Barack Obama Was Shocked by Anthony Edwards' Confidence During Team USA Meeting at Paris Olympics

Anthony Edwards' raw confidence was enough to surprise former President Barack Obama in the new Netflix docuseries Court of Gold that debuted on Tuesday.

In the show, which follows various NBA players playing in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, Team USA got the chance to catch up with Obama, and one of the interactions shows just how much Edwards believes in himself.

The scene, which has gone viral on X, formerly Twitter, opens with Obama conversing with Joel Embiid and asking him what he thinks about Edwards, whom he believes could play "just a little bit." Edwards, who was standing nearby, caught wind of the statement and made it clear he's more than just a pretty good basketball player.

"Man, y'all better step down," said Edwards as he looks directly at Obama. "I'm the truth."

Obama glanced back at Embiid and replied, "He's saying he's the truth [laughs]. Yeah?"

"I'm the truth. People know," said Edwards before admitting Embiid is "cold" in his own right for giving the Minnesota Timberwolves straight buckets every time they play. However, Edwards clarified that Embiid is "lucky" he isn't a seven-footer himself.

Obama then had to get LeBron James' opinion about Edwards calling himself "the truth" and asked if the older veterans were talking to the 23-year-old three-time NBA All-Star about his confidence.

"LeBron, are y'all talking to this young man cause he just keeps on [...] right now he just said he's the truth and all that," said Obama before Edwards intervened and asked him to explain the context behind his statement.

"You asked him what he thinks about this young man, and he said I'm ok. I said 'I'm the truth, you tripping.' That's what happened," said Edwards as Obama grinned from ear to ear while Kevin Durant said there was "nothing wrong" with how Edwards answered the question.

LeBron even agreed that Edwards is "the truth," while Durant added that he wasn't lying.

Fans got to see more of Edwards' confidence in another Netflix docuseries called Starting 5. In one scene where he recalls torching Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics in a regular season game, Edwards questions fans and critics who say the 2024 NBA Finals MVP is the best in the league.

"You seen Tatum trying to get me on the switch, locked his ass up two times," said Edwards in the locker room. "Tatum was talking crazy saying, 'Yeah, I'm here,' then I said, 'I'm coming again.' Talking bout best player in the league y'all trippin'."

Anthony Edwards doesn’t consider himself a superstar but certainly carries the aura of one, according to Complex's Mike Destefano, who interviewed the Timberwolves star for this month’s cover issue. Read the story here.