WASHINGTON — Anthony Edwards has one more invoice to pay to the NBA. The Minnesota Timberwolves star has been fined $50,000 for making obscene gestures towards a sport official.
The league introduced the punishment on Monday earlier than Minnesota’s 120-106 win at Washington, citing his conduct with 1:26 left within the third quarter of the 127-125 loss to Memphis on Saturday. Edwards scored 41 factors in Monday’s win.
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“I made a careless, younger, dumb mistake, capturing birds,” the 23-year-old Edwards stated Monday. “That has nothing to do with the refs in any respect. That’s all me mentally making a dumb mistake. I gained’t do it once more.”
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Edwards, a two-time All-Star in his fifth season, had been subbed out with 2:25 remaining within the interval. He acquired his NBA-leading ninth technical foul of the season whereas on the bench.
“I ain’t getting no extra techs, I ain’t saying nothing else,” Edwards promised with a smile. He additionally had 15 techs final season, most coming within the first half.
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Edwards has been penalized a complete of $285,000 by the league this season for 5 totally different behavioral transgressions, largely for language. Throughout December, he was docked $100,000 for profanity throughout a dwell tv interview, $75,000 for a profane public criticism of the officiating and $25,000 for profanity in a media interview. In November, he was fined $35,000 for making an obscene gesture on the court docket.