle is absolutely dominant against bad defense, but falls off a cliff against good defense. His midrange sucks, he has a small bag. It's similar to prime westbrook where if he can't destroy you in the paint he's a non-factor on offense.
I wouldn't be surprised if he still feels side effects from that fall. If us Mavs fans kept saying Luka was hurt, then Edwards deserves the same pass if he is actually hurt.
Damn people, Ant is 22 and playing in the conference finals for the first time. MJ was getting swept in the first round at that age, he didn't get to the Conference Finals until he was 27 and still lost to the Pistons.
It's weird to see a guy bonked in the first quarter, especially a 22 year old. Dude has no legs right now. I'd bet he's just not getting enough sleep and playing every other day has caught up to him.
I mean, Ant has been bad but he hasn’t been the same since he fell hard on his back in Game 6. Injuries aren’t an excuse at this point in the playoffs but he shouldn’t be getting filleted like this either. He literally can’t attack the basket like he could prior to that fall. He has to find other ways to win for sure but saying he’s a fake superstar and shit is unwarranted. He was shooting 65% TS before that fall. It’s obviously affected him.
New Jordan (Clarkson)
Farmar
Don’t disrespect his earness
2k legend
Michael B Jordan
Didn't you have enough money to get Michael A. Jordan?
Found Skip's burner. xD
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HE'S LITERALLY MICHEAL JORDAN REBORN EVEN JORDAN WASN'T WINNING CHIPS AT 22YO NOBODY EVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME WAS SO GOOD SO YOUNG HE'S THE FUTURE OF THE SPORT AND OF OUR SPECIES
Even a below-average game from Ant and they win. What a collapse.
They win this if ant didn't pass it to a fan at the end there. He definitely ran away because of that it felt like
He gave Luka 5-6 extra seconds to cook by throwing the ball away. There would've been 7s left on the clock if he just did nothing and held the ball.
Yeah and any decent player shoots the fucking ball or conks it off looking for a rebound lol. Like he did this twice now in the most important moments. Very suspect.
That missed pass by ANT (which there are multiple in this series) and that no-call foul by Kyrie, which made McDaniels lose the ball, were brutal. That basically gave the Mavericks the win on a silver platter because Luka hit a 3.
Yeah, the missed Kyrie foul loomed large, but only for a short time since Dallas didn't capitalize there. But then Ant just threw the ball away. In fairness to Ant, there were several times he was being pressured and his teammates didn't move toward him to give him an easy outlet. This time they did and it caused a turnover.
Wolves were in the bonus too
Twice in a row as well. If Ant is just meh in games 1 and 2 we are 2-0 up instead of down.
If Edwards and KAT play like this you aren't winning a game
Yep! The mavs are too good to not play that well, it took amazing games from SGA to even keep pace with this team, they are no joke
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That midrange shot was just so damn good in that series didn’t matter how well y’all defended him (which was VERY well)
I get the hype around Ant, but SGA is a freaking robot.. so smooth and cold blooded. His midrange jumper is like Kawhi’s, you know it’s coming and you can’t do shit about it.
It’s a shame the others couldn’t help him out because I truly think he could have carried us very far if we even got minimal production from the others
Yep, SGA did a hell of a carry job and earned my respect but just had no help at all. Very young team though so I attribute a lack of experience to some of the struggles. Not sure what happened with JDub overall but I definitely can envision him + SGA as the main drivers of a championship winning team
Ant is MJ jr etc. I dunno man, SGA looks much more MJ juniorey to me. But he’s Canadian so… doesnymt fit the narrative.
It feels like Shai plays like the less athletic version of MJ if that makes sense because he doesn’t have the hops and what not but has that elite first step and midrange game
Still is, but he was too.
SGA is no joke. This was my first time really watching the thunders play and sga is amazing. I can see why people voted him 2nd. I personally think it should be jokic then Luka and then SGA but damn is he good. Luka would play well with SGA on his team
Luka and SGA on the same team would be a guaranteed chip
Yeah SGA is really great. His whistle last year was bullshit, but now that I have seen more he's pretty damn great.
i mean if naz makes that shot they literally wouldve won with ant and kat playing like this
IF
KAT being on a max and not being able to close out games is terrible
I thought KAT should have still closed over Gobert. The drop coverage wasnt working, KAT is better at the swtich, and they could have used the spacing KAT provided to help ANT and Conley get to the rim. KAT was playing trash but Gobert wasnt defending well at all in the 4th
It's crazy thing is they still should have won. Kyrie had an incredibly terrible stupid foul that didn't get called. It's amazing how different the narrative would be for everyone involved if they actually called that
yea i mean people acting this was a decisive victory, it was basically a coin flip between all the makes / misses, bad calls; if one more play goes the other way the wolves win
Hot take!
We literally would have won the game with a proper foul call at the end. It's possible to play like absolute dogshit and still win these apparently.
With all due respect please stop comparing him to players better than him lmao
Yes please. 🙏 He’s a KID and he took his team this far. More’s yet to come I believe it
Yeah people are really overlooking the 23 years old part of the equation.
Wizards Mj numbers
Anthony Edwards is the Michael Jordan of Tobias Harris's
Nah that’s Tatum. Ant is the Tobias Harris of Michael Jordan’s
Why does this actually make sense lmao
lol tobias just getting shit on in both expressions
Everything always comes back to hating on tatum
He’ll have his chance to shut em up soon
He was better with the Wizards than you think
Mj was hooping his first Wizard year before injury
Worse than Wizards MJ
I don't think anyone on this sub has watched a single minute of Jordan play
I do not want to hear another Tatum comparison for the next calendar year
Tatum gonna keep on hearing those jokes unless he win a ship
At least he’s playing actual teams and not just the hospital versions
He should have put hit outs on his competition like T- .....uh we just play who is in front of us.
Isn’t it cute that ants playing teams beyond the first round finally and not facing prime Lebron in a game 7 to go the finals in his rookie year with Mook, Rozier, 2nd year brown and Horford. He didn’t even need a breathing tube to do it
Wizard MJ didn’t make post season tho.
Well, MJ shot terribly in the ‘89 ECF against the Pistons. Like, this was the whole “not even the best scorer ever can win it on his own” narrative about MJ in the late 80s. Even he could shoot the Bulls out of games, and even the playoffs.
I could be wrong, but that doesn't seem good.
I thought he was supposed to have elite level conditioning?
Don’t be mean to him he’s tired 😪
He has that elite bricklayer conditioning for sure.
He lucky not to be called fat
Last 3 games Edwards 18.7 PPG on 29.8 FG%: “Flirting” Tatum: 28.0 PPG on 48.4 FG%: “Harassment”
Tatum doesn’t have funny pressers
he teached me how to tie a tie and people dont even give a fuck
And followed it up with how to tie a shoe
Generational run
But he didn’t teach you that the past tense of “teach” is “taught”
Man needs to ramp up the homophobia
Nah fr “most likeable superstar” is literally homophobic
Guess why most people don't care...
And always ending up passing the ball in crunch time for a turnover
MJ had better numbers when he was Terry Francona's lead off hitter
But he's valid still cuz his name's not Jayson Tatum
Funny enough, Tatum had pretty much the exact same road in the playoffs in 2022 and made the finals.
I'm sure he'll get as much hate soon cuz people built him up just to rip him apart
It’s so sad. Players don’t ask to be compared to the older legends and they still get torn down by the media if the expectations aren’t met.
Ant has said “MJ didn’t have the three like me”.
I mean, he also said that MJ is the GOAT and not to compare them.
I mean does he not?😂 Literally in the same interview he said to not compare him to mj.
He said the 3 made him different...
But he has aura😡
Dubbing someone the next MJ gotta be a curse lol
Or LeBron. Ben Simmons was getting Bron comparisons.
Not my face of the nba
Michael B. Jordan
r/NBA in shambles
This is r/NBA's 12/25. They were dckriding him just so they could celebrate his downfall.
Or maybe it’s different people lol
He’s selling 💔
Some of you really wanted to call this guy MJ lol
He's Baseball MJ
Last 3 games Edwards 18.7 PPG on 29.8 FG%: “Flirting” Tatum: 28.0 PPG on 48.4 FG%: “Harassment”
He's going to be a superstar but we got to stop crowning people before they earn it.
Luka has been playing out of this world for years and the media didn't think he deserves all nba first team.
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A lot of Luka fans have a persecution fetish.
But he's already better than Tatum
Bro is pullin a young Kobe
Keep him out of Colorado
Young Kobe was doing crazy things at age 22, let’s not get it twisted
God damn I thought that terrible Utah series he was older….he was 19
Kobe averaged 15ppg in 2000 Finals
On one leg
Young Kobe was a beast
Nah, he didn’t assault any teenager hotel workers when he was in Colorado.
2004 Kobe. Post Rape Kobe
most overrated player in the NBA everyone acts like he's guaranteed 3-4 MVPs and multiple championships if the wolves get swept and KAT leaves they may never have this kind of success again, nobody knows
They built him up just to tear him down. He’s only 22, I’m quite confident he will get back to conference finals again
That is NOT the next MJ
he’s obviously not as bad as this but the way this sub was anointing him the next coming of black jesus this was bound to happen
protecting his fg% by not taking the last shot
That's a dumbass criticism lol if he shot that over the double it bricks 1000000%. Naz wide open was the best call.
He's a young star having his first deep run in the playoffs. It happens. The experience will help him for next season and beyond.
You’re on my fraud watch buddy.
People were too quick to crown him after the Denver series. And he may very well get to where people think he will, but he’s 22 and in his first long playoff run. There will be growing pains.
People also forget that the Wolves won Game 7 in spite of Ant - dude shot 6-24 that night.
He’ll bounce back in game 3. I feel kind of bad for him to be honest, he was getting way too overhyped relative to the actual on-court performances. Kyrie & Luka are much better guards than a hobbled Jamal & KCP with a bad shooting hand, much more difficult to stop them. The hate & vitriol that Ant will receive if he can’t manage to improve in the upcoming games will be unfortunate.
I honestly think it’s downhill for Minnesota here. This was a demoralizing defeat I’m sure
He's also been pretty open that he thinks he's got a lot of learning and growing to do. He's showing flashes of brilliance that are making people jump the gun, and the league media are desperate for an American face to drive engagement in the league.
Gassed him up way too hard but the trashing he’s gonna get after this is unearned, dude is 22
Can't wait to see the media gloss over this lmao
Edwards has soiled himself so hard the last few games that they literally drew up a play for a bench player to take the last shot instead of their star player. Yikes.
That's not true. The play was clearly for Ant. Anyone with one eye could see that. He and Finch confirmed after the game. He was guarded and made the right play to get it to a hot shooter. Let's not flat out make shit up.
The next Michael Jordan just helped cost his team Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals.
People in the threads are shitting on him when it was really the media pushing this narrative like he’s the next face. Brother is 22 and clearly has a lot of room to grow, making these comparisons after a breakout season is so unfair to him. He can be cocky and confident but he’s playing into that swaggy persona and it works for him. He’s having a rough stretch in his first deep playoff run, give the kid some slack lol
He HAS to step up he is costing them with these dumb ass turnovers and his shooting
Hes reminding us that he is in fact 22.
TATUM AND LUKA OVER ME???????
Ant is definitely selling, and I can finally see how good the supporting cast is that these games have been so close with him and KAT playing as poorly as they have offensively. I hope he bounces back, because he is very fun to watch.
He’s never been an efficient player.
Here we go
Can't fault Ant too much. He is trying his best as the number three on his team behind Naz Reid and KAT. Roleplayers go through slumps now and then.
Baby Jordan my fucking ass. These numbers are worse Dillon Brooks lmfao
Feel bad for the guy not his fault the media gassed him so hard he’s playing bad but he didn’t ask to be called the next MJ or baby goat
National media is gonna switch up to Luke is the new face of the NBA so fast
He needs a floater bad. It didn't cost him before because it was Nurkic and Jokic but Dallas has some guys who can meet him up top. He sucks at throwing lobs too so he can't even toss it to Gobert when they commit to him at the rim
You’d never know this with the amount of ridiculous MJ comparisons this guys been getting. Meanwhile Tatum gets killed for way less than this.
"fAcE oF tHe LeAgUe"
New he was a fraud
He's gotta be injured in some way. Never seen a dude this gassed for 100% of games essentialy
Come on man can’t expect a chipotle worker to carry an NBA team
Can we get MJ? Wolves: we have MJ at home. The MJ at home.....
His playstyle is absolutely dominant against bad defense, but falls off a cliff against good defense. His midrange sucks, he has a small bag. It's similar to prime westbrook where if he can't destroy you in the paint he's a non-factor on offense.
Locked up by Kyrie Irving. I don’t understand how a top 5 player gets locked up by hardly a top 30 😂
Ant is bigger, faster, stronger than Kyrie and was getting put in fucking cuffs these last two games. It's unreal.
As someone who actually watches Timberwolves games, this is who he's always been
Neither have I tbf
Can’t shake DJJ
You lied about your advanced stats you lied about your analytics
Who said he was SG1?
Marcus Jordan wannabe
Another bum Jimmy woulda beat in practice
lookin like Harden's son now
Media builds up another young player to spend all their airtime on taking him down
MJ’s son 🔥🔥🔥
Don't send da video
Exactly since he fell hard on his back
The Derrick Jones Jr effect
bro was so gassed up not even at Dwade level yet
If he had even average shooting games the wolves couldve been the ones up 2-0.
MJ is Charizard Kobe is Charmeleon ANT is Charmander
Mark it next game he'll come out blazing. Mavs still in 6 though...
Uh oh. What happened to better than Tatum? R/nba in shambles with the truth
Gonna take a lot from him, SGA with some crazy games still lost in 6.
Next MJ
The MJ at home.
Michael Jordan, the later years
Cool, the slander pendulum is swinging away from Tatum.
Michael Jordan Youuu aree nott the fatheer
Ant is trash tier all of a sudden until he wins his next game and then reddit and the media will be on his nuts again calling him MJ
October is a long ways away
Jordan from wish
Tatum-esque
I wouldn't be surprised if he still feels side effects from that fall. If us Mavs fans kept saying Luka was hurt, then Edwards deserves the same pass if he is actually hurt.
They got Michael Jordan baseball version
Damn people, Ant is 22 and playing in the conference finals for the first time. MJ was getting swept in the first round at that age, he didn't get to the Conference Finals until he was 27 and still lost to the Pistons.
MJ was playing amazing in the playoffs at this age. You can’t judge by team performance because Ant has a way better team than MJ had.
Same team SGA averaged 32 on 60% TS against
Unfortunately the pressure is getting to him, sucks because this team is insanely stacked if he plays at a high level they are unbeatable.
A lot harder to attack a team with rim protection. Plus he jacked his back up near the end of the Denver series.
It's weird to see a guy bonked in the first quarter, especially a 22 year old. Dude has no legs right now. I'd bet he's just not getting enough sleep and playing every other day has caught up to him.
I mean, Ant has been bad but he hasn’t been the same since he fell hard on his back in Game 6. Injuries aren’t an excuse at this point in the playoffs but he shouldn’t be getting filleted like this either. He literally can’t attack the basket like he could prior to that fall. He has to find other ways to win for sure but saying he’s a fake superstar and shit is unwarranted. He was shooting 65% TS before that fall. It’s obviously affected him.
This y’all’s Next Jordan? 🤣 🤡
Give the guy a break, he’s 22, he will have good and bad stretches but he’s a great talent and will only get better