{"id":1854893,"date":"2023-02-21T10:20:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T15:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1854893"},"modified":"2023-02-21T10:26:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T15:26:21","slug":"you-gotta-play-timberwolves-anthony-edwards-calls-out-nba-players-who-sit-out-regular-season-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-gotta-play-timberwolves-anthony-edwards-calls-out-nba-players-who-sit-out-regular-season-games\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cYou Gotta Play&#8221;: Timberwolves\u2019 Anthony Edwards Calls Out NBA Players Who Sit Out Regular Season Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyou-gotta-play-timberwolves-anthony-edwards-calls-out-nba-players-who-sit-out-regular-season-games%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1854893&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div id=\"jw\">\n<h2 class=\"g1-delta\"><span>OutKick Videos<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The reality is not just for NBA fans. Anthony Edwards, the Minnesota Timberwolves&#8217; superstar, is also fed up with the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards was asked by reporters ahead of the NBA All-Star Game this weekend if he would like to see any changes in the league. The former Georgia Bulldog thought immediately about players who were unable to attend games.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Probably just all the guys sitting, resting,&#8221; Edwards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/timberwolves-anthony-edwards-takes-shot-nba-players-rest-regular-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Explained<\/a>. &#8220;That&#8217;s the only thing I probably don&#8217;t like. Just play, man. If you&#8217;re 80%, 70 \u2013 you gotta play. I don&#8217;t like all the sitting, missing games and stuff like that. These people might have enough money to come to one game, you know what I&#8217;m saying? That might be the game they come to and then you&#8217;re sitting out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I take pride in trying to play every game because you never know if there&#8217;s one fan that might never seen me play and I&#8217;m trying to play.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/anthony-edwards-1-1024x577-1.jpg\" alt=\"Timberwolves Star Anthony Edwards Eats An Insane Amount Of Chester's Flamin&#039; Hot Fries\" class=\"wp-image-499467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/anthony-edwards-1-1024x577-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/anthony-edwards-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/anthony-edwards-1-768x433-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/anthony-edwards-1-192x108.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/anthony-edwards-1-384x216-1.jpg 384w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/anthony-edwards-1-364x205-1.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/anthony-edwards-1-728x409-1.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/anthony-edwards-1-561x316-1.jpg 561w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/anthony-edwards-1-265x149.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/anthony-edwards-1-531x299-1.jpg 531w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/anthony-edwards-1-608x343-1.jpg 608w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/anthony-edwards-1-758x426-1.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/anthony-edwards-1-85x48.jpg 85w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/anthony-edwards-1-170x96.jpg 170w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/anthony-edwards-1-600x338-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/anthony-edwards-1.jpg 1100w\"   style=\"display:none\"><figcaption>Anthony Edwards has had enough of watching players in the league sit out games. (Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Load Management in the league has become an extremely serious problem that shows no sign of abating. <\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/nba-emphasis-valuing-fans-load-management-fix-solution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NBA MUST IMPLEMENT EMPHASIS ON VALUING FAANS TO CONTAIN THE MADDENING LOODER MANAGEMENT TREND AMONG PLAYERS: MATT WILEY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Star players are often absent from regular season games. The absences of these superstars are not usually announced until close to tip-off. This, Edwards said, leads to a poor fan experience.<\/p>\n<p>To get players onto the floor, there is only one rule: nationally televised games. They will be fined $100,000 if healthy players miss nationally televised regular season games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OutKick Videos The reality is not just for NBA fans. Anthony Edwards, the Minnesota Timberwolves&#8217; superstar, is also fed up with the situation. Edwards was asked by reporters ahead of the NBA All-Star Game this weekend if he would like to see any changes in the league. 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