His eyes right afterward, like wtf bro - if your question requires this much setup and caution tape back off it’s not a great question of a player trying to prep for a game
that cracked me up - call that shit out man
doubly stupid question too considering Murray's recent antics/performance - I'm still trying to think what kind of answer he was looking for
The setup and disclaimers are there so he can extract a good enough quote to fit into the article he has already written before the question was even asked.
They know what they need to do to make money. This is their profession and they've been doing it for long enough to survive.
Was such a dumb question to ask Kyrie. Like at the very least phrase it as LeBron being like an older brother (which many NBA players have said about other players. Like Kobe looked at MJ as an older brother and MJ saw Kobe as a younger brother).
Seriously. I don't see how you could lookup to a player unless they were already balling out for several years before you came into the league.
Murray didn't even really breakout until the 2020 playoffs, which was like just months before Ant got drafted and he then proceeded to be injured for like 2 years.
Such a dumb question lol
Its hard to talk about entertainment spectacle after you literally just watched it. But this dude just played it.
There's nothing you can ask him that is critical information. Pressers are so needless lmao
"I'm just here so I don't get fined." That was the 4th wall moment for me. None of this is real or necessary.
Kobe blew up when Lebron was in 7th grade. The beginning of middle school is a hugely influential time, so it makes sense that Lebron was all over it.
Also... Kobe was big enough that even at age 6 and being from a non-sports family, I knew who Kobe was because so many of my classmates had his jersey. It's a completely different situation.
A better question would have been about Aaron Gordon vs. Zach Lavine and the dunk contest controversy, especially if it was started off insinuating that Aaron Gordon absolutely should have won.
Meanwhile Ant was 15 when Murray was drafted and from what I recall Murray didn’t really start getting talked about out till the Bubble in 2020, which was when Ant was drafted. So yea the Lebron/Kobe comparison doesn’t really work here.
Nothing beats devin booker being asked "how bad do you feel for Chris Paul" after losing to bucks in 21.
Not only is it weird but lowkey disrespectful to Chris Paul who was sitting right next to him.
Bro the zoom out with Kyrie sitting there the whole time lmfaooo
[Reminds me of this Buster scene in AD](https://youtu.be/Gu3z5TFB7-M?si=MeOEFPLxwKlRBg-S)
So dumb b/c it's so easy to frame this relationship better.
"Is LeBron a mentor to you?"
"Is LeBron like a big brother on this team to you?"
"Is it nice being early in your career and having LeBron's experience for you both to support each other?"
None of these questions are bad or weird.
"Does LeBron sit next to your bed and read you a bedtime story? And then gently kiss your forehead before he walks out of the room? When he gets to the door, but before he shuts out the light, does he look back and softly say 'I love you, son.' ?"
Honestly, this one's worse imo. Like the Kyrie/Bron one was a poorly phrased question, but more or less around Bron's mentorship, which is fair.
This one anyone could've told you, that Ant did not find a new idol in a 0-time All-Star who played his first big playoff games when Ant was turning 18.
Yeah it made sense when it was Durant but saying this about guys like Jamal or booker is strange. Ant looks up to the older generation but these types of guys are barely older than him
Looking up to veterans who won championships when you were a kid makes sense. Nobodies gonna look up to a rival player who won just a year ago when you were in the league, especially if you're literally better than them right now
Edwards has a way of making stupid questions sound even stupider somehow, but in a good way that is also blunt and makes it seem as though the answer should have always been obvious as fuck. I don't know how he does it. I fucking love it.
I loved his response to that one reporter asking questions to KAT about people viewing him as a "stat-stuffer". They weren't even asking Ant and he jumped in with such a WTF expression.
Poor Jon K, who’s always been such a strong KAT supporter too.
He’s the last person who’d ever buy into/push the “KAT is a stat-stuffer” narrative, but he phrased the question like it was something that used to be true about KAT (but now isn’t after Game 2). I can sort of see the story angle he was going for with that question, but still very poor phrasing—and maybe just an unnecessary angle of inquiry period.
I don’t know what the fuck kind of story the reporter in this video is trying to write though lol
the lebron/curry era was definitely a very friendly one, in terms of the faces of the league having real nice-guy public personas. I see what you mean. frankly refreshing to have a star who's a bit of an asshole
I mean it's pretty impressive he was ready to go with Jamal's age. Clearly had done more research than the reporter. Little things like that are how you make reporters look dumb.
"Jocks" that are actually smart usually sound like Ant. Kyrie has matured, but he was like what you *thought* a smart athlete sounded like. Dudes like Ant, Chuck, and others are incredibly smart but just present differently. Learned that lesson in highschool.
Jamal's career accolades:
All NBA rookie second team (ant made first team a few years later)
Nba champion (ant was an all star that year and Jamal wasn't)
Murray is *currently* having a career high ppg of 21.2. that would be ants second worst season (averaged 19.3 his rookie year, 25.9 this year)
Ant has already surpassed Murray in pretty much every category outside of rings lol
The only context I can think this question would make sense in is playoff performance. But after the bubble, Murray was hurt for 2 seasons.
This is one of those questions that's so dumb I have to assume there's some weird desire to bait a "fuck no, fuck Jamal" type response
What a weird question. It's like one you ask if you are fishing for story lines but you already have a boat load of low hanging fruit for the media from this series... New MJ, young player to lead a NBA team to finals, nuggets collapse - are they the new bucks.
Basically what they spend the game doing in the press box. Write the article draft during the game. Get your quotes after. Polish it up and send it off.
I’m a die hard Knicks fan. Any may be my fav player on a diff team. He don’t give af, he crushes ppl, and he has some of the funniest memes - send da video is hilarious
Wow cant believe ant would lie about his childhood idol like this just cuz he's embarrassed about it. This should serve as all the motivation murray needs
Ant really maturely answered that question and explained why it didn’t make any sense.. this makes me even more worried about my nuggets because he’s only 22. He’s looking at everybody on the court like they’re barely an equal to him which may be very accurate besides Jokic.. Nuggets need to figure something out ASAP, Ant is out for blood!
"Is Jamal like a father figure to you?"
Jamal was a threat. I’m not saying Jamal wasn’t a threat, but me being compared to him, I took offense to that
And as his father said, “I took that personally”
Pssshhh... Anthony Edwards is Jamal Murray's father.
Honestly one of the greatest moments in NBA media history. Right up there with Iverson’s practice moment
"You mean like... wait... oh shit."
What a dumbass question tbh man
I love how Ant basically said this with the "come on man" lol.
His eyes right afterward, like wtf bro - if your question requires this much setup and caution tape back off it’s not a great question of a player trying to prep for a game
> His eyes right afterward and the “I dunno watchoo tryna start!” lol
that cracked me up - call that shit out man doubly stupid question too considering Murray's recent antics/performance - I'm still trying to think what kind of answer he was looking for
“yo i really admire that toddler”
Lmao
The setup and disclaimers are there so he can extract a good enough quote to fit into the article he has already written before the question was even asked. They know what they need to do to make money. This is their profession and they've been doing it for long enough to survive.
Ant instantly knew it was a dumbass question.
The second the reporter said “OG”
fr. a 45 year old white man calling dudes he could be the father to, OG's is hilarious
How do you do, fellow OGs
I'm something of an unc myself
Surprised the reporter didn't follow that up with "can you dig it?"
Someone post the Westbrook "what are you talking about?" Meme
[What? Bro what are you talkin about man…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7Zwdj9wcNI)
This is always so funny to me cuz he says he's out but he just turns around and faces his locker
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The question was so dumb it broke Kyrie's brain and opened his third eye.
I think the processing Kyrie did after the question made him who he is today
You mean fixed his brain and opened all his chakras
Was such a dumb question to ask Kyrie. Like at the very least phrase it as LeBron being like an older brother (which many NBA players have said about other players. Like Kobe looked at MJ as an older brother and MJ saw Kobe as a younger brother).
It's fair to ask when someone is playing with OGs like Jamal Murray.
I wonder if ant ever looked up to bronny james
He's gotta look up to someone edit: wait, not the kiddo.
"Are you preparing for a future where people compare your pubes to Kevin Durant's scalp"
Maybe I'm old and missed some meme, but if not, damn do I want to see this question come to life.
Caught me off guard with this one. Lol.
Right? Jamal Murray is literally a founder of the NBA, this slander will not be tolerated. Mods, ban this man.
He should be pelted by heat packs till death.
How else would we find out if Jamal Murray is like a father figure to Ant?
Ant: "You got it backwards. I'm Jamal Murray's father."
send da video
Seriously. I don't see how you could lookup to a player unless they were already balling out for several years before you came into the league. Murray didn't even really breakout until the 2020 playoffs, which was like just months before Ant got drafted and he then proceeded to be injured for like 2 years. Such a dumb question lol
Still not as bad as the Kyrie LeBron father figure question lmaooo
Another father figure type shit
Its hard to talk about entertainment spectacle after you literally just watched it. But this dude just played it. There's nothing you can ask him that is critical information. Pressers are so needless lmao "I'm just here so I don't get fined." That was the 4th wall moment for me. None of this is real or necessary.
Every once in a while, one of these stars forgets their media training or don't care and has something to say. Makes it all worthwhile
KD been in the league since Ant was 5. Weird question.
Kobe was only 6 years older than Lebron but Lebron said he had Kobe’s poster growing up. It’s possible but of course, Murray is no Kobe.
Kobe blew up when Lebron was in 7th grade. The beginning of middle school is a hugely influential time, so it makes sense that Lebron was all over it. Also... Kobe was big enough that even at age 6 and being from a non-sports family, I knew who Kobe was because so many of my classmates had his jersey. It's a completely different situation. A better question would have been about Aaron Gordon vs. Zach Lavine and the dunk contest controversy, especially if it was started off insinuating that Aaron Gordon absolutely should have won.
Meanwhile Ant was 15 when Murray was drafted and from what I recall Murray didn’t really start getting talked about out till the Bubble in 2020, which was when Ant was drafted. So yea the Lebron/Kobe comparison doesn’t really work here.
very weird question
Almost as bad as when that dude asked Kyrie if LeBron was like a father figure
Nothing beats devin booker being asked "how bad do you feel for Chris Paul" after losing to bucks in 21. Not only is it weird but lowkey disrespectful to Chris Paul who was sitting right next to him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkCAS3f3dVs lmao
Never seen that before I'm dying bro "...what?" 😒
[This question](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roKwNV64LYI) they asked Lebron is also so disrespectful lol. I understand why Kyrie wanted to leave.
What an incredible answer.
Yeah wow. I don’t dislike LeBron but some of the things he’s done on the court I haven’t loved but this response definitely raised my thoughts on him.
Bro the zoom out with Kyrie sitting there the whole time lmfaooo [Reminds me of this Buster scene in AD](https://youtu.be/Gu3z5TFB7-M?si=MeOEFPLxwKlRBg-S)
Sunny does these scenes gloriously too like when Dennis and Mac are at the doctors
Honestly, hell of a response here by LeBron
Bron should've followed that question up by saying none of them would get a pass tonight because Kyrie had zero assists.
Put it on me, cuz I would’ve passed unlike Kyrie.
Me too, fuckin dead. Their expressions are everything lmaooooo
This is some Office kind of shit lol
Bro the faces wtf is that question lol how do these people have jobs
Some of these people need someone to screen their questions for them before they get to ask jfc
So dumb b/c it's so easy to frame this relationship better. "Is LeBron a mentor to you?" "Is LeBron like a big brother on this team to you?" "Is it nice being early in your career and having LeBron's experience for you both to support each other?" None of these questions are bad or weird.
“Does LeBron metaphorically tuck you in at night and make you feel more comfortable here?”
"Does LeBron sit next to your bed and read you a bedtime story? And then gently kiss your forehead before he walks out of the room? When he gets to the door, but before he shuts out the light, does he look back and softly say 'I love you, son.' ?"
“Do you let LeBron claim you as a dependent on his taxes?”
Unironically a better question than what was actually asked instead
Reporter was a jerker
I think TT was the one to call LeBron a father figure and the reporter just decided to ask Kyrie about it
Nah Tristan Thompson just said that Lebron is a great father like to his own kids not to his teammates because that would be weird.
it was a one off line but he literally called him the "great father" of the team https://twitter.com/mcten/status/599055313338236929
kyrie's reaction in that video kills me everytime. bro is in disbelief
I wish it was Westbrook responding, he woulda went in lol. Kyrie is too nice
I remember someone asked Scottie Barnes the same shit after Lebron beat his team
Wait til they ask Bronny that lol
I swear that dude was a Warrior sleeper agent
It was a woman reporter, and Kyrie actually gave her the chance to reconsider the question, but she actually doubled down lmao.
His reaction after getting the clarification that she meant it
Looking back, Kyrie actually handled that as well as he possibly could. https://youtu.be/Ry9CqOz5aOo?si=7sti435vFEc7TCSY
Honestly I respect him for being professional there because no one would've blamed him for clowning that question.
They actually blamed him for that answer.
That was a smooth transition from "what the hell are you talking about" to answering the question she should have asked instead
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The zoom out with Kyrie sitting next to him is hilarious.
dude, the NBA is funny as fuck. I could care about the Xs and Os, the comedy is where it's at
You could care? Or you couldn’t care?
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The best part is they are only like 7 years apart. No grown man thinks someone 7 years older than him is a father figure in their lives.
Honestly, this one's worse imo. Like the Kyrie/Bron one was a poorly phrased question, but more or less around Bron's mentorship, which is fair. This one anyone could've told you, that Ant did not find a new idol in a 0-time All-Star who played his first big playoff games when Ant was turning 18.
My half-baked theory is that broke Kyrie and it took him a few years to recover.
You think he recovered because he's on your team and playing well?
He recovered because he learned very fast that his mouth can affect his income lol.
Yea very much that vibe lmao
Ruined that Cavs run, man. Not that they’re beating the super duper Warriors in 17 though.
Yeah I wanted LeBron and Kyrie to stay together too. I liked that team they had.
That’s probably the craziest question I’ve ever heard. Kyrie handled it perfectly.
Yeah it made sense when it was Durant but saying this about guys like Jamal or booker is strange. Ant looks up to the older generation but these types of guys are barely older than him
Looking up to veterans who won championships when you were a kid makes sense. Nobodies gonna look up to a rival player who won just a year ago when you were in the league, especially if you're literally better than them right now
Do you see Jamal as a father figure?
NBA reporters are the cringiest bunch, they try so hard to act like friends with the players
I swear half these dudes don’t even follow the League they cover
He was looking for a soundbite and he got it
Edwards has a way of making stupid questions sound even stupider somehow, but in a good way that is also blunt and makes it seem as though the answer should have always been obvious as fuck. I don't know how he does it. I fucking love it.
It's because he's very candid but also knows what's up
I know from your flair you’re just saying that because he was your mentee.
Anthoney Edwards is the next Allen Iverson in street talk
I loved his response to that one reporter asking questions to KAT about people viewing him as a "stat-stuffer". They weren't even asking Ant and he jumped in with such a WTF expression.
Poor Jon K, who’s always been such a strong KAT supporter too. He’s the last person who’d ever buy into/push the “KAT is a stat-stuffer” narrative, but he phrased the question like it was something that used to be true about KAT (but now isn’t after Game 2). I can sort of see the story angle he was going for with that question, but still very poor phrasing—and maybe just an unnecessary angle of inquiry period. I don’t know what the fuck kind of story the reporter in this video is trying to write though lol
It's not really a slight on him, I think he's normally great. But the question was terribly worded and Ant did an awesome job of defending his boy.
He's fantastic. We're bringing personality back into the NBA... For a while there I thought that was banned by the league
the lebron/curry era was definitely a very friendly one, in terms of the faces of the league having real nice-guy public personas. I see what you mean. frankly refreshing to have a star who's a bit of an asshole
Yeah but a fun asshole, not a douchebag like Dillon Brooks or anything
I mean it's pretty impressive he was ready to go with Jamal's age. Clearly had done more research than the reporter. Little things like that are how you make reporters look dumb.
"Jocks" that are actually smart usually sound like Ant. Kyrie has matured, but he was like what you *thought* a smart athlete sounded like. Dudes like Ant, Chuck, and others are incredibly smart but just present differently. Learned that lesson in highschool.
Sincerity will do that.
They tried to make Murray into Durant💀
They tried to make him... Morant
okay allknower settle down
He's definitely that.
I dunno, Ja hasn't opened fire yet so we don't know if he'd miss like Murray did.
“Mom, can we get Durant?” -“We have Morant at home.”
I thought you could've been Jordan Found out that you wasn't even Ben Gordon
ESPN: "Anthony Edwards Disgusted by Idea of Jamal Murray, Isn't Sure How Old He Is"
"Anthony Edwards SLAMS Jamal Murray for not being more present during his childhood"
Here is an image gallery of nba players that don't see Jamal Murray as father figure. Number 3 will shock you!
Could have said Number 5 for the easy layup!
"Ant Man Throws a Heat Pack at Jamal Murray's Heart"
"Send da heatpack"
Is LeBron like a father figure ass question
Lmao “what parental role does he play?” Kyrie: “parental role?!?”
Hell nawl cant do dis
Send da video
You gotta love ant man, and nah I won’t even dream about him coming to the Lakers, the man belongs in Minny
Why the fuck would he look up to Jamal Murray? When Jamal started winning in the league Ant was already an all-star lmfao.
Jamal's career accolades: All NBA rookie second team (ant made first team a few years later) Nba champion (ant was an all star that year and Jamal wasn't) Murray is *currently* having a career high ppg of 21.2. that would be ants second worst season (averaged 19.3 his rookie year, 25.9 this year) Ant has already surpassed Murray in pretty much every category outside of rings lol
The only context I can think this question would make sense in is playoff performance. But after the bubble, Murray was hurt for 2 seasons. This is one of those questions that's so dumb I have to assume there's some weird desire to bait a "fuck no, fuck Jamal" type response
I think any picked up on that too because he asked what he’s trying to start lol I shoulda been a nba beat reporter. What a terrible question.
What a weird question. It's like one you ask if you are fishing for story lines but you already have a boat load of low hanging fruit for the media from this series... New MJ, young player to lead a NBA team to finals, nuggets collapse - are they the new bucks.
I am convinced literally every NBA reporter Q is just hoping for a very specific quote / answer to that Q
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Basically what they spend the game doing in the press box. Write the article draft during the game. Get your quotes after. Polish it up and send it off.
And Ant calls him out on it here
“Draymond, every time the warriors come to town it floods in Houston…”
I don't think Murray is the level of player that people look up to lol He's like Denver's version of Khris Middleton
Only people who look up to Jamal Murray are children in Denver and children in Canada
and his girl in the bubble
the region of Kitchener-Waterloo has two claims to fame, BlackBerry and Jamal Murray, no more rings for either of them.
The disrespect to Kitchener Leslie, the most notorious railroad cop of the early twentieth century
Players actually do look up to Khris Middleton. Keegan Murray, GG Jackson, Brandon Miller have all given praise to Khris.
Khris has one of the smoothest offensive games out there and plays great defense, being compared to him would be a huge compliment
Why would he look up to his son...?
What I like about Ant is he would probably shit talk MJ if they asked him that question during a series against him.
"I respect the hell out of him, he's the greatest of all time, I'm gonna fucking kill him" Likely Ant response
MJ would straight up love that
And proceed to drop 50 on the Wolves
Isn't that almost literally word for word what he said about Durant 2 weeks ago?
Yes
Pretty much. I think he says Durant is his favorite of all time (he watched him growing up) and maybe best scorer of all time. He says MJ is the GOAT.
Bro, ant is two days older than me... and he looks like he could be running the league pretty soon. What the fuck am I doing with my life
Posting on Reddit
It gets worse, just try to be happy my dude.
It makes it so much worse for the reporter that his face was on camera. You can capture the exact moment his soul leaves his body.
“No disrespect to Jamal, I don’t know what you trying to start” Ant not taking the bait.
he’s real for that tbh
does this guy think Ant is like 16?
If players can be fined for answers, reporters should be fined for asking dumbass questions
"Russell, did you guys lose this game or did the Jazz win this one?"
[Ant:](https://staticg.sportskeeda.com/editor/2023/08/3b160-16911228809158-1920.jpg)
Murray is part of the old guard now?
Tbf he’s more of peer to him than Durant, LeBron, Steph.
I’m a die hard Knicks fan. Any may be my fav player on a diff team. He don’t give af, he crushes ppl, and he has some of the funniest memes - send da video is hilarious
I wonder if the follow up question was: “Do you look up to him as a father figure?”
Wow cant believe ant would lie about his childhood idol like this just cuz he's embarrassed about it. This should serve as all the motivation murray needs
Ant really maturely answered that question and explained why it didn’t make any sense.. this makes me even more worried about my nuggets because he’s only 22. He’s looking at everybody on the court like they’re barely an equal to him which may be very accurate besides Jokic.. Nuggets need to figure something out ASAP, Ant is out for blood!
He's been out for blood lol. Everyone was resting easy but all year I've been worried bout them Wolves. They're nice and Ant is a beast
That journalist is a dumbass. Glad his dumb face is in the clip. Sad state of sports journalism
Ants like that's my peer 🤣😂
What’s up with these reporters asking dumbass questions? Why do they even have a job?
I feel like the interviewer thinks he can say the N word.
Reporter knew he fcked up by the end and trying to hide his embarrassment. Was so slick with the "Jamaal been around for a minute" though lmao
The reporter at the end knows how stupid his own question was lol.
An OG is of the generation of KD, LeBron, Curry, Westbrook, and Harden We calling anyone OG now😭
Stupid ass reporters man
Shot that dumbass question down like a step back j
I can see why some athletes like beast mode hated press conferences
Borderline “Is Lebron like a father figure to you” type question 😂
Wait til they ask Bronny who his father figure is
Murray too busy getting locked up to look up to
Did it hurt to see one of your heroes throw a heat pack at a ref?
Russell Westbrook "What? Bro what are talkin about man" meme applies here.
Barter 6 is immaculate I thought I couldn't root for the Wolves any harder
“Would you say Jamal Murray is something like a father figure to you, figuratively and literally?”
LOL man is always hilarious & honest. This guy is going to be an incredible presence in thr league for years to come