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

In his 4 plus NBA seasons, Anthony Edwards has never been afraid to speak his mind.

But the Minnesota Timberwolves star was the star of a somber description of his team’s recent struggles following Wednesday night’s 115-104 loss to the Sacramento Kings.

“I think we’re soft as a team, internally,” Edwards said. “Not on the other team, but inside, we’re getting soft. We can’t communicate. A lot of young kids. Since we’re playing with a group of young kids. Everyone, the whole team. We just can’t.” we talked to each other. And we have to understand it, because we can’t go down this road.”

Minnesota has reached the 2024 Western Conference finals. But the Timberwolves have lost four straight and seven of nine after starting 6-3 this season. A roster that experienced a significant shakeup late in the season with the Karl-Anthony Towns trade still looks disjointed at times.

That included scoring 12 points in the fourth quarter against Sacramento a day after a 117-111 overtime loss against Houston at home.

“We definitely looked like the frontrunners tonight,” Edwards said Wednesday. “We were down, nobody wanted to say anything. We got up and everybody was (happy) and (raised). We went down again and nobody said anything. That’s the definition of a leader. We as a team. Including me, we were all leaders tonight.”

“Everybody is on different plans right now,” he added. “I think that’s one of the biggest problems as to why we’re losing.”

Edwards, who led the Timberwolves with 29 points on 9-of-24 shooting, didn’t stop at his teammates after the game. On more than one occasion, he appeared to be talking in consultation with Julius Randle, Rudy Gobert and others.

Randle and guard Donte DiVincenzo were the frontrunners in the October trade that sent Karl-Anthony Towns to New York three weeks before the season opener. Both experienced the beginning and rise of their Twin Cities times.

Towns, meanwhile, settled comfortably with the Knicks.

Edward said this isn’t just about the new boys, though.

“I’m talking about the whole team,” Edwards said. “However, there are many of us, 15 of us, we get into our own way and we grow apart from each other. It is visible, we see it, I see it, the team sees it, the coaches know it. look at it.”

So did the fans, who voiced their collective displeasure more than once on Wednesday night.

“The fans (are cheering us on),” said Edwards, whose team is 8-10 heading into Friday’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers. “That (stuff) is crazy, man. We’re getting hammered at home. That’s (weird) disrespect, it’s crazy.”

It is reported by the Associated Press.

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