Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards was fined again by the league, this time for making obscene gestures toward an official. It’s the fifth time Edwards has been docked by the league this season. He’s also tied for the league lead with nine technicals. Head coach Chris Finch says he has spoken with Edwards about both issues.
“It’s been addressed for sure,” said Finch, per Chris Hine of the Minneapolis Star Tribune (Twitter link). “It’s been addressed organizationally, individually. I think he’s aware. We’re all aware.”
Finch believes Edwards will do a better job of controlling his emotions, Hine adds in another tweet.
“He’s extremely self-aware. I think he has emotional control for sure,” Finch said. “I think he’s frustrated on many levels. I think some of that frustration is certainly in & around the whistle no doubt, but he’s just got to figure it out, play through it and he’ll be fine.”
We have more from the Northwest Division:
- Alex Caruso is no longer listed on the Thunder injury report, signaling that he’ll suit up for Tuesday’s game against Philadelphia, Joel Lorenzi of The Oklahoman tweets. Caruso, who signed a four-year extension last month, has missed the past 10 games with a left hip strain.
- The parties involved in the Timberwolves’ ownership battle met for a final time on Jan. 10, Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic tweets. Arbitration hearings were held in early November and it was expected to take a few months for a ruling. The decision will likely be handed down within the next 30 days. The dispute over control of the franchise between minority owners Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez and principal owner Glen Taylor moved to arbitration in July.
- Vlatko Cancar traveled with the Nuggets to Dallas over the weekend and went through a full pregame workout, Grant Afseth of the Dallas Sports Journal tweets. Cancar underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee on Dec. 4. At that time, the team indicated that Cancar would be reexamined in eight weeks. The forward/center is currently inked to a one-year, $2.1MM veteran’s minimum deal.
The Timberwolves are a messy franchise… From the ownership to it’s overhyped too early ego in it’s main star…
Get ya popcorn… This could end up as Jimmy Butler 2.0…
Yeah Edwards is not acting out because of the refs he is acting out because the organization has made crazy moves 2 seasons in a row, got lucky with one, and lost on the other (so far). Neither have been in support of him, and clearly is an ego maniac (and yeah hes not the only one…) but yeah wouldn’t be on this ending well. If I’m wrong I’m wrong!
What crazy move did they make in the prior off season?
@Tacocat1331 Gobert? I think he means somewhat recently
With the T-Wolves hovering a few games above .500 this season, the narrative of Antman being the “new MJ” has gone quiet.
They were stupid in the first place but anyone blaming this season on him is also dumb. He simply has zero scoring around him and can’t do anything when doubled every possession
Like every other guy compared to MJ. He’s one of one.
Ant is a klutz, always has been ……. he’ll be racking up the fines as his career goes along – these fines will be nothing for him though.
Ant just never realized how the league works. You can’t start your career being hot like he is. Stars get special treatment for sure but they also start by sucking up to refs. Do you think you’re getting a LeBron or curry freebie foul when that ref doesn’t have that Rolex, free vacation with their mistress or having a judge decide to throw out a case and give custody? These are things you do for refs early in the career so later when someone breathes on you it’s a foul.
Surely Doncic comes back and racks up more techs than Edwards… Wolves made the fatal mistake of “having Julius Randle on their team”. Seems these teams are totally unaware of how this guy plays.
Feel sorry for Dante, being taken from the Knicks when he was a great fit there….I guess there could be worse situations to go to… wizards