Through the 2024-25 season alone, Anthony Edwards has racked up a whopping $370,000 in fines — for everything from flipping off fans and officials to dropping live-TV F-bombs like they’re part of his training regimen. While that number might make your bank account cry, it’s pocket change for the NBA player.
Edwards signed a five-year, $204 million rookie max extension with the Timberwolves, which took effect this season. He’s making $42.2 million this year alone, and that salary climbs to $52.3 million by 2028-29. So yeah, $370K in fines is really not that deep when you’re a multi-millionaire.
He’s one of the league’s brightest young stars, but what makes Edwards truly special isn’t just the buckets—it’s the entertainment value. Whether he’s launching game-winners, roasting refs, or turning pressers into profanity-laced poetry, Edwards gives fans something you can’t coach: pure, unfiltered chaos with charisma to spare.
Let’s take a look back at the most fine-worthy — and frankly, iconic — moments from Anthony Edwards’ walk through NBA rulebook violations this season.
7. Fined $35,000 for flipping off a fan
Edwards might’ve secured victory for the Timberwolves against the Sacramento Kings on November 15, 2024 (final score: 130–126, shoutout to that cold-blooded game-winner), but the man still ended the night paying a $35,000 stupidity tax.
Why? Because after catching a charge in the first quarter, Edwards decided the best way to celebrate was to hit a fan with the ol’ one-finger salute — on national TV. Yep. The NBA wasn’t feeling the energy and fined him accordingly. Worth it? Probably not. However, you gotta respect the commitment to chaos.
6. Fined $35,000 for throwing the ball into the stands after being ejected
After racking up his 16th technical foul of the season during a February 27 matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers (a 102–111 L for those wondering), Edwards was ejected and the NBA hit him with the tardy special.
Edwards didn’t just get tossed — he launched the ball into the stands on his way out, like he was auditioning for the MLB mid-meltdown. The league responded by handing him a $35K fine for “failing to leave the court in a timely manner,” AKA dramatically exiting stage left, and slapped him with an automatic one-game suspension for hitting the tech limit (16) like it was a loyalty program.
5. Fined $50,000 for flipping off a game official
On January 11, after the Timberwolves’ painfully close 125–127 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, Edwards let his emotions fly — again. He flipped off a game official mid-game like he was stuck in traffic, not an NBA arena. The league, unsurprisingly, was sick of Edwards’ shenanigans and promptly hit him with a $50K fine for “obscene gestures.”
To his credit, Edwards didn’t dodge accountability.
“I made a careless, young, dumb mistake, shooting birds,” the 23-year-old said, sounding like a dude halfway through a notes app apology. “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,” he said.
Will he do it again? Absolutely, and probably a safer bet than any parlays you’ve made on the Timberwolves.
4. Fined $75,000 for publicly criticizing refs and using profane language
One of Edwards’ three fines last December was after a 103–113 loss to the Warriors on December 21, 2024. The NBA player did what he does best: gave an absolutely unfiltered postgame review of the officiating. Spoiler alert — it did not get five stars from the league.
“Fucking terrible. All of them, besides the woman. The other two dudes, terrible,” Edwards said. “Excuses (for) the reason they call a foul, the reason they don’t call a foul, the shit was terrible. They don’t want to talk back to my coach. They don’t want to talk back to me. I said one thing to the ref and he gave me a tech. Motherfucker told one of my teammates if I would’ve said, ‘Y’all calling a bad foul,’ he wouldn’t have gave me a tech.”
He didn’t stop there. Edwards went full TED Talk on the refs’ excuses, sensitivity levels, and their lack of concentration.
“They’re just sensitive and they’re terrible. They penalize me and (Julius Randle) for being stronger than our opponent every night,” he added. “We don’t get no calls.”
Honestly? A legendary rant. Brutal, emotional, and completely devoid of PR training. It also ended up being expensive, though. The league and its officials, naturally, weren’t happy and slapped him with a $75K fine for publicly criticizing officiating and using inappropriate and profane language.
3. Fined $25,000 for using profane language in postgame interview
After the Timberwolves snagged a W against the Golden State Warriors on December 6, 2024 (final score: 107–90), Anthony Edwards broke down exactly how the squad pulled it off in a post-game interview— completely unfiltered and gloriously NSFW. Unfortunately, it ended up costing him $25,000.
The best part of this fine is Naz Reid and Julius Randle catching a stray, “I’ve never seen them play defense before. So that’s fucking incredible,” is hilariously candid.
Edwards, fully aware he was racking up a fine like it was fantasy points, ghosted the press days later after their December 8 loss to the Warriors just to avoid dropping more F-bombs on live TV. It didn’t work — he was still caught in the background of a Julius Randle interview yelling, “I just gotta fucking play better.”
2. Fined $100,000 for using profane language in postgame interview
Edwards hit a game-winner against the Houston Rockets on December 27 (113–112, absolute heartbreaker for Houston) — and followed it up by receiving the biggest fine of his season so far: a $100K mic’d-up masterpiece of profanity during his live postgame interview.
“Man, all I knew was the play was for [Julius Randle] to go 14, big-small pick-and-roll, once he kicked it up, I got to go get it. Shit. [Nickeil Alexander-Walker] found me, I’m like, ‘Shit. I am going for the win.’ Like Gilbert Arenas said, I don’t do overtime, so fuck it,” he said.
Incredible shot. Even better quote. Also, an incredibly expensive censorship reminder from the league. The major price tag, according to the NBA, was due to “Edwards’ history of using profane language during media interviews.”
Let’s be honest: “I don’t do overtime, so fuck it” is rockstar shit.. The man sealed a win, dropped a catchphrase, and got fined six figures — all in about 48 hours. That’s generational efficiency. Even though it’s his most expensive fine of the season, it’s not the most unhinged profanity he’s dropped all year.
1. Fined $50,000 for saying “My d—k is bigger than yours”
Edwards might’ve cooked the Lakers on April 19 (final score: 117–95, absolute beatdown), but the NBA still found a way to take a bite out of his wallet. This time? A $50K fine for what they politely called an “obscene gesture and inappropriate language” toward Lakers fans.
In the third quarter of the game, Edward was sitting at the scorer’s table following a timeout and heard a fan heckling his teammate, Ruby Gobert. He came to his defense “hollering that Gobert had $200 million” (basically saying he’s rich, you’re not—don’t care) and then correcting himself when Gobert held up three fingers, “He got $300 million!”
The interaction could have stopped there and still have been PG — but then he grabbed his crotch and said “My dick is bigger than yours.”
While the crowd can be heard laughing about the interaction—let’s be honest it was funny—the NBA was once again pissed off, leading to another massive fine. The legendary edit this fine deserved was a sound bite of his Adidas slogan, “Believe That,” right after the dick comment. This fine was truly the most idgaf type shit comment Edwards has made all season, and snatching the top spot.
