WASHINGTON — Anthony Edwards has yet another bill to pay to the NBA. The Minnesota Timberwolves star has been fined $50,000 for making obscene gestures toward a game official.
Anthony Edwards fined again, $50K for obscene gesture that brings season punishment total to $285K
Anthony Edwards has yet another bill to pay to the NBA. The Minnesota Timberwolves star has been fined $50,000 for making obscene gestures toward a game official.
By The Associated Press
January 14, 2025 at 3:32AM
The league announced the punishment on Monday before Minnesota's 120-106 win at Washington, citing his conduct with 1:26 left in the third quarter of the 127-125 loss to Memphis on Saturday. Edwards scored 41 points in Monday's win.
''I made a careless, young, dumb mistake, shooting birds,'' the 23-year-old Edwards said Monday. ''That has nothing to do with the refs at all. That's all me mentally making a dumb mistake. I won't do it again."
Edwards, a two-time All-Star in his fifth season, had been subbed out with 2:25 remaining in the period. He received his NBA-leading ninth technical foul of the season while on the bench.
''I ain't getting no more techs, I ain't saying nothing else,'' Edwards promised with a grin. He also had 15 techs last season, most coming in the first half.
Edwards has been penalized a total of $285,000 by the league this season for five different behavioral transgressions, mostly for language. During December, he was docked $100,000 for profanity during a live television interview, $75,000 for a profane public criticism of the officiating and $25,000 for profanity in a media interview. In November, he was fined $35,000 for making an obscene gesture on the court.
___
AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA
about the writer
The Associated Press
The Associated PressMinnesota coach Dawn Plitzuweit turned to her college music choice for inspiration last season when the Golden Gophers made a run to the finals of the postseason WNIT.