Tyrese Maxey finished a highlight-reel dunk over Anthony Edwards. VJ Edgecombe was not impressed.
Turns out one of Maxey's harshest critics is in the Sixers locker room.
Tyrese Maxey dunked over Anthony Edwards Sunday night and had everybody talking, as the 76ers snapped a four-game losing streak with a 135-108 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
No, Edwards wasn’t looking at him the whole way. But the play still ended in a great highlight clip for Maxey against one of the league’s best players.
The left-handed dunk has become one of his go-tos — he made a similar play in Thursday’s loss to the Hawks. Maybe that’s part of the reason rookie VJ Edgecombe had a higher standard when ranking just how good the dunk was.
“I’d give him a six out of 10,” Edgecombe said. “I’ve seen better. Six out of 10, not really impressed. In the moment I was, but looking back I’m not really impressed.”
Maxey, hearing about Edgecombe’s take, was in disbelief.
“That was a good dunk,” Maxey said. “Six out of 10? He can’t even dunk on people. He gave me a six out of 10?”
Maxey and Edgecombe each took a look at video replays of the dunk before coming to a final decision.
“From my angle, I was impressed at the beginning,” Edgecombe said. “But from other angles, I was not.”
“Tough critic,” Maxey said, shaking his head.
But the dunk was just the highlight of a stellar, 39-point performance from Maxey, where he went 16-for-28 from the field in just 35 minutes.