Anthony Edwards fined $75,000 for criticizing officials

Cameron Tabatabaie: Ant Edwards fined $75,000 for his criticism of the refs the other day pic.x.com/XWDOUdQ4e8Source: Twitter @CTabatabaie What’s the buzz on Twitter? Christopher Hine @ChristopherHine Big moment for Anthony Edwards pregame. His grandfather, Ben, is attending one of his games for the first time since high school. Ben didn’t get out to many of Ant’s games as he was growing up, so tonight is a special one for Ant. His arrival was kept a surprise til this moment. pic.x.com/Jfo8j3mEYm – 6:53 PM Kurt Helin @basketballtalk Anthony Edwards fined $75,000 for saying of referees, ‘They’re f****** terrible’ nbcsports.com/nba/news/antho… – 6:14 PM Dane Moore @DaneMooreNBA Anthony Edwards talked about the officiating for the entirety of his postgame media. Here’s a piece of what he said. pic.x.com/Nehp43N3ex – 11:46 PM Kurt Helin @basketballtalk Anthony Edwards on Timberwolves offense: “We don’t have s*** on offense. We don’t have no identity. We know I’m gonna shoot a bunch of shots, we know Ju gonna shoot a bunch of shots, and that’s all we know.” nbcsports.com/nba/news/antho… – 5:37 PM More on this storyline “(Expletive) told one of my teammates that if I would have said ‘Y’all calling a bad foul’ he wouldn’t have gave me a tech,” Edwards continued. “They’re just sensitive and they’re terrible. They penalize me and Ju (Randle) for being stronger than our opponent every night. We don’t get no calls. So yeah, that’s how I feel about the officials. Every game that we play.” -via athlonsports.com / December 22, 2024 And it’s all coming to a head for Anthony Edwards, whose frustrations this season are well documented. After a second-straight loss on the Timberwolves’ home floor, he blasted NBA officials in a postgame rant with reporters. “They’re (expletive) terrible,” Edwards said on Dec. 21. “All of them, besides the woman. But the other two dudes, terrible. Excuses as reasons they don’t call a foul, the reason they don’t call a foul. The (expletive) was terrible. They don’t wanna talk back to my coach, talk back to me. I said one thing to the ref and he gave me a tech.” -via athlonsports.com / December 22, 2024 Warriors defeat Timberwolves 113-103. Stephen Curry leads the way with 31 points for Golden State, followed by Trayce Jackson-Davis’ 15 points and nine rebounds. Anthony Edwards struggles for Minnesota with 19 points on 6-for-20 shooting. -via HoopsHype / December 21, 2024

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Anthony Edwards fined $75,000 for criticizing officials

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Christopher Hine @ChristopherHine
Big moment for Anthony Edwards pregame. His grandfather, Ben, is attending one of his games for the first time since high school. Ben didn’t get out to many of Ant’s games as he was growing up, so tonight is a special one for Ant. His arrival was kept a surprise til this moment. pic.x.com/Jfo8j3mEYm6:53 PM
Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
Anthony Edwards fined $75,000 for saying of referees, ‘They’re f****** terrible’
nbcsports.com/nba/news/antho…6:14 PM
Dane Moore @DaneMooreNBA
Anthony Edwards talked about the officiating for the entirety of his postgame media. Here’s a piece of what he said. pic.x.com/Nehp43N3ex11:46 PM
Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
Anthony Edwards on Timberwolves offense: “We don’t have s*** on offense. We don’t have no identity. We know I’m gonna shoot a bunch of shots, we know Ju gonna shoot a bunch of shots, and that’s all we know.”
nbcsports.com/nba/news/antho…5:37 PM

More on this storyline

“(Expletive) told one of my teammates that if I would have said ‘Y’all calling a bad foul’ he wouldn’t have gave me a tech,” Edwards continued. “They’re just sensitive and they’re terrible. They penalize me and Ju (Randle) for being stronger than our opponent every night. We don’t get no calls. So yeah, that’s how I feel about the officials. Every game that we play.” -via athlonsports.com / December 22, 2024
And it’s all coming to a head for Anthony Edwards, whose frustrations this season are well documented. After a second-straight loss on the Timberwolves’ home floor, he blasted NBA officials in a postgame rant with reporters. “They’re (expletive) terrible,” Edwards said on Dec. 21. “All of them, besides the woman. But the other two dudes, terrible. Excuses as reasons they don’t call a foul, the reason they don’t call a foul. The (expletive) was terrible. They don’t wanna talk back to my coach, talk back to me. I said one thing to the ref and he gave me a tech.” -via athlonsports.com / December 22, 2024
Warriors defeat Timberwolves 113-103. Stephen Curry leads the way with 31 points for Golden State, followed by Trayce Jackson-Davis’ 15 points and nine rebounds. Anthony Edwards struggles for Minnesota with 19 points on 6-for-20 shooting. -via HoopsHype / December 21, 2024

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