Anthony Edwards received a $50,000 fine from the NBA, the league announced Tuesday.
This one was for “directing inappropriate language and making an obscene gesture toward a fan.”
Video surfaced on social media this week of Edwards getting into a verbal back and forth with a fan while at the scorer’s table during Minnesota’s Game 1 win over the Lakers in Los Angeles.
Edwards was seemingly defending teammate Rudy Gobert, as he repeatedly shouted that Gobert has “$300 million” — the approximate figure the center has made in salary in his NBA career (it’s actually a bit more than that).
But the NBA took issue with what came next, when Edwards said that his genitals were bigger than the spectator’s.
The fine was Edwards’ seventh of the season from the NBA, which add up to $350k on the season.
Clutch?
Edwards is one of three finalists for the NBA’s Clutch Player of the Year award, along with Denver center Nikola Jokic and New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson.
The winner will be announced on TNT’s NBA pre-game show at 5:30 p.m. CDT Wednesday.
This is the third year of the award’s existence, and voters are still wading through how to determine who fits the description.
Edwards led the NBA in raw scoring in the clutch this season, tallying 157 points in the final five minutes of games that had margins within five points. But the guard’s shooting numbers weren’t great in those situations, and Minnesota was a team that struggled mightily in the clutch as a team throughout the season.
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