Karl-Anthony Towns Opens Up About His Dominican Roots, Expectations and What It'll Take for the Knicks to Make a Postsea
They say if you wanna hear God laugh, tell him your plans. Karl-Anthony Towns knows this all too well. It was just months ago that KAT was wrapping his mind around how he could help lead the Minnesota Timberwolves on another deep postseason run after falling short to the Mavs in last year’s Western Conference Finals. Then boom, just a few weeks before tip-off, news broke that the Timberwolves were sending KAT east, close to his hometown roots, to the New York Knicks in a blockbuster trade.
But the Good Book also says God’s plans are to give you hope and a future. And safe to say, the future is looking brighter than ever for the perennial All-Star, who has taken his game to an otherworldly level and is in the middle of arguably his best season as a professional.
As we go to press, the sharpshooting big man is averaging a 25.4 points and 13.9 rebounds a game, with exceptional shooting splits of 55%/45%/84%. And just in case you’re wondering, the Knicks are sitting comfortably as a top-3 seed in the East. And what’s even more noteworthy than these gaudy numbers is the humility and gratitude that KAT continues to walk with on his path to basketball immortality. The Knicks gained much more than a franchise cornerstone when he came to town.
The gentle killer pulled up to SLAM HQ on a blistering cold winter evening to chop it up about how he’s managed the transition back home, representing for his fellow Dominicans in the city and abroad, celebrating his 10th year in the League, what it’s gonna take for these Knicks to make a deep postseason run, what he expects of himself when he puts on that blue and orange and much more.
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