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Anthony Edwards up for challenge against US women's table tennis team
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Date:2025-04-13 23:11:37
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There is no doubt that Minnesota Timberwolves guard and Team USA basketball player Anthony Edwards is a confident athlete.
Whether it is dunking on his 2024 Paris Olympics teammates or claiming he is the best swimmer on the basketball team, Edwards may have finally met his match.
Before Friday's opening ceremonies in Paris, Stephen Curry did his best to instigate a matchup between Edwards and the U.S. women's table tennis team.
"They said they could smack you 21 nothing," Curry said in a social media post by Team USA.
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"I got some people here that say they gonna beat me in ping-pong, 21-0," Edwards said. "I don't believe it, I don't believe it. I'm not having it. I'm not having it. Eleven to zero, I'm scoring one point.
"Okay. How? When’re we going to do that? Whenever," said Edwards, accepting the challenge.
Before Edwards can showcase his table tennis skills, the U.S. men's basketball team has other business to attend to when they open Olympic play on Sunday against Serbia seeking their fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal.
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