In his four-plus NBA seasons, Anthony Edwards Never afraid to speak his mind.
But Minnesota Timberwolves The star was particularly candid in his cheeky description of his team’s recent struggles. 115–104 loss To Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night.
“Our identity right now is, I think we’re soft as hell internally as a team,” Edwards said. “Not with the other team, but internally, we’re soft. We can’t talk to each other. Just a bunch of little kids. Like we’re playing with a bunch of little kids. Everybody, the whole team. We can just “not talk to each other and figure it out, because we can’t go down that road.”
Minnesota advances to the 2024 Western Conference finals. But the Timberwolves have lost four in a row and seven of nine after starting 6-3 this season. A lineup that experienced a significant shakeup late in the offseason. Carl Anthony Towns Trading still seems disconnected at times.
That includes blowing a 12-point fourth-quarter lead against Sacramento a day after losing 117-111 in overtime. Houston at home
“We definitely looked like front runners tonight,” Edwards said Wednesday. “We were down, nobody wanted to say anything. We got up, and that’s it [was] Happiness and [hyped up]. We get down again and no one says anything. This is the definition of a front runner. We as a team, myself included, we all stepped up tonight.”
Edwards added: “Everybody’s on different agendas at the moment. I think that’s a major culprit as to why 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. More than once, he can be seen interacting demonstratively in the huddle. Julius Randle, Rudy Gobert And others
Randall and Guard Donate di Vincenzo The highlight of the October trade was Gates, who sent Towns. New York Knicks Three weeks before the start of the season. Both have experienced up and down beginnings in their Twin Cities tenures.
City, meanwhile, has settled comfortably with the Knicks.
It’s not just about the new guys, Edwards said.
“I’m talking about the whole team,” Edwards said. “As many of us as there are, all 15 of us, we go into our own shells and we’re just drifting away from each other. It’s obvious, we can see it. I can see it, the team can see it. Can see, coaches can see it.”
So could the fans, who voiced their collective displeasure more than once Wednesday night.
“The fans are cheering us on,” said Edwards, whose team is 8-10 heading into Friday’s game. LA Clippers. “It’s — crazy, man. We’re getting killed on our home turf. It’s so disrespectful, it’s crazy.”