Anthony Edwards calls his Timberwolves ‘soft’ and ‘just a bunch of little kids’

Over four seasons in the NBA, Anthony Edwards has never been afraid to speak his mind.

But the Minnesota Timberwolves star was particularly candid, using profanity, to explain his team’s recent struggles after Wednesday night’s 115-104 loss to the Sacramento Kings.

“Internally, I think we’re (together) very soft as a team,” Edwards said. “Internally we’re soft, not to other teams. We can’t talk to each other, just a bunch of little kids. Just like we play with a bunch of little kids. Everybody, the whole team. We just can’t do it. We can’t go down this road, so we can’t talk to each other. ”

Minnesota advanced to the 2024 Western Conference Finals. However, the Timberwolves started this season 6-3 and have lost four straight and seven of nine games. The lineup, which underwent major changes in the late offseason with the Karl-Anthony Towns trade, still looks disjointed at times.

That includes blowing a 12-point lead in the fourth quarter against Sacramento, the day after losing 117-111 in overtime at home to Houston.

“We definitely look like the favorites tonight,” Edwards said Wednesday. “We were down and no one wanted to say anything. We got back up and everyone was cheering and getting excited. We were down again and no one said anything. That’s what Frontrunner That’s the definition. As a team, we were all the favorites tonight, myself included.”

“Everyone is working on different agendas right now,” he added. “I think that’s one of the main reasons we’re losing.”

Edwards, who led the Timberwolves with 29 points on 9-of-24 shooting, didn’t just admonish his teammates after the game. Many times he was seen getting together with the likes of Julius Randle and Rudy Gobert to communicate through demonstrations.

Randle and guard Donte DiVincenzo were the top acquisitions in the October trade that sent Karl-Anthony Towns to New York three weeks before the start of the season. Both men experienced ups and downs during their tenures in the Twin Cities.

Towns, on the other hand, is comfortable with the Knicks.

But Edwards said this isn’t just a problem for rookies.

“I’m talking about the whole team,” Edwards said. “No matter how many people there are, all 15 of us are just going into our own shells and distancing ourselves from each other. It’s obvious. We can see it. I can see it, the team can see it. , even the coach understands.” ”

So did the fans, who expressed their collective discontent multiple times Wednesday night.

“The fans are booing us,” Edwards said. The team heads into Friday’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers with an 8-10 record. “That (content) is crazy, man. There’s booing in our home arena. It’s so (amazingly) disrespectful and crazy.”

Reported by Associated Press.

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