Karl-Anthony Towns

ABOUT KARL-ANTHONY TOWNS

Forward who was named NBA Rookie of the Year in 2016 after being selected first overall in the 2015 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves . He made his first NBA All-Star Team in 2018.

At St. Joseph High School, he twice recorded the rare quadruple double, achieving double-digit numbers in points, rebounds, assists, and blocks. He played for the Dominican Republic national team as a sixteen-year-old.

He played one season of college basketball at the University of Kentucky , helping the team win 38 straight games before losing to University of Wisconsin in the Final Four.

He was born to Karl Towns Sr. and Jacqueline Cruz. His father was a basketball player at Monmouth University. He dated model Kawahine Andrade . He subsequently began a relationship with Jordyn Woods in 2020.

He was coached by John Calipari on the Dominican Republic national team and at Kentucky.