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Karl-Anthony Towns: Biography at a Glance
- Karl-Anthony Towns, an Afro-Latino NBA star, was traded to the New York Knicks in 2024 after nine standout seasons with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Towns is a four-time NBA All-Star, the 2016 Rookie of the Year, and the 2022 NBA 3-Point Contest winner.
- In 2024, he was named the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion, recognizing his philanthropic work and commitment to social justice causes.
- An active champion for social justice, Towns served as an Executive Producer for the short film Forgiving Johnny, which spotlights how the digitization of the case management system in the nation's largest public defender's office has helped reduce the collateral consequences of the criminal justice system.
- He received the NBA Cares Community Assist Award in recognition of his support for homeless youths. Towns is also very involved with HopeKids, which helps families who have a child with cancer or some other life-threatening medical condition.
- His other philanthropic work includes raising money for mental health awareness and therapy programming at the Boys and Girls Club, refurbishing basketball courts in underserved communities, and hosting an annual coat drive.
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Karl-Anthony Towns is an Afro-Latino who has established himself as a dominant player in the National Basketball Association. After playing nine years for the Minnesota Timberwolves, where he became one of the league’s best shooting big men, Towns was traded to the New York Knicks in September 2024. Beyond his basketball achievements, Towns supports various philanthropic causes and has partnerships with several leading brands. Towns, an all-around center with exceptional shooting skills, has made more than 100 3-pointers in six straight seasons. In January 2024 Towns scored a franchise-record 62 points in a game, which was also a career high. During the 2023-24 season, Towns was also a key member of the Timberwolves team that reached the Western Conference Finals for the first time since
2004. I In 2022 he became the sixth man in NBA history to score 60 points and pull down 15 rebounds in a game. Towns is the second player in Timberwolves history to score 11,000 points and led the team to the playoffs in 2024, 2022, and 2018.
The New Jersey native is a four-time NBA All-Star, two-time All-NBA Third Team selection, and the 2016 Rookie of the Year. In 2024 he was named the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion, the first Timberwolves player and fourth recipient of the award since its inception in 2021. Towns showcased his shooting expertise by winning the 3-Point Contest at the 2022 All-Star Weekend, and he won the Skills Challenge at the 2016 All-Star festivities. During his college career at the University of Kentucky, Towns was named SEC Freshman of the Year and selected to the First-Team All-SEC while leading the team to an undefeated regular season and the Final Four. Towns was selected as the first overall pick of the 2015 NBA Draft by the Timberwolves.
Off the court, Towns has business partnerships with Nike, Gatorade, Fanatics, Peloton, Poshmark, and Banreservas, among others. Towns served as an Executive Producer for acclaimed director Ben Proudfoot’s short film Forgiving Johnny," which premiered in July 2023. The film highlights the positive impact of digital business transformation on the legal system.
Towns is also a voice actor for the animated series Velma, which debuted on HBO Max in January 2023. In addition, he has appeared in several films including National Champions, What Men Want, Netflix’s High Flying Bird, and Disney’s television series Big City Greens.
Towns is well known for his generosity and active support for many charitable organizations. He received the NBA Cares Community Assist Award for the month of November 2021 in recognition of his support for homeless youths. Towns is very involved with HopeKids, which helps families who have a child with cancer or some other life-threatening medical condition. In partnership with the Timberwolves, Towns sponsors the annual KAT’s Community Coat Drive for those in need. Recently Towns teamed up with the @NBA2K Foundation to unveil a newly refurbished NBA 2K court at a Minneapolis-area school. In February 2022 Towns donated $250,000 worth of Cue Health’s Covid-19 tests to public schools in New Jersey and Minneapolis. Previously he donated $100,000 to the Mayo Clinic to develop a test to rapidly detect COVID-19. Towns serves on the board of the National Basketball Social Justice Coalition and as a Global Ambassador for World Youth Clubs.
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