Kevin Garnett shuts Anthony Edwards' mouth: "20 years ago, you could break your nose trying a dunk"

Kevin Garnett spoke on the All The Smoke podcast about the controversial statements made by Anthony Edwards where he claimed that during Michael Jordan's time, only the Chicago Bulls star had talent and nowadays there are many more players who have it. Magic Johnson recently shut down Ant, and now the Celtics champ has also taken a jab at him.

"You have to know what you're talking about to be in the discussion that we're having," commented Kevin Garnett on All The Smoke. "I support you, young blood, but you gotta know what you're talking about, young blood, because what you said doesn't make sense."

"To be honest, brother, I don't think anyone from this generation could have touched it 20 years ago. This is for Ant, this is for everyone in our league," he said. "Let me tell you something, brother. 20 years ago, you couldn't hit a three, and if you shot that (expletive), it had to go in. You know why? We had efficiency back in those days, buddy. It was so tough, it was too physical. The league had to stop being that way so the flow of movement could increase scoring, which is why we sit here and watch the high-paced game rat race."

"You've never had a 6'7'' [Dennis Rodman] guarding you," Garnett continued. "You could break your nose trying to dunk. You get that? Dwyane Wade broke Kobe's nose in the All-Star Game."

"When you hear Michael Jordan and some of the greats talk about the different game eras, the 80s were different from the 70s, the 70s were different from the 60s, the 60s were different from the 50s. But there was gameplay and aggression in all eras," Garnett continued. "When I hear [what Edwards said] and start thinking about it, I say to myself, no, it's not true, because there were many players who had incredible skill," Pierce said. He named a handful of players from the nineties, like Baron Davis, Steve Francis, Kevin Johnson, Jason "White Chocolate" Williams, Jason Kidd, and Vince Carter.

"The skill level has improved with this generation, but I don't think overall it makes you a better player. I think the imagination and spark of the game are not the same," Pierce continued. "They don't play as much basketball as we did. They work out individually. We played 5 on 5, and our creativity for the game was much better in our time."

"You dribble the air of the ball. You dribble the ball 100 times more than the [other kids]. You grab it on the rebound, one dribble, two dripples, shoot it up. Let me see how you do it on the rebound. Let me see your skills," Garnett added. "You can't come to [our era] and not expect a comeback. Real (expletive), it was totally different."

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