NEW YORK—The NBA fined Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards $100,000 for using profanity during a live television interview.
Edwards let fly with a couple of swear words in an ebullient on-court interview after he drilled a game-winning three-pointer in Minnesota’s 113-112 victory over the Houston Rockets on Friday.
But in announcing the fine, NBA executive vice president Joe Dumars said the amount of the penalty “is based in part on Edwards’ history of using profane language during media interviews.”
Edwards had been fined $75,000 less than a week earlier “for public criticism of the officiating and using inappropriate and profane language” after the Timberwolves’ 113-103 home loss to the Golden State Warriors.
In November Edwards was fined $35,000 for making an obscene gesture toward the stands while on court during a victory against the Kings in Sacramento.
Meanwhile, The Sacramento Kings have fired their head coach Mike Brown, ESPN reported on Friday, citing sources.
The Kings lost each of a recent five-game homestand and sit 12th in the Western Conference.
ESPN said sources had told them that assistant coach Doug Christie is expected to take over on an interim basis.
Sacramento is 13-18 this season, three games behind the last playoff position, and lost 114-113 to the Detroit Pistons on Thursday, blowing a 19-point third quarter lead.
Brown was voted the NBA’s Coach of the Year in 2023 after ending the Kings’ 16-year absence from the playoffs. He was handed a three-year contract extension in June.
The 54-year-old has previously coached the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Los Angeles Lakers and was an assistant coach to Steve Kerr at the Golden State Warriors before joining Sacramento.
