Anthony Edwards’ ruthless remark about Morris Chestnut has the actor in his emotions.
“The Greatest Man” star posted a video of himself watching Anthony Edwards name-drop him because the participant took a victory lap outdoors in Los Angeles.
The Minnesota Timberwolves participant was celebrating his crew’s win over the Lakers on Wednesday, April 30, when he started taunting the crew by making a fast reference to Chestnut’s position within the traditional film, “Boys within the Hood.”

(Photograph: @morrischestnutofficial/Instagram)
Within the Might 1 clip, Edwards walks with a bunch of individuals round him whereas having some back-and-forth banter with a person subsequent to him.
“Good man don’t die on this film. Aye, Morris Chestnut died on this film,” the NBA star mentioned whereas dapping up the unknown man.
Inside hours, Chestnut appeared to have caught wind of Edward’s reference, by sharing an Instagram video of him with a puzzled look on his face. He then seems into the digicam and says, “I feel I simply caught a stray. Did I catch a stray?”
The 56-year-old’s repost of Edwards’ video didn’t embody the primary half the place the taking pictures guard appeared to the Lakers.
It begins with Edwards saying, “I’m strolling. I’m minding my enterprise, man. How y’all gon’ be f-cking with me I simply despatched y’all n-ggas residence?” Turning to the person subsequent to him off-camera, he requested, “Aye, how they gon try this?”
The person responds, “They been speaking sh-t,” to which Edwards agreed, stating, “Man, they been speaking sh-t all week.”
“What they are saying?” yells one other man earlier than Edwards makes use of former NFL participant Shannon Sharpe’s quote which Sharpe has popularized attributable to his love for the Lakers. In a teasing tone, Edwards quips, “‘Lakers in 5.’”
He added, “After which, look, after we was up 3-1, they mentioned, ‘Lakers in 7.’ Go to hell right this moment.”
Chestnut performed Ricky within the 1991 movie “Boys within the Hood,” the place Ricky’s tragic demise happens. Very like the rivalry tensions seen in Wednesday evening’s NBA sport, Ricky, performed by Chestnut, is killed in a drive-by taking pictures after his half-brother, Doughboy (performed by Ice Dice), faces off with a rival gang in Los Angeles.
Followers caught the reference, and the way Chestnut cleverly used the remark about catching a stray after getting caught within the crossfire between the Timberwolves and the Lakers by Edwards.
One particular person mentioned, “Caught a Stray” was an excellent double entendre—properly carried out, Ricky!”
In the meantime, others, who have been blinded by Chestnut’s attractiveness, playfully went into protection mode.
One mentioned, “The Nerve!! There might be Completely No Morris Chestnut stray nor slander!!!”
A second wrote, “Maintain up!!! You bought the unsuitable Morris Chestnut,” as a 3rd bluntly mentioned, “Inform Him Preserve Your Title Out His Mouth MO!”
The Timberwolves defeated the Lakers 103-96 in Wednesday evening’s sport, securing their fourth victory over the crew within the 2025 NBA Playoffs, with only one loss. This win sends Minnesota to the Western Convention semifinals. The result of the upcoming sport between the Houston Rockets and Golden State Warriors, with the Warriors at the moment main 3-2, will decide which crew the Timberwolves face within the second spherical.




















