Karl-Anthony Towns

For all of the reports and rumors that do come out about proposed trade discussions between teams, that is just the tip of the iceberg of what really happens that never gets out. One blockbuster offer that has come to the surface over the past few days was the Clippers apparent offer of Blake Griffin [...]

Jimmy Butler thinks very highly of Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns—you know, sometimes. Both of the Minnesota Timberwolves’ youngsters made some nice defensive plays down the stretch of this week’s victory over the Portland Trail Blazers, which had Butler buzzing afterwards, in a manner of speaking, per the Pioneer Press‘ Jace Frederick: “Please, Wiggs, we need [...]

There has been a shift (an enlightened shift) on the use of marijuana for professional sports players in recent years as more and more research shows that the use of marijuana in a medical sense is far less harmful and more natural than prescription pain killers for athletes who are dealing with chronic pain (no [...]

Andrew Wiggins is a party pooper…if you’re an Oklahoma City Thunder fan. The Minnesota Timberwolves’ 22-year-old ruined a magnificent fourth quarter from Russell Westbrook on Sunday night, as well as what should have been a game-winner by Carmelo Anthony. And how: by sinking an actual game-winner just inside half-court. Here’s a video of the play: [...]

At 21 years old (soon to be 22) Karl Anthony Towns is already one of the top 20 players in the NBA and shows all of the ability, work ethic and mentality to be one of the truly special players in this league. He was the player that received the most All-NBA votes last season [...]

Tom Thibodeau, head coach and president of the Minnesota Timberwolves, is no softy—unless you compared him to Kentucky head coach John Calipari. Okay, fine. That’s not exactly what Karl-Anthony Towns told CBS Sports’ Reid Forgrave. But he did say that Coach Cal has was much harder on him than Thibs is now: Q.Who’s tougher on you, [...]

D’Angelo Russell and Karl-Anthony Towns are friends, in case you didn’t know. And they plan to train together this summer, ahead of their third season in the NBA. Per the Orange County Register‘s Mark Medina: Playing on different teams in different time zones, Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell and Minnesota center Karl-Anthony Towns often rely on phone [...]

The Minnesota Timberwolves or the Timber-Pups as I like to call them, were every NBA prognosticator and fan’s “sexy” pick to make the leap to becoming a winning team and a new postseason entrant. With seemingly having the best young collection of talent in the NBA and a well-established coach who is known for his [...]

Though the Minnesota Timberwolves and their fans didn’t need any additional reasons to love and worship Karl-Anthony Towns, last year’s No. 1 overall pick just gave them one. Per Jon Krawczynski of the Associated Press: [tweet https://twitter.com/APkrawczynski/status/758343405860597761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Come talk to us in a half-decade or so KAT, after the Timberwolves organization has, presumably, broken your [...]

Karl-Anthony Towns doesn’t mess around. The 2016 unanimous NBA Rookie of the Year has big plans for his Minnesota Timberwolves next season—ambitions they may not yet be ready to actualize. He wants a playoff berth. From Alysha Tsuji of For The Win: For me, it’s all about team goals. We want to make the playoffs, [...]