The sixth season of Karl-Anthony Towns in Minnesota began with a moment of silence. He finished with a roar.
When it was all over, after Towns threw a four-minute burst at the Detroit Pistons that served to remind him of how truly overwhelming he can be, he cradled the ball of the game in his arm like he had never seen him do in the race. of the 358 games prior to this one. It wasn’t when the Wolves got the only playoff spot of their career in 2018, or when they scored 56 franchise points against Atlanta, or during either of their two All Star appearances.
Towns spent the first five seasons of his career showing how he considers himself more than a basketball player. The game means a lot to him, but it doesn’t define him as a person. So when he showed up at training camp after a painful season, he made it clear that he did not see basketball as a therapy for his grief from his mother Jackie, who died on the 13th. April due to complications of COVID-19. While …