“What do you want to know?” Why are we bad? » Anthony Edwards has the art of saying things lightly. This sentence spoken in front of the journalists who were waiting to ask him questions in the locker room sums up the situation of the Wolves, who had just lost to the Kings and thus had a fourth defeat in a row.
Shirtless, very calm, sometimes with a smile on his face, the rear did not spare his criticism in front of the local press. Also targeting himself, explaining that this setback against Sacramento was for him. Clearly, he didn’t like the group’s attitude in this part.
“I don’t like it when we act like leaders (“frontrunners” in English, i.e. when you are better in front than behind in scoring). I’m not like that. I hate having them or thinking we have them on the team. I don’t think that’s the case. But in this match, we were 100%.” he regrets. “When we were behind in the score, no one spoke. We walked past and then everyone was clapping. Then, we were still behind and there, radio silence. This is the definition of acting like a cador. The team and I were like that. »
A group that can’t say things to each other
Why can Wolves, who had so much character last season, now no longer be able to survive moments of turbulence?
“We are soft collectively, internally. Not against the adversary, but between us. We can’t talk to each other. We are a bunch of little boys. Everyone, the whole team. We can’t talk to each other. We have to find the solution because we cannot continue in this direction,” answers Anthony Edwards. “We are so negative when in the last two years we were so close. We gradually drifted away from each other, that’s the craziest thing. We only have two new players, the rest know each other. »
While the back regrets that the players do not do what the coach asks – “we don’t follow the instructions and we don’t listen to the coaches, that’s all” -, isn’t it his role as leader and top scorer of the team to speak up to put the Wolves back in the right direction?
“Sometimes it’s hard,” he admits. “We look around and everyone has their own goal. So what am I supposed to say? I’m trying to be better at this, to find what I need to say so that we’re all on the same page. »
There is urgency because Minnesota remains on four straight losses, is in 12th place in the Western Conference and has a very, very disappointing record of 8-10. Worse still, local fans are starting to complain openly. “The fans whistled. It’s crazy… We’re getting booed in our own room”regrets the 2024 Olympic champion.
