MILWAUKEE -- As Tyrese Maxey walked out of the visitor's locker room at Fiserv Forum late on Nov. 20, game ball in hand after scoring a career-high 54 points to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 123-114 overtime win over the Milwaukee Bucks , he bragged about receiving a text from Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards .

"'Filthy bastard,'" Maxey said Edwards wrote.

None of the main characters in Milwaukee that night could match Edwards' candor, but they all expressed the same sentiment. Sixers coach Nick Nurse said Maxey is "just really talented" and Paul George called him "special." Rookie of the Year candidate VJ Edgecombe proclaimed that Maxey is the "best point guard in the NBA ."

Whether you prefer the PG-13 description of Maxey or PG-13's, everyone agrees tha

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