Anthony Edwards Hit With $14K Monthly Child Support Ruling Off Court

A Georgia court has ordered Anthony Edwards to pay $14,000 a month in child support to his ex, Alexandria Desroches, for a son born in 2023 — a figure pegged to his reported monthly income of $4.8 million. Edwards, 25, also has to take out a $2.6 million life insurance policy naming Desroches as the primary beneficiary.

The ruling stacks on top of a separate $3,222 monthly support order from last month for a one-year-old daughter with Ayesha Howard, to whom Edwards had already paid more than $100,000 in support beginning in 2025. None of this dents his bank account in any meaningful way — the guy is in year one of a five-year, $244 million deal — and none of it dents his fantasy value either.

Because on the court, Edwards is coming off the best scoring season of his career. He averaged 28.8 points, 5 rebounds and 3.7 assists across 61 games in 2025-26, shooting a personal-best 39.9% from three. That production landed him at 44.1 fantasy points per game (2025-26 actual), good for our #15 overall rank and #7 among guards.

The Trade Cloud Still Hovers

The bigger fantasy question is where Edwards suits up next. Pundits have floated him as the next star to push for a move, and ESPN's Brian Windhorst reported friction after Minnesota shipped Karl-Anthony Towns to the Knicks for Julius Randle. Windhorst suggested the real gripe wasn't losing Randle but the salary-dump nature of the deal, and that Edwards and Randle had a significant disconnect by season's end.

There's also new ownership in the mix: businessman Marc Stad just bought a controlling share of the Timberwolves in a pending deal valued at $4.5 billion, the fourth-highest in NBA history. For fantasy purposes, a trade wouldn't crater Edwards' floor — he's a lead scorer wherever he goes — but a change of scenery could reshape his assist and usage profile, so it's worth tracking.

The fantasy read: none of the courtroom stuff moves the needle on Edwards' draft stock. He's a rock-solid first-round pick, and the only real variable is his address. Draft him with full confidence and monitor trade chatter through the offseason — the news that actually matters for your roster is which jersey he's wearing on opening night, not his monthly ledger.