Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards has been fined $50K by the NBA for directing inappropriate language and making an obscene gesture toward a fan, the league announced today in a press release (Twitter link).
The incident occurred midway through the third quarter in Game 1 of the Wolves’ series vs. the Lakers on Saturday.
A video clip circulated on social media showing Edwards responding to fans heckling center Rudy Gobert by reminding them of Gobert’s career earnings (Twitter video link). The Wolves guard earned his fine in the last few seconds of that clip when he escalated the trash talk by telling a fan, “My d— bigger than yours.”
Edwards was fined several times by the league over the course of the season for various transgressions, including repeatedly using profane language during media interviews. He was docked $320K for six separate incidents prior to the playoffs, and that total doesn’t include the $242K he lost as a result of a one-game suspension or the smaller fines automatically assessed for each of his league-leading 17 technical fouls.
All that lost salary still represents a relative drop in the bucket for Edwards, who had a cap hit of $42.2MM this season and is owed $202.4MM over the next four years.
Oh come on, getting fined for being funny now??
Almost as evil as Ja!
LMAO. That’s hilarious
Meanwhile if Anthony went to this guys job and talked about his privates he’d be in jail. Yet a fan can be offensive and rude and gets away scot free. Makes me sick how these “fans” act. Show some respect. I’m sure those tickets weren’t cheap. Some people work hard to earn a living and would die to go see a game live. Meanwhile these morons go so they can post on tok tok and be famous for 15 minutes. Well guess what? The rest of your life you’re still the same loser. And now everyone knows it. Makes me absolutely sick.
But the person that talked about privates was Anthony Edwards hence why he was fined. At least I didnt hear the fan say nothing about that.
That’s not really the point…
I thought it was funny. No need for a fine. I have heard much worse that fans yell at players and nothing happens to them.
He was fined for the grammar
That’s 10k per word. He has to make it, otherwise he’ll soon be broke.
He has to make it *short*, sorry.
I find it so funny people get so emotional about these fines, I couldnt care less lol
I find it so funny that people who claim to love a sport approach it with such apathy. If basketball isn’t stirring your emotion why even watch? Why read about it? Why comment here? Go watch simulations of 2k if you’re about that robot life. The rest of us care…