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Originally Posted by sethc1020
I don't think so, at only 23 years old his trajectory is pointing in the right direction to be that guy. No other "face of the league" won a championship at 23 except for Kobe but it was still Shaqs team then. Ant taking his team to 2 straight WCF at that age is impressive, especially with the lack of depth on those teams. Would have liked to see more out of him the last 2 games but every time he touched the ball OKC swarmed him and no body else was knocking down shots. I think that most people gravitated towards him as the next big thing because his game is different. For so long the NBA has been a 3 point contest and Ant came in attacking the rim like MJ and made the game a little more exciting to watch. I feel like people are sick of watching guys just chuck 3s all game. Same reason Ja was blowing up before he decided to go thuga thuga.
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Exactly, same thing was being done with Luka. If you look through the history of the NBA, most of the superstars get their first title at age 26/27. This means Luka is hitting that window now. Shai is 26, so his windows is also now. As you said Kobe was a special case with having Shaq. So Edwards still has a coupe of years before that window opens. It will be up to him to take the next step and the organization to keep building the roster out. Getting to two finals is a great sign that he will break through eventually.