{"id":1951886,"date":"2026-05-23T21:24:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T18:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1951886"},"modified":"2026-05-23T21:24:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T18:24:23","slug":"anthony-edwards-explains-why-he-dapped-up-spurs-bench-during-game-6-everybody-has-their-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1951886","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Edwards explains why he dapped up Spurs bench during Game 6: \u2018Everybody has their opinion\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Anthony Edwards said there was no ulterior motive behind his decision to dap up San Antonio Spurs players and coaches with eight minutes remaining in the Minnesota Timberwolves\u2019 series-clinching Game 6 loss in the Western Conference semifinals.<\/p>\n

Edwards, who addressed his actions during a behind-the-scenes-style video posted to his YouTube<\/a> channel, said he didn\u2019t want to wait until the end of the game because winning teams typically celebrate after winning a series, and he didn\u2019t want to watch another team revel after beating the Wolves.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI feel like everybody has their own opinion,\u201d Edwards said. \u201cThere\u2019s eight minutes left in the game but (we\u2019re) not going back in the game. When you win a playoff series, everybody is celebrating at the end of the game, so they\u2019re going to be smiling, while I\u2019m pissed off that we just lost.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t want to dap them up at all, but then what would they be saying about me? It would have been a whole other conversation. I gave them the respect they deserve. I could\u2019ve waited until the end of the game, that\u2019s some people\u2019s perspective, but I did what I did. That\u2019s why I\u2019m me and y\u2019all are whoever y\u2019all are.\u201d<\/p>\n

Edwards walked to the Spurs bench<\/a> with 8:01 remaining in the fourth quarter and shook hands with the coaching staff and players, one by one, which is something players typically do toward the end of a game. The exchange caught the attention of the analysts on the \u201cNBA on Prime\u201d postgame show, which includes former NBA stars Dirk Nowitzki, Blake Griffin, Udonis Haslem and Steve Nash, and host Taylor Rooks. Nowitzki, Griffin and Haslem didn\u2019t agree with the move.<\/p>\n

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In the YouTube video, Edwards shared commentary on each of the six games leading up to Minnesota\u2019s playoff exit, including his opinion on the Spurs without Victor Wembanyama and the discussion around the Frenchman potentially being suspended after his ejection for elbowing<\/a> Naz Reid. Edwards said it was \u201cperfect\u201d that Wembanyama was ejected from Game 4, especially offensively, but said there were defensive challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt made it hard on us because now everybody (on the Spurs) was playing free,\u201d Edwards said. \u201cThey play egoless basketball anyway, but they made it a little tougher. But it was a little bit easier on the offensive end because we were able to get to the paint and try to finish over (Luke) Kornet instead of Wemby.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Edwards, while reflecting on his knee injury suffered in the series against the Denver Nuggets, admitted after Game 4 that he only had \u201cone knee\u201d in that series but felt he had \u201ctwo OK knees\u201d against the Spurs. The next scene cut to Edwards discussing Wembanyama\u2019s ejection, saying he was \u201cso happy\u201d the 7-foot-4 star was ejected and even joked he might email the NBA to get him suspended. Edwards said Wembanyama is \u201clike a statue,\u201d and that the Spurs are hard to beat when Wemby plays because of his defense.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s so hard to beat them when he\u2019s on the floor just because of his defense,\u201d Edwards said of Wembanyama.<\/p>\n

Edwards said the Wolves \u201ccame out and got their a\u2013 whooped\u201d in Games 5 and 6, but \u201ctipped his cap\u201d to the Spurs following the series-ending loss. He believes Minnesota and San Antonio could potentially become a rivalry, and claims this isn\u2019t the end yet.<\/p>\n

\u201cHell yeah,\u201d Edwards said. \u201cI tip my cap to them. They came out and balled. \u2026 But we\u2019ll be back. Y\u2019all won, y\u2019all beat us, but that s\u2014 won\u2019t last forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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