“Anthony Edwards Summoned for Third-Degree Assault After Throwing Folding Chair: Minnesota Timberwolves React”

2023-04-27 07:20:00

Marie Mahé, Media365, published on Thursday April 27, 2023 at 09:20

After throwing a folding chair at two Denver Nuggets employees, Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards was summoned for third-degree assault.

An elimination that went wrong. The Minnesota Timberwolves have been officially kicked out of the NBA playoffs once morest the Denver Nuggets. So, inevitably, on the losing side, the frustration was indeed palpable. And especially at Anthony Edwards. At the end of this final meeting, won by Denver (112-109), during which he barely missed the basket at the buzzer to go into overtime, when he was returning to the locker room, the back, on its way, even swung a folding chair out of it. The problem is that it hit two employees of the opposing franchise, doing their job at the time.

“We know”

“The injuries are not serious”, according to the confidences of Jay Casillas, the spokesman for the Denver police, in remarks reported by theAFP. The young NBA star, now only 21 years old, was summoned to appear for third-degree assault in Denver court. The date of Friday June 9 has even been mentioned. Since then, this incident has reacted to the franchise of the principal concerned. On this subject, through a press release, the Minnesota Timberwolves thus declared in particular: “We are aware of the alleged incident involving Anthony Edwards following Game 5 in Denver and are in the process of gathering more information.“If found guilty of this third degree assault, Anthony Edwards faces a fine of up to a total of $1,000, or approximately 906 euros, and he may even face a prison sentence as well.

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