Magic Johnson clapped back at Anthony Edwards in the best way after the Timberwolves star took a dig at NBA players from the 1980s and 90s.
Edwards told the Wall Street Journal in a recent interview that he wasn’t too impressed with players from those eras of the game.
Well, Johnson was told about the comment by Stephen A. Smith while appearing at the Yaamava Resort & Casino with the ESPN personality.
That’s when Johnson fired back at Edwards.
“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.
And Edwards’ comments were enough to annoy some people in the basketball world, which seemingly included Johnson.
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.”
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.
