The Minnesota Timberwolves entered the season as a workforce seeking to construct on their darkish horse Western Convention Finals run from final 12 months, however are ending November simply hoping to remain within the playoff hunt, and it’s secure to say franchise star Anthony Edwards isn’t completely satisfied about it.
Lower than per week after exploding at Julius Randle and Rudy Gobert on the courtroom for beefing with one another in the midst of a detailed sport, the always-unfiltered Edwards teed off on his “trash” workforce (together with himself in that evaluation) after their 115-104 loss to the Sacramento Kings:
Ant had loads to say this night. Can be writing about it tonight. Says he feels just like the workforce has been rising aside. That they will’t speak to one another anymore. It’s everybody, he’s not singling out the newbies. Says everybody has their very own agendas proper now.
— Chris Hine (@ChristopherHine) November 28, 2024
Ant: “We bought up and everyone cheering and fucking hype. We get down once more and don’t no person say nothing. That’s the definition of a frontrunner. We as a workforce, together with myself, all of us was frontrunners tonight. It was some bullshit, for positive.”
— Chris Hine (@ChristopherHine) November 28, 2024
Anthony Edwards: “Nonetheless many people it’s, all 15, we go into our personal shell and we’re simply rising away from one another. It’s apparent. We will see it. I can see it, the workforce can see it, the coaches can see it.”
— Chris Hine (@ChristopherHine) November 28, 2024
Anthony Edwards (2/2): ” …. Only a bunch of little youngsters. Similar to we taking part in with a bunch of little youngsters. Everyone, the entire workforce. We simply can’t speak to one another. And we’ve bought to determine it out, as a result of we are able to’t go down this highway.”
— Chris Hine (@ChristopherHine) November 28, 2024
Anthony Edwards: “The followers fuckin’ booing us. That shit is loopy, man. We’re getting booed in our dwelling area. That’s so fuckin’ disrespectful, it’s loopy.”
I type of perceive him. That is all irritating proper now. Nevertheless it feels just like the set off is somewhat fast.
— Jon Krawczynski (@JonKrawczynski) November 28, 2024
The loss to the Kings dropped the Timberwolves to only 8-10 general, good for twelfth place within the present Western Convention. However suffice to say it’s not simply the document that has Edwards upset. As our personal Ryan Eichten summarized over at Canis Hoopus, the Timberwolves proceed to lose in more and more agonizing methods. After a powerful third quarter, Minnesota fully rolled over on Wednesday night time:
The Kings would end the sport on a 29-6 run together with scoring on ten straight possessions late within the sport to safe a 115-104 victory over the Wolves, their fourth straight loss.
It’s not instantly clear how issues get higher for the Wolves. They aren’t coping with any main accidents, however simply appear to have far worse chemistry than they did of their magical season final 12 months. Shedding Karl-Anthony Cities in an offseason wage dump (that was nakedly designed to save lots of possession cash) was at all times projected to harm their offense, but it surely shouldn’t have made their protection collapse from first within the league to twelfth.
Earlier than tonight, one would have guessed that the Wolves would normalize a bit from these lows — they usually nonetheless in all probability received’t stay this unhealthy — but when Edwards calling out the entire workforce like this publicly doesn’t mild a hearth beneath them to show issues round, this might descend right into a season from hell quicker than you possibly can say “entrance runners.” However not quicker than Edwards can.
