{"id":433549,"date":"2023-08-22T11:38:25","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T11:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=433549"},"modified":"2023-08-22T11:38:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T11:38:25","slug":"anthony-edwards-receives-praise-for-adopting-michael-jordans-shot-leading-team-usa-to-a-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/anthony-edwards-receives-praise-for-adopting-michael-jordans-shot-leading-team-usa-to-a-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Edwards Receives Praise For Adopting Michael Jordan&#8217;s Shot, Leading Team USA To A Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the final exhibition game before the FIBA Basketball World Cup, Team USA overcame Germany 99-91 after trailing by eight points in the fourth quarter. Anthony Edwards scored 34 points in a row to turn the USA around.<\/p>\n<h2>Anthony Edwards Receives Praise For Adopting Michael Jordan&#8217;s Shot, Leading Team USA To A Win<\/h2>\n<p>As usual, Team USA has continued to demonstrate its supremacy in the competition. Although several players made significant contributions to the team&#8217;s triumph, Anthony Edwards, their 21-year-old superstar, carried a lot of the load. The Minnesota Timberwolves guard has been so outstanding that Michael Jordan himself has been compared to him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Anthony Edwards channeling Michael Jordan <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jdIjOTSkeY\">pic.twitter.com\/jdIjOTSkeY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kevin O&#39;Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinOConnorNBA\/status\/1693322522731946033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Anthony Edwards was the driving force in a comeback victory over Germany in the fifth and final exhibition game for the United States before to the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The result improved their record to 5-0. Not only did he score a game-high 34 points, but the Timberwolves star took over down the stretch with a dominant fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s unquestionable \u2018the guy,\u2019\u201d head coach Steve Kerr said of Edwards after the game.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Anthony Edwards&#39; top 5 NBA players of all-time:<\/p>\n<p>Michael Jordan<br \/>Kobe Bryant<br \/>Shaquille O&#39;Neal<br \/>Allen Iverson<br \/>Kevin Durant<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts? \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Heir_Company?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Heir_Company<\/a>)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1pVFGqWQdp\">pic.twitter.com\/1pVFGqWQdp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClutchPoints\/status\/1693260994816905484?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean \u2026 he knows it, but now the team knows it and I think the fans see it. But we see it in practice every day. He genuinely believes he\u2019s the best player in the gym every single night. And he\u2019s such a dynamic young player, but I think he\u2019s taking a leap.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Edwards had a productive game, going 11 of 21 from the field against a German team that is a genuine medal contender at the World Cup. One of his eleven buckets in particular stood out.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This shot by Anthony Edwards is so insane <\/p>\n<p>Michael Jordan??<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RnIvHKKURW\">pic.twitter.com\/RnIvHKKURW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Timberwolves Talk (@LetsTalk_Wolves) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LetsTalk_Wolves\/status\/1693323626546671972?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>By removing Hart from the game and positioning Jaren Jackson Jr. in the dunker position, Team USA hopes to make room for Edwards. Knowing that Edwards wants to score, Germany reacts by having Moritz Wagner assist off Jackson to put a little bit more pressure on him.<\/p>\n<p>Although Edwards doesn&#8217;t have much room to attack moving to his right, the baseline is still available as a result of his high post-up start.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Anthony Edwards has 309 points, 44 assists, 17 blocks and 16 steals in 11 career playoff games.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Jordan is the only player in NBA history who matched or exceeded each of those marks in his first 11 playoff games. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RYcVBHxhVJ\">pic.twitter.com\/RYcVBHxhVJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andy Bailey (@AndrewDBailey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewDBailey\/status\/1690729104046460929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Edwards quickly spins off and loses Schroder. 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Anthony Edwards Receives Praise For Adopting Michael Jordan&#8217;s Shot, Leading Team USA To A Win As usual, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":396065,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[13778,13779,13781,13780,2215,13782],"class_list":["post-433549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-anthony-edwards-michael-jordan","tag-anthony-edwards-michael-jordan-shot","tag-anthony-edwards-usa","tag-michael-jordan-signature-shot","tag-nba-news","tag-usa-vs-germany"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}