Ex-Suns big man slams Anthony Edwards quitting early in loss to Spurs
The NBA Western Conference playoffs' No. 2 San Antonio Spurs handed the No. 6 Minnesota Timberwolves a season-ending 139-109 loss in Game 6.
There's a thin line between Anthony Edwards showing good sportsmanship and quitting a game too early. The NBA media, including ex-Arizona Wildcats and Phoenix natives Channing Frye and Richard Jefferson, have criticized Edwards' polarizing handshakes to the San Antonio Spurs early in the fourth quarter during the Minnesota Timberwolves ' season-ending Game 6 home loss on May 15. Edwards, who scored 24 points, conceded the loss as he was being subbed out with eight minutes remaining when Minnesota was down by 33 points.
The final score was 139-109. The former Suns forward and "Road Trippin' Show" podcast host, Channing Frye, and Jefferson agreed during the show's May 18 episode about why they weren't feeling Edwards' gesture. "You make a big deal halfway through a timeout to walk across the court," Frye said to Jefferson.
"Richard, you would never in your life go across the court. Hey, I'm sitting on the bench, when I see the guys, maybe at the beginning of a timeout, two or three minutes, when everything has calmed down. ...
Three minutes, two minutes, then go over there, say, 'Hey, I just wanted to say boom, boom, boom. ' "That would have been very different, but eight minutes is wild. ” Channing Frye says Anthony Edwards going to shake Spurs hands with 8 minutes left is crazy: “They literally just took that belt to a** you waved the white flag and then you immediately go over there.