Anthony Edwards Disciplined for Bragging About His ‘Size Advantage’ in LA

The Minnesota Timberwolves are up 1-0 in their first round playoff series vs the Los Angeles Lakers, entering game two tonight, back in Crypto.com Arena. Game one couldn’t have gone any better. The Wolves walked into LA and ran circles around LeBron James, Luka Doncic and the shell-shocked Lakers, to the tune of 117-95.

Young superstar Anthony Edwards played one of the most mature games of his career, on the floor. The Lakers made it a point to slow him down, so the 3x All-Star took what the LA defense gave him, dishing out 9 assists and grabbing 8 rebounds to go with his 22 points.

Meanwhile, Ant’s teammates Naz Reid (23 points) and Jaden McDaniels (25 points) had career performances. But there were moments during Edwards’ showing in Los Angeles Saturday that probably wouldn’t be viewed by most as “mature”.

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For example, there was that time in the second half when Anthony Edwards and some of his teammates were waiting to check back in. That’s when Rudy Gobert starting hearing chirps from Lakers fans near the scorer’s table. Ant wasn’t having any of that.

Anthony Edwards brags about his size advantage…

Like any good team leader, Edwards stepped in to defend his oft-criticized big man. His first response to the trolling Lakers fans was to remind them how much money Gobert makes. When that didn’t slow the hecklers down, Ant went back into his bag and pulled out his package… size. Yes, that’s right.

DAWG ANTHONY EDWARDS DON’T CARE AT ALL LMAOO

To heckling Lakers fans:

“He got 200 million.”

“My d*ck bigger than yours.”

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— Hater Report (@HaterReport_) April 21, 2025

Oh, the old “mine is bigger than yours” argument, a classic defense-mechanism built into any confident man’s arsenal. I can’t say that’s where I would have predicted that conversation between Anthony Edwards and LA Lakers fans ending, but knowing Ant from afar, I can’t say I was all that surprised when these videos surfaced.

At the end of the day, this is a 23-year-old kid who still has a lot of years worth of dumb decisions left to make. Off the court, we’ve seen his propensity for womanizing, a “talent” that has resulted in multiple children with different women. Obviously, that doesn’t give credence to his claim to fans near the Crypto.com scorers table over the weekend, but it certainly doesn’t hurt his argument, either.

Minnesota Timberwolves superstar fined for comparing package sizes

No matter, NBA officials weren’t impressed. On Tuesday, the league announced the were fining Anthony Edwards $50,000 for his “my d— is bigger than yours” comments toward Laker fans on Saturday. Thankfully, it’s not worse punishment than that, because the Wolves cannot afford to lose Ant for game two..

The NBA is fining Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards $50,000 for his “my d— bigger than yours” comments to the Lakers crowd Saturday night, sources tell ESPN.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 22, 2025

Remember, the NBA recently rescinded Edwards’ 18th technical foul, which would have led to his suspension for a very important regular season game 82, that the Minnesota Timberwolves needed to win to secure their spot in the playoff bracket and outside the play-in tournament.