Welcome to the sports world of 2025, where a couple of missed free throws can cause a frenzy.
Anthony Edwards, the Minnesota Timberwolves' superstar, didn't cash in a couple of key foul shots in a one-point loss to the Phoenix Suns on Friday.
It was an unfortunate contribution to a tough loss, something that Edwards was surely quite frustrated about.
Except these days, missed shots can get people thinking about other things.
Is Anthony Edwards suspended?
No, Anthony Edwards is not suspended.
The rumor began as part of a fake post alleging that Edwards' missed free throws were part of a game-fixing scheme.
That is very much not real news.
Something like that would've been the biggest story in sports. It would've been reported on by all the major outlets.
But the reason you haven't seen anything about it anywhere else is because it's fake.
It's just an account seeking to go viral by capturing the mood of a moment.
There are more and more parody accounts like these lately, and it can be hard to know what's real out there.
But it's worth taking an extra second to actually process what source of information you're looking at. Because these days, it's very simple to create fake news.
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