This is getting to be an expensive month for Anthony Edwards.
The Minnesota Timberwolves star was fined $25,000 on Monday for using “profane language” in an interview after their win over the Golden State Warriors on Friday. Edwards has now been fined $60,000 total in the past month.
Edwards, after leading the Timberwolves to a 107-90 win over the Warriors on Friday, was talking about the team’s defensive effort to reporters while sitting at his locker when he used profanity twice.
"Everyone is guarding at a high level, but Jaden [McDaniels] and Rudy [Gobert] are being the anchors we need them to be," <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="https://x.com/DaneMooreNBA/status/1865283163859431517">Edwards said</a>, <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="https://x.com/DaneMooreNBA/status/1865283163859431517"><ins>via Timberwolves reporter Dane Moore</ins></a>. "I think that's the main thing. Naz [Reid] and Julius [Randle] are f***ing playing defense. I've never seen them play defense before. So that's f***ing incredible. And he's right here, put the camera on him. Guarding his ass off."
While Edwards didn’t mean anything malicious with his comments, the league is going to hand down a fine for that type of language every single time.
Monday's fine came just a few weeks after Edwards was hit with a $35,000 fine for flipping off a fan in their win over the Sacramento Kings. Edwards gestured toward a fan in the stands at the Golden 1 Center during the first quarter of the game on Nov. 15. It's unclear what sparked that reaction.
Edwards is averaging a career-high 26.4 points, 5.4 rebounds and four assists per game this season, his fifth in the league. The 23-year-old signed a five-year, $204 million max extension with the team in July 2023.
The Timberwolves, who have won four of their last five, hold a 12-11 record heading into Friday’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers.