Karl-Anthony Towns
Towns shooting a free throw against the Florida Gators in 2015
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| No. 32 – Minnesota Timberwolves | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Center | ||||||||||||
| League | NBA | ||||||||||||
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November 15, 1995 Edison, New Jersey |
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| Nationality | Dominican / American | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 244 lb (111 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | St. Joseph (Metuchen, New Jersey) | ||||||||||||
| College | Kentucky (2014–2015) | ||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2015 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall | ||||||||||||
| Selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves | |||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2015–present | ||||||||||||
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| 2015–present | Minnesota Timberwolves | ||||||||||||
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Karl-Anthony Towns Jr. (born November 15, 1995) is a Dominican-American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the University of Kentucky. Towns was named to the Dominican Republic national basketball team Olympic squad as a 16-year-old, although the Dominican Republic ultimately did not qualify for the 2012 Olympics. He was selected with the first overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves, and went on to be named NBA Rookie of the Year for the 2015–16 season.
Towns was born in Edison, New Jersey to an African American father, Karl Towns Sr., and a Dominican, mother Jacqueline Cruz. He grew up in Piscataway, New Jersey and attended Lake Nelson Seventh-Day Adventist School before transferring to Theodore Schor Middle School from Our Lady of Fatima School in 2009. At Theodore Schor, he repeated seventh grade in order to gain an extra year of development. Towns's father played basketball for Monmouth University and coached basketball at Piscataway Technical High School, where the precocious Towns practiced with the junior varsity team as a fifth grader.
As a freshman at St. Joseph High School, Towns led the basketball team to a state championship in 2012, earning himself the top position in the ESPN 25 national ranking of high school players. Towns also led his team to state titles in 2013 and 2014. Towns was selected at the age of 16 to play on the Dominican Republic national basketball team, which represents that nation in international competition. Towns was eligible based on the fact that his mother is from the Dominican Republic. During 2011 and 2012 competitions, John Calipari, head coach at the University of Kentucky and a former NBA head coach, coached the team, which finished third in the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship and fourth place at the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, falling one position short of qualifying for the 2012 Olympic Basketball Tournament.
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