Anthony Edwards fined again, $50K for obscene gesture that brings season punishment total to $285K

WASHINGTON (AP) — Anthony Edwards has yet another bill to pay to the NBA. The Minnesota Timberwolves star has been fined $50,000 for making obscene gestures toward a game official.

The league announced the punishment on Monday before Minnesota’s 120-106 win at Washington, citing his conduct with 1:26 left in the third quarter of the 127-125 loss to Memphis on Saturday. Edwards scored 41 points in Monday’s win.

“I made a careless, young, dumb mistake, shooting birds,” the 23-year-old Edwards said Monday. “That has nothing to do with the refs at all. That’s all me mentally making a dumb mistake. I won’t do it again.”

Edwards, a two-time All-Star in his fifth season, had been subbed out with 2:25 remaining in the period. He received his NBA-leading ninth technical foul of the season while on the bench.

“I ain’t getting no more techs, I ain’t saying nothing else,” Edwards promised with a grin. He also had 15 techs last season, most coming in the first half.

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards goes to the basket against the Memphis Grizzlies in the third quarter of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)

Edwards has been penalized a total of $285,000 by the league this season for five different behavioral transgressions, mostly for language. During December, he was docked $100,000 for profanity during a live television 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.