The NBA has announced that the technical foul assessed to Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards in the second quarter of Friday’s game has been rescinded (Twitter link).
It’s a significant decision, since the technical foul was Edwards’ 18th of the season and would’ve resulted in an automatic one-game suspension for Sunday’s regular season finale if it hadn’t been rescinded, as we explained on Friday night.
An NBA player is suspended for one game when he reaches 16 technical fouls in a regular season and faces additional one-game bans for every two techs he picks up after reaching that threshold. As a result of the NBA’s decision, Edwards’ technical foul count for the season will revert to 17 and he’ll be available to play on Sunday vs. Utah in a game that the Wolves need to win in order to clinch a guaranteed (ie. top-six) playoff spot.
Bill Kennedy, the crew chief of Friday’s officiating crew, said after the game that Edwards received his technical foul for directing profanity toward a referee (Bluesky video link via CJ Folger).
The Timberwolves star told reporters that he asked “where was the f—in’ foul,” according to Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic, who notes that both Edwards and head coach Chris Finch said they didn’t feel the comment warranted a tech (Twitter links). Upon review, the league agreed with them.
A player’s technical foul count resets in the postseason, so Edwards won’t be in any immediate danger of another suspension if the Wolves secure a playoff berth. He would have to accrue seven techs in the playoffs to be suspended.
Favoritism plain and simple. Disgusting
SMH if it was Green they would have fined him on top of suspension.
I think Ja could even be added to this list lol
I agree on that.
C’mon guys Silver is legit about the integrity of the game, lol.
Booooooooooo
I’m an Edwards fan and I don’t agree with the NBA rescinding it. If it’s a technical, then you suffer the consequences. Don’t get technicals and you have anything to worry about.
I know everyone’s mad about this, but is this really what’s best for the game? To have someone miss a critical late-season contest for swearing?
Not a Timberwolves fan, but I’m in favor of rescinding this and letting Edwards play. The game is better when the best players are on the court and not suspended for minor infractions like this
What’s good for the game is players, especially those under the spotlight, having some discipline and showing better judgement.
Playing in the NBA is a privilege. If he wants to be the superstar he thinks he is be there for your team. Don’t make stupid, very preventable, mistakes.