LeBron ‘chosen’ to play basketball, Is Anthony Edwards the next face of the NBA? | THE HERD

Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards has received comparisons to Michael Jordan from Jordan himself, and many are wondering if he’s the next face of the NBA. Colin Cowherd and Ric Bucher discuss Edwards, and if Los Angeles Lakers F LeBron James was “chosen” to play basketball. Plus, they discuss Golden State Warriors G Stephen Curry crossing the 300 3PM in a season mark for the 5th time in his career.
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LeBron ‘chosen’ to play basketball, Is Anthony Edwards the next face of the NBA? | THE HERD
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[@TheHerdOnFS1]

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[@alex170396]

He actually said that Wolves are good because they have Kyle Anderson, not Anthony Edwards lol

[@anthonyabrams3755]

Bruh I stop watching the video after that 🤣🤣🤣

[@chrisa7968]

Dude is a joke😂

[@noahwelch2931]

To be fair, kyle anderson is a dawg 😂

[@JaxKordela]

as a twolves fan, I laughed out loud at that. Kyle anderson isn't even a starter when were healthy and Conley is hot and cold from three. Ant is carrying the team as far as I can tell, offensively at least.

[@bigda6407]

@@noahwelch2931not this year he’s struggled this year trade rumors were running wild at the deadline with slow mo

[@wengz717]

This man said Conley and Kyle Anderson with a straight face 😂

[@fullmelvin3959]

Rick is such a damn hater

[@marlonsmith924]

He once said Bron is a GLUE player! Look it up! Lol

[@therealbs2000]

​@marlonsmith924 why is a glue player an insult smh

[@sheraldhill2728]

Didn’t MJ say that Ant reminds him of himself? Bucher is the worst and pulls the worst out of whoever he is around. Pretty impressive.

[@chrisreichert8659]

Yeah MJ did.

[@Daveyjdigital]

This dude clueless you can tell they both don't watch ant but just his highlights

[@toussaid5340]

Ric is one of the worst nba commentators

[@M4rc877]

Agree. Legs, JJ way better

[@cc-92]

Facts

[@tylerwatkins4634]

This showed me haters are gonna hate regardless😂

[@TheBrotherHoodSports]

I'm a Lebron hater but these clowns took it too far.

[@aliali-ce3yf]

"Hater" = anyone who disagrees with my take Black and white, no gray IMO, LBJ is the GOAT, i'd rather pay money to watch Jordan because he was box office. That said, it is true LBJ does say some cringe stuff. Jordan called himself the greatest in public LBJ is going the Muhammad Ali route, the difference is Ali had the charisma to pull that off. LBJ doesn't.

[@jasondavis2733]

Ric is absolutely, a Bron hater. Bron was asked a question and Ric says oh he shouldn't have answered that way.... Gtfoh

[@keefriff99]

Ric has been trashing Bron for years...his whining about what Bron said is so tired and predictable.

[@TrashBagB]

It's literally the only reason why this dude is still on television LMAO

[@isiahme5659]

Michael Jordan literally said there are similarities between he and Antman. But since Ric says it’s blasphemous it must be insane to think!!!! Ric knows best!!!!!

[@keefriff99]

Bucher's hatred for LeBron is up near Skip's level...his whining about what LeBron said is so predictable.

[@paulojamo5442]

Exactly, we know who is the most arrogant. Not LeBron

[@travisoshea]

true but hes not wrong about the cringe worthy comments from lebron

[@MrEd4win]

The comments are only cringe worthy because you don’t like LeBron James. These analysts exhibit evident bias, seemingly unaware of their own predispositions. For instance, if Michael Jordan expressed confidence in excelling in another sport, they'd likely attribute it to his competitive spirit. Similarly, if Jordan or other iconic players like Shaq, Bird, or Kobe affirmed their basketball prowess, by saying “I was made to play basketball” it would be accepted without critique. While everyone is entitled to their opinions, it's glaringly apparent how biases can shape interpretations, either negatively or positively, based on personal sentiments towards individuals.

[@travisoshea]

@@MrEd4win no they are cringy. I like Lebron, he’s an incredible player but, some of the stuff he says to the public which is his choice, yes it sounds beyond stupid. Even just some of the flat out lies. The reading of MLKs book which he brings to the interview.

[@travisoshea]

@@MrEd4win also those players you mentioned said many egotistical comments and even got physical with teammates. The difference is that those players are unapologetically themselves. Seems like at times Lebron makes these comments for “click bait” because maybe so people and the vast majority put him as the ultimate GOAT.

[@BaithNa]

You know who made the comparison between MJ and Ant? It was MJ.

[@thorkagemob1297]

MJ is my GOAT, but the moment MJ fan boys start disagreeing with Mike, they've gone too far lmao it really doesn't take a genius to see the play style comparisons between MJ and Ant-Man. No one is saying he will win as many championships, be considered the goat, or any of that, but the player comp is undeniable if you actually watch the game.

[@bigda6407]

MJ said those comments pre 2020 draft as well when the hornets were picking 3rd he told ANT “your bigger stronger and more athletic than me”

[@sugared365]

Bucher got the Skip Bayless disease when it comes to Bron

[@TrashBagB]

It's literally the only thing keeping this guy on TV

[@kbrewers]

@@TrashBagB At least Skip has an actual TV show, i dont even know what shows Ric is on anymore.

[@TrashBagB]

Skip still has a show because they've already paid him and he has a very juicy contract! Undisputed is at 60k average viewership, First Take is at 1.2 Million! Skips days are clearly numbered! Soon he'll be doing guest spots on The Herd to fulfill his contract smh

[@kbrewers]

@@TrashBagB oh yes i completely understand what you are saying and completely agree. I was saying it because this guy bucher has been bad for as long as i can remember. I was saying he is worse than skip. but skip for some reason digs into bs way too much for my liking, bucher has a little more, awareness, of some of the things he said. Skip is on a whole nother level of delusion sometimes.

[@queboogaveli]

Ric want Bron to be humble, but Jordan was up at the hall of fame calling out EVERYONE

[@scottgregory4101]

Revisionist history. He's truly an old head, anything Bron does is wrong. Jordan can do no wrong. Just simple hater mentality.

[@aliali-ce3yf]

yeah, he trashed talked on the floor, showed up on the floor. but jordan never went to the media and heaped praise on himself

[@markmeiering6791]

@@aliali-ce3yfJordan was a producer on his 10-part docu-series explaining that he is the GOAT, and he famously approved the documentary being made the same day as the Cavs 2016 parade.

[@aliali-ce3yf]

@@markmeiering6791yes, the documentary he made 20 years after he was done playing. he never did that stuff while he was playing Lebron does this stuff while he's an active player. That is the difference, and its a big difference

[@aliali-ce3yf]

@@scottgregory4101 that is not what he said at all. he praised Bron too. any time anyone gets criticism , they're a "hater" , its black and white.........only it isn't.

[@bigda6407]

LMFAO Kyle Anderson and Mike Conley????? WTF IS BUCHER TALKING ABOUT I swear he’s just being a yes man for Colin

[@jaywatt8744]

Old white guys telling black guys how to behave. Where have I seen that before?

[@BabaYagaRacing]

Race baiting really

[@Jsch23]

bro stop whining

[@AaronMich90]

Yeah yt ppl gotta cut that out fr

[@user-lj8yl7ts9x]

Loser on internet race baits. Where have I seen that before?

[@TylerJamesRootz]

“Let us sing your praises” But Jordan giving the go-ahead of a whole DOCUMENTARY based on showing how good he was is a-ok tho 🤦‍♂️

[@aliali-ce3yf]

difference is Jordan put out that documentary 20 years after he retired. Lebron sings his own praises while he's an active player

[@nicholasjohnson8428]

​@@aliali-ce3yfJordan gave the go ahead to put the doc out the very same day as the 2016 Cavs championship parade.. stop

[@timc5347]

Found another Bronsexual

[@kevincampbell4708]

@@nicholasjohnson8428 but came 4 years later 🤷‍♂️. You act like he released it right after 2016.

[@cameronboulin]

@@aliali-ce3yfwhy does that matter

[@zackaryolson7921]

What are we doing? Did this guy just try and tell the world the Wolves are good because of Kyle Anderson? Just confirmed he hasn’t watched a second of Timberwolves basketball this season.

[@user-yi7ox3cb5l]

Who tf I’d this guy? No one fears ant? Ant doesn’t had a mid range game? Ant is just a power dunker? Bro should just come right out and say he only watches big market teams 😂😂😂

[@masonkim7]

Ric is WRONG on this one. It was a very upfront interview. LBJ can say what he wants to say and he has earned the right to self aggrandize. He doesn't have to be necessarily 'humble' about himself. He's THAT great.

[@bdunny4246]

The thing is Ric you're comparing 22 year old Ant to Jordan in his prime. And I can tell you're another guy who never watched Ant play

[@jayzee316]

jordan in his prime was like what, 24, scoring 63 on an all time great celtics team, next season avg 37 in an extremely physical league w/o really shooting 3 pointers. Jordan was in the allstar game in his rookie year, Jordan did high flying dunks every other possession, Antman is good but he aint jordan.

[@LleytonWicksMedia]

Jordan’s first championship was when he was 28 years old. Ant is 22 the same age as Michael his ROOOKIE YEAR!

[@NazReidFan]

@@jayzee316Jordan was 21 as a rookie. Ant made the playoffs as the best player and was an all star at 21 years old also

[@jayzee316]

@@NazReidFan yeah cause jordan played 3 years in college and won the NCAA and hit the game winning shot, is that his problem? Was Ant frozen out by Giannis and Dame and other elders? like how jordan was frozen out by Larry Bird, Zeke and others to haze the rookie?

[@mjcgreatness]

Is it just me or is the volume on these videos always way lower than other videos

[@MrsDragneel]

Ric just lacks lot of confidence, you dumb is a podcast and we do want to hear what bron want to say

[@dparks2856]

Why does lebrons confidence bother you Ric?

[@UltraAge]

Lebron is cringe and you know it, stop glazing 😂😂🤡

[@blaketindle4703]

If you have to tell people how great you are, you’re not confident, you’re insecure!

[@dparks2856]

@@blaketindle4703 Just say you are jealous of him

[@blaketindle4703]

@@dparks2856Just say LeBron is jealous of MJ. That’s the truth. He knows he’ll never catch him and he’s so upset everyone doesn’t just bow down and crown him the GOAT, it’s quite sad.

[@richardsurratte5516]

@@blaketindle4703lol so Ali wasn’t confident? What about mayweather? Or even Kobe stating he wanted to be the best ever

[@savvy8495]

I'm pretty sure Broussard said it was Jordan that gave him the comparison in the first place.

[@WhatsThatBeats]

Ric Bucher doesn’t watch the games. Anthony Edwards doesn’t strike fear in the opponent? Watch closer.

[@ajroc1393]

The amount of disrespect they're putting on Antman's name is blasphemous.

[@TeoC3000]

Ricks response is exactly why LeBron speaks about himself the way he does. Instead of saying yeah, it would make sense that someone as skilled as LeBron is when it comes to basketball would obviously feel as though they were chosen to do that. He asks LeBron to be humble while also praising MJ who is the least humble athlete who has ever lived. Then Rick proceeds to speak so highly of the warriors who are basically in the same place as the Lakers in the standings, but he crushes the Lakers everyday. I wish certain media members would just say." I will criticize LeBron no matter what he does because in my eyes his legacy is a threat to MJs and that makes me uncomfortable" Me personally I don't believe that but it's clear many members of the media emphatically do.

[@5xkazarianx19]

You’re spitting 🗣️

[@UltraAge]

Get off your knees lil bro. Not everyone is a Lebron muncher 😂😂🤡

[@queboogaveli]

Lebron James is one of the greatest athletes ever. If you just drop him in any sport he would succeed more than any other athlete would. Clearly in basketball and football. Track&field, etc

[@user-lj8yl7ts9x]

Probably wouldn't be good at horse racing.

[@Daveyjdigital]

Ants got my mvp vote

[@harrisonsimeon8670]

Ric slobbing all over MJ 😭

[@erickvananda2596]

Neither of you guys watch the Timberwolves obviously

[@macksparks7814]

Yall hated him when he was humble. Now hate him when he's confident. How about stop hating.

[@Ace-fe8gc]

It’s cringe that ppl can’t openly be confident themselves without hurting ppls feelings.

[@user-lj8yl7ts9x]

Like Trump?

[@Hatchy744]

Can FS1 PLEASE get NEW NBA analyst. Why is RIC BUCHER even on the show to give his opinion. Nobody cares what he has to say lmao

[@dominicharriott9771]

YOU CAN TELL RIC DIDNT LISTEN TO THE WHOLE QUOTE BECAUSE THAT WAS TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT LOL. AND HE IS A HATER

[@kennynash6842]

Ant is 22...

[@simplyentertained101]

“Let us admire you but also let us compare you to another player whom 60% of us think you will never be better than no matter what you do for 21 years”

[@kbrewers]

Ric, tell me you dont watch basketball, without telling me you dont watch basketball. "Anthony Edwards does not put the fear in the opposition"... ah yes perfect answer. "whoever says Jordan and Ant are anything similar, should be fired" oh no sorry, the assignment was only one answer. There is no extra credit. "the real reason the wolves are good is because of Kyle Anderson". Alright Brown Noser, your getting docked points.

[@cedrickcarson]

As far as the leadership quality missing from the Celtics that’s where Jrue Holiday needs to step it up more imo. Especially on the defensive end.

[@devinsmart1547]

I wonder what Rick thought when MJ called himself “Black Jesus”

[@boutdatlyfe5064]

Its funny how he said.."let us sing your praises" whenever the media did,it came with a back handed compliment..

[@thetrentmeister]

I hate it how conversations like this start to talk about ‘players don’t fear’ etc. such garbage.

[@aayanrussell7972]

Im so over this overkill of emphasis on humility in sports. Be cocky, be confident, think you're the best, and go out and prove it. F what these non sports competitors think.

[@theronjackson3500]

Collin clearly has no idea what he’s talking about most of the time and he says it with so much confidence. that’s annoying. Michael Jordan did not start off as the guy in New York dunking on the Knicks. Youre comparing Anthony Edwards to the finished product of Michael Jordan, he started off as a young guy in Chicago who was a scorer and that’s what Anthony Edwards is if you watch more than highlights, you would know that🤡

[@jonathantophispanicspeaker7135]

The problem with lebron is he isn’t humble like Jordan. The commercial where over and over he says everyone wants to be like lebron is a moment where we wish he was humble. The 7 part documentary where everyone around him was terrible but he overcame it all shows that lebron is not humble. He needs to show more humbleness like Micheal.

[@IG9611]

Sorry Hater-Ric but some of us basketball junkies WANT to hear about Lebron's stories no matter his age. You say wait till PEOPLE acknowledge whatever, but how are we going to know that tidbit if he doesn't TELL us?...🤨 You've been hatin' on him and others for years....SIT DOWN!...⬇️

[@JoeFlexFitt]

When ric (hater) talk about lebron I use the 10 sec skip till topic change lol

[@troyduffie3836]

Ric: “No one can compare Ant to MJ, *especially* MJ!” “LeBron thinks he would be great in *any* sport?! How arrogant!! (Didn’t Mike leave to go play baseball after not swinging a bat for a decade?)

[@TrendSettaRico]

Man I'll never understand these times we live in where we consider truth and criticism as hate 😂🤦🏾

[@elieazouz]

Add to that some good bench players in Braun who can shoot it , Watson who Defends very well

[@channelgray975]

He grew up in the era of selfies?!?!? Dude is 39😂😂😂

[@RJLKMRD]

Everyone's upset and starting to hate on Anthony Edwards because of envy and jealousy, Timberwolves' fans who are faithful understand, at least most of us do, there were a few who were on the fence initially, to be honest, but most of us when we saw Anthony Edwards for the first time knew we had A: never had a player like this before and B: knew that our organization would never be the same as long as Ant remained on our team and this was back in 2020, he'll be the face of all professional sports by year's end..

[@wtb107]

Common Ric L

[@preciousigbokwe1391]

you guys want to humble him so bad, ridiculous.

[@chrisjamez00]

ill take genuine braggadocio over false humility.

[@TwinCitiesPoetry]

these two haven't watched a full wolves game the last two years. Also ant is in his fourth year, at that same age Jordan was still in college. They want a 22 y/o to have the same basketball IQ as Jordan at 32.

[@voxextremos22]

Ant reminds me more of DWade than Mike, Bron or Kobe

[@Biz613]

I don’t trust Tatum. He disappears in the biggest moments. Jaylen Brown and Derrick White are more alpha.

[@youngkingzclothingtv5702]

Jordan literally had a I want to be like Mike campaign where he literally said yall mfers should want to be like me

[@Ironman79]

Ric is making the mistake of comparing Ant to Jordan the finished product. Gotta remember Jordan didn’t win his first title until his seventh season. Give it some time and compare Ant to where Jordan was at this point in his career.

[@reginaldwalton5432]

ANT is 22! Let him grow, its similarities. People feared MJ, but he lost and was losing. Stop it. And how cocky is MJ, the nerve to come down on LBJ. Did you hear MJ's HOF speech? How arrogant was and is MJ? These "analyst" are doing too much.

[@dhoff325]

Dude literally said Lebron needs to be more humble when he is one of the top two NBA players of all time????

[@Deanslyst]

Ric Bucher best of the best! Great commentary!

[@Dolph96]

It’s pretty clear once someone decides not to like Lebron at a certain age you will never change there mind EVER

[@henrybankschaft2959]

Do you guys plan on ever fixing the audio? Why is the show so much quieter than the ads?

[@TonyThaDon]

Had Jordan said he was chosen Ric would still be on his knees

[@blaketindle4703]

MJ would never say cringe BS like that.

[@TonyThaDon]

@@blaketindle4703 😂 sure thing buddy 😂

[@Dolph96]

It’s almost insane how much you can truly tell ric doesn’t like Lebron it’s seething off of him lmao

[@KAnE3o1]

The audio is low on this video. Hasn't been consistent lately 🤔

[@Musso88]

Thank you Ric. Edwards, a guy who is having one really good season, gets mentioned in the same sentence as Jordan waaay too much. In another 5 - 8 years we'll see how much weight that comparison has.

[@aliali-ce3yf]

Jordan had an ego too, as we saw in the Last Dance documentary, but he never made public statements while he was playing . If anything he downplayed it.

[@natetran]

Have these fools watched Ant at all this year?

[@markeefeconnally8574]

Ant does strike fear. See how much they double him

[@willskywalk]

buddy going on a tour off a out of context podcast clip

[@Pkingwilkins]

You literally need him to bow down to you guys. SMH.

[@nortonhazard1733]

Rick is insane! How can you tell another grown man how to feel about his life?

[@whataguy69]

I wonder what LeBron did to this man 😂😂😂

[@Marcus-kc9wc]

The Timberwolves have more talent on their team but just aren't as consistent as Boston.

[@BornGiftedMusicGroup]

Ric's hate made him totally mirepresent Brons whole point to twist it into something cocky. Dude the convo was questioning if sports IQ learned or born with and bron alluded to it parts of it being true for both scenarios. He used his youth coaches words to express the elements that were highlighted as what he was born with while also complimenting and crediting all his coaches for teaching him basketball the right way BUT OFC RIC IGNORES THAT PART. I hate how some of these guys just lie and turn ppl against players with these false narratives. Colin should've checked him

[@PostBakka]

It’s the jump shot and explosion

[@chrisreichert8659]

Anthony Edwards has defense too give him time to build his own legacy.

[@Djack-py8xr]

All yall do is hate on a 🐐 and compare him to another 🐐 so he can’t let yall talk about his greatness he got to talk about it himself

[@MusicLuv80]

It is not generational thing because in the 90's when I was a kid we talked like we were the best and we weren't ashamed of it. But as we grew older we realize we just blessed and lucky.

[@ChipOsorio]

Good thing LeBron doesn't care what Ric Bucher has had to say about him for 21 years so.....

[@leeprince2396]

He has an issue with what LeBron has said, but he didn’t bring up Jordan’s s cringy Hall of Fame speech, or the time that Kobe told the teammate not to talk to him until he got more accolades. If we wanna talk about let’s talk about it.

[@SH2022-fe4xp]

Bucher needs to stop dying his hair like bro we know how old you are

[@rome4urentertainment_1]

Ric & Skip ..... put them in the same room ....

[@10ftblanket21]

ant moves like mike unlike any pro since kobe. there’s a smoothness to his motion that’s almost cat like. let this man grow into himself before you completely shut that comparison down.

[@rabz5642]

@9.15 Weird Ric wants more self awareness off LBJ, yet proceeds to wear a pair of different coloured sneakers at what age himself? 😂

[@Mr.MooseTheGreat]

I used to respect Rics opinion but his blatant disregard for how good LeBron is at basketball is really embarrassing for him

[@HenryLemons-be8gy]

Jordan way more full of himself and wish he was this good at 39 😂

[@isaacford7172]

Let it be someone on the opposite color I know what you would say that demand confidence level is very high, so what’s wrong with him having confidence in his self and saying that he could play in his sports and play at a high-level what’s wrong with saying that wowyou gotta be kidding me

[@theopencourt7231]

Let’s see how Ric can make a new way to hate on Lebron

[@gregorylawrence9729]

Ppl have automatically put Denver in the finals... Not me I'm taking the field in the west to make it to the finals

[@havok6280]

Ant gives me Wade vibes. It isn't fair to compare anyone to MJ.

[@THEJOHNiVERSE]

Whoever is doing the audio mastering on these files needs to check them against other KZbin videos, the audio is 40% too low.

[@elijah140564]

Rich make sure you zip it back up when you’re done

[@AllLocksNoCap]

Ric Bucher is the truth .. exposing these lebron fanboys

[@Noirlore]

That’s all they got out of the bron podcast. Unreal. But not surprised

[@qbethune1]

“Let US sing your praises?” Really Ric?? This coming from one of the biggest LeBron haters is hilarious. He’s having a conversation about the nuances of the game and how he picked up offensive concepts at an early age. You spin his words into a lack of humility narrative and he’s the problem?