Anthony Edwards rips Wolves as 'front-runners' after loss to Kings - ESPN

MINNEAPOLIS — In his four-plus NBA seasons, Anthony Edwards has never been afraid to speak his mind.

But the Minnesota Timberwolves star was particularly candid in a profanity-laced explanation of his team's recent struggles following a 115-104 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night.

«Our identity right now is, I think it's we soft as hell as a team, internally,» Edwards said. «Not to the other team, but internally, we soft. We can't talk to each other. Just a bunch of little kids. Just like we playing with a bunch of little kids. Everybody, the whole team. We just can't talk to each other. And we've got to figure it out, because we can't go down this road.»

Minnesota reached 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 shake-up late in the offseason with the Karl-Anthony Towns trade still looks disjointed at times.

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

«We look like front-runners for sure tonight,» Edwards said Wednesday. «We was down, nobody wanted to say nothing. We got up and everybody [was] cheering and [hyped up]. We get down again and don't nobody say nothing. That's the definition of a front-runner. We as a team, including myself, we all was front-runners tonight.»

Edwards added: «Everybody right now is on different agendas. I think that's one of the main culprits of why we're losing.»

Edwards, who led the Timberwolves with 29 points on 9-of-24 shooting, didn't admonish his teammates only after the game. More than once, he could be seen communicating demonstratively in the huddle with