Since being drafted #1 into the league in 2020, Anthony Edwards has steadily improved every single year, and is still only 24. To many, he\u2019s a future MVP and face of the league but if you ask Rich Paul, he\u2019ll place him at the very top already, above a three-time MVP.<\/p>\n
Paul<\/a> has been making headlines of all sorts this season and is becoming somewhat of a \u201chot take machine\u201d. Earlier in the season, he caused drama<\/a> between himself and Austin Reaves after he said that the LA Lakers should trade the star guard. Being LeBron James\u2019 agent, this did not go over well internally within the organization.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Now, Paul is back at it again with another scalding hot take. He said that Edwards is the greatest NBA player right now among a community of elite talent.<\/p>\n \u201cI still think it\u2019s a community, but I think that community is led by Anthony Edwards,\u201d Paul stated on Game Over. \u201cI think Anthony Edwards is the best player in our league today.\u201d<\/p>\n If you asked many NBA fans, like Paul\u2019s co-host Max Kellerman, they\u2019d say thatNikola Jokic<\/a> is the best player in the league. If not him, it would probably be the reigning MVP, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Edwards certainly could upstage them one day, but for now, that\u2019s not the case.<\/p>\n Paul was adamant that the best player in the league right now is Edwards. \u201cThe face of the league, you have to grow into that; that\u2019s something different. But best player, yes, he is the best player to me,\u201d Paul reiterated. \u201cBecause you can\u2019t watch a game on any given night against anybody and look at that game and say, \u2018Oh, that person is better than Anthony Edwards.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n The \u201cFace of the NBA\u201d has been a hot topic of discussion in recent seasons. Many believe the league currently lacks a clear, dominant superstar who stands above the rest. More importantly, the NBA has been dominated by non-American-born players for quite some time now, making it harder for the average American fan to connect with the sport.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n The past two eras of the NBA had unmistakable faces of the league. First came Michael Jordan, followed by LeBron James<\/a>. Even earlier, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird propelled the sport into mainstream popularity. All of them were American-born athletes.<\/p>\n Being from Atlanta, Georgia, Edwards could definitely grow into the face of the NBA one day. But for now, the face is a conglomerate of international stars, if not Jokic outright. \u201cI love Jokic, no question about it. But no. If you say, \u2018I\u2019m taking Jokic.\u2019 I\u2019m saying, \u2018Okay, give me Anthony Edwards.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s quite the opinion for Paul to have. As mentioned earlier, he\u2019s been on a run of hot takes lately, many of which have gone viral. Not many would agree with him on this one, but it could become an interesting conversation to revisit in a few seasons.<\/p>\n All in all, Paul is entitled to his own opinion. If you asked us, the best player in the NBA right now is either Jokic or SGA. That said, we do agree with Kellerman on one point: we\u2019d love to see Edwards become the best player in the league one day. He\u2019s a likable personality and exactly the kind of star who could lead the next era of players.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n The post Rich Paul Declares Anthony Edwards \u201cThe Greatest\u201d NBA Player Over Nikola Jokic<\/a> appeared first on The SportsRush<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Since being drafted #1 into the league in 2020, Anthony Edwards has steadily improved every single year, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[375,1013,7,1698,185,23429,6,253,564,209],"class_list":["post-611193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-anthony-edwards","tag-austin-reaves","tag-basketball","tag-la-lakers","tag-lebron-james","tag-max-kellerman","tag-nba","tag-nikola-jokic","tag-rich-paul","tag-shai-gilgeous-alexander"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116096238253207120","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}