2:05 pm: The NBA has officially confirmed in a press release (via Twitter) that Edwards has been suspended for one game. He’ll serve the one-game ban on Friday when the Timberwolves visit Utah.
9:17 am: Anthony Edwards was ejected after picking up two technical fouls on Thursday and now faces an automatic one-game league suspension when Minnesota faces Utah tonight. The Timberwolves star guard has reached the 16-technical threshold, unless the league rescinds one of the two he collected in the loss to the Lakers.
Edwards and Lakers forward Jarred Vanderbilt were called for double technical fouls when they exchanged shoves at the end of the first quarter. Edwards’ second technical occurred during the third quarter when he complained about a no-call.
“{Edwards] was issued his second unsportsmanlike technical foul for directing profanity towards a game official,” crew chief James Williams told a pool reporter, per ESPN’s Tim MacMahon.
According to ESPN Research, the Timberwolves star is the first player to receive 16 technical fouls before March since DeMarcus Cousins during the 2016/17 season. His coach believes Edwards has to learn to control himself.
“He’s got to be better,” Chris Finch said. “He’s had too many outbursts. I think a lot of them are deserved. They’re going to miss some calls from time to time for sure, so he’s got to be better. We’ve been talking to him about it, so it’s on him.”
Edwards tossed the ball into the stands after his ejection, which will likely lead to another league fine. He has already accrued $285K in fines for five separate infractions this season, The Athletic’s Jon Krawczynski notes.
Edwards will be suspended an additional game for every two technical fouls he receives going forward for the rest of the year. Point guard Mike Conley believes Edwards isn’t the only player on the team guilty of being overly reactive.
“We’ve got a lot of guys who get emotional when things don’t go the right way, individually. And that can hurt our team as a whole,” he said. “We have to be better. Ant has to be better. He knows that.”
Edwards has the draymond green stench on him now. Anything he does he gets a T for it. Its like the Refs are focused on some players to give Ts to but others can do anything and never get a T.
Please. He and Vando shoved each other hard for the 1st tech which will always be a double tech, and then used profanity while complaining for the 2nd one.
Refs don’t allow players to use the magic words, no matter who they are.
No surprised it was Vando he is the tough guy on the Lakers that is always trying to get under the other player’s skin.
No, he’s just emotionally immature
Think the opposite is true, they probably deserve more and are given EXTRA rope by the zebras
Crunch , I agree with you: the refs will always be hesitant to give a 2nd tech to a star.
Watch replays of Any plays with Giannis in the lane. He’s fouled 100% of the time there’s a contest. He plays through it so strongly that refs don’t call it. It’s the Shaq effect.
I think Ant is such a strong player that he’s affected by the same phenomenon. His strength makes it such that fouls don’t look like fouls to officials in real time.
Ant is just another ego driven player that could be great but won’t be because their ego has already told them they have made it…
That ego also makes him cry at the refs too much…
Timberwolves would of been a lot more enjoyable to watch with Luka…
Umm, no thank you. Luka complains all the time as well, flops like crazy, doesn’t play D and is injured all the time. Ant is younger, plays D and is rarely out injured. He does have to stop with the complaining though. Hoping he learns that still.
Ant’s attitude towards other humans is disgusting… Too much of a alpha male wannabe…
On the court, his D is better however on offence he has a long way to catch up…
Luka just carried Kyrie to the finals…
How’s about Amen Thompson getting suspended a game or two (again).
That recent takedown of Giannis was Bill Laimbeer-esque in its viciousness.
Chk out VJ Edgecombe from Baylor. Still young and raw. If he has the right attitude. Reminds me of AE a lot. I see more potential than the Rutgers guard,
Dylan Harper. Big upside