Every time Anthony Edwards speaks, the bread goes up. The younger Timberwolves star was fined $100,000 by the NBA on Sunday for utilizing profanity throughout a stay tv interview, and the league elevated the quantity after penalizing the Minnesota star for the third time in three weeks for utilizing the sort of foul and disrespectful language.
The high-quality was attributable to feedback the 23-year-old made after the Timberwolves got here from behind to win 113-112 on Friday in Houston. The NBA mentioned within the announcement that it was making an allowance for “Edwards’ historical past of utilizing inappropriate and profane language” (language that’s thought-about socially offensive for being vulgar, obscene or irreverent) “throughout media interviews”.
On Monday, he was fined $75,000 for publicly criticizing the officiating, which he known as “bullshit” and utilizing profanity, after being fined $25,000 for his feedback within the Dec. 6 win on the Warriors.
Obscene gesture on the courtroom
Edwards, twice an All-Star and the Wolves’ chief with averages of 25.3 factors, 5.5 rebounds and 4 assists, was additionally fined $35,000 on November 17 for making an obscene gesture on the courtroom. These are behaviors that the NBA is just not prepared to tolerate as a result of of the dangerous picture it provides of the competitors and particularly to youthful followers.
