Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards has been fined $75K by the NBA for public criticism of the officiating and using inappropriate and profane language, the league announced today in a press release (Twitter link).
Following Saturday’s loss to Golden State, Edwards dedicated his post-game media session to discussing the officiating, as Dane Moore of Blue Wire Pods relayed (Twitter video link).
“F—ing terrible. All of them, besides the woman. The other two dudes, terrible,” Edwards said. “Excuses (for) the reason they call a foul, the reason they don’t call a foul, the s–t was terrible. They don’t want to talk back to my coach. They don’t want to talk back to me. I said one thing to the ref and he gave me a tech. Motherf—er told one of my teammates if I would’ve said, ‘Y’all calling a bad foul,’ he wouldn’t have gave me a tech.
“… They’re just sensitive and they’re terrible. They penalize me and (Julius Randle) for being stronger than our opponent every night. We don’t get no calls.”
While Edwards said he has had issues with the officiating all season, he made it clear he felt it was worse than usual in Saturday’s game vs. the Warriors.
“Tonight was bad,” he said. “(Golden State) was getting ticky-tack fouls and we weren’t getting nothing.”
Edwards was fined $25K by the league two weeks ago for using profane language in a post-game interview. He was also hit with a $35K fine last month for giving a Kings fan in Sacramento the middle finger.
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