{"id":62850,"date":"2024-02-01T07:58:55","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T12:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=62850"},"modified":"2024-02-01T07:59:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T12:59:33","slug":"nba-news-anthony-edwards-fined-40000-over-referee-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/02\/01\/nba-news-anthony-edwards-fined-40000-over-referee-remarks\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA News: Anthony Edwards Fined $40,000 Over Referee Remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NBA has issued a $40,000 fine against Minnesota Timberwolves shooting guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/e\/edwaran01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anthony Edwards<\/a>. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/wolves-anthony-edwards-fined-40k-for-criticizing-officiating\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">penalty<\/a> comes in response to Edwards&#8217; &#8220;repeatedly publicly criticizing&#8221; the referees. Edwards felt it was unfair until he attempted to hold his composure but soon lost it during his interview.<\/p>\n<h2>NBA News: Anthony Edwards Fined $40,000 by NBA Over Referee Remarks<\/h2>\n<h3>Edwards Made His Presence Felt in the Thunder-Wolves Match<\/h3>\n<p>The Oklahoma City Thunder and Wolves had an intense game with 24 lead changes and six ties. Edwards did his damage, shooting 50% (10\/20). He also scored a three-point shot two minutes into the second half, which advanced his team to a 56-47 lead.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HQxnswLXmN0?si=t03ejMtWE3N_4zzA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Thunder held a one-point lead of 97-96 with 2:43 left on the clock before Wolves ramped up. Edwards&#8217; gameplay was nothing but fluid. His emphatic two-handed slam was enough to give Wolves a firm control of 101-97, and from then on, they held a four-point advantage for the rest of the game.<\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s Edward&#8217;s Stance After the Game?<\/h3>\n<p>The NBA Communications official statement was released on Wednesday. It asserted that it all began when Edwards articulated his stance following his team&#8217;s 107-101 victory against the Thunder.<\/p>\n<p>On camera, Edwards shouted, &#8220;cheating a** refs,&#8221; as they celebrated their close victory on air.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cCheating ass refs\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Edwards made it known he thought the refs were bad tonight <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xe0h7Ub8tL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/xe0h7Ub8tL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JomboyMedia\/status\/1752179492636782741?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is what he said during his on-court postgame interview when he was asked how they got it done:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Anthony Edwards called out the refs after the game. A fine is definitely coming lol <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xz9NXUitZ0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Xz9NXUitZ0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oh no he didn&#8217;t (@ohnohedidnt24) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ohnohedidnt24\/status\/1752172948578869307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It didn&#8217;t end there. Most of his remarks were made during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/39419770\/anthony-edwards-hammers-officiating-timberwolves-win-thunder\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN interview<\/a> while he was in the locker room.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The refs was bad tonight. Yeah, they was terrible,&#8221; Edwards said. &#8220;We was playing 8-on-5.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The cat got their tongue tonight, so it&#8217;s all good,&#8221; Edwards referred to the referees. &#8220;It&#8217;s not fair, but it&#8217;s all good.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Edwards is just one of many who have criticized <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/01\/15\/the-nbas-ref-problem-is-getting-out-of-hand\/\" target=\"_self\">referees this season<\/a>, including names like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/georgpa01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-02-01_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul George<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/y\/youngtr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-02-01_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trae Young<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brookdi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-02-01_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dillon Brooks<\/a>. He certainly won&#8217;t be the last one to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards is used to receiving fines. Although $40,000 seems like a big hit, they don&#8217;t appear to faze him much. He was fined $50,000 last season for &#8220;recklessly swinging a chair,&#8221; which hit two spectators after a playoff game. Edwards was also fined $40,000 in 2022 for recording a group of men on a sidewalk, during which he made a derogatory and offensive remark.<\/p>\n<p>Though Edwards may appear problematic, he has been proven to be <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2023\/11\/22\/anthony-edwards-special\/\" target=\"_self\">the type of player he is<\/a> on the court several times. Something that has always been marked about him is that he is undoubtedly a star in the NBA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NBA has issued a $40,000 fine against Minnesota Timberwolves shooting guard Anthony Edwards. This penalty comes in response to Edwards&#8217; &#8220;repeatedly publicly criticizing&#8221; the referees. Edwards felt it was unfair until he attempted to hold his composure but soon lost it during his interview. NBA News: Anthony Edwards Fined $40,000 by NBA Over Referee [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5042,"featured_media":62860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,21,62],"tags":[2109],"class_list":["post-62850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-timberwolves","category-nba","tag-anthony-edwards"],"modified_by":"Kayla Fonte","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}