While Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards leads the NBA in several scoring categories, he also leads in an unfortunate category that's left him on thin ice with the league. Midway through the third quarter of Sunday's matchup with Oklahoma City,

Asked which players in the modern game could've played in his era of the NBA, Shaquille O'Neal went right to Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards. "I think about that all the time," O'Neal said on his show The Big Podcast. "Ant Edwards, big and strong. LeBron, of course — well he did play in our era. KD also played in our era. That's about it."

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Shaquille O'Neal names LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Anthony Edwards when asked who could survive in his era.

Edwards said multiple times during All-Star Weekend that he doesn't view himself as the next face of the league.

The debate of the new versus the old generation never gets old. For Shaquille O’Neal, that conversation happens at almost every waking moment. Even though O’Neal is one of the highest-paid NBA broadcasters,