Karl-Anthony Towns

Towns sa 2022 NBA All-Star Game

Si Karl-Anthony Towns Jr. (namundag: Nobyembre 15, 1995), midbid man sa inisyal na KAT, iyo an sarong Dominikano-Amerikanong propesyonal na parakawat nin basketbol para sa Minnesota Timberwolves kan National Basketball Association (NBA). Nagkawat siya sa pangkolehiyong basketbol para sa Kentucky Wildcats. Kaapil siya si Towns sa nasyunal na koponan kan Republikang Dominikano bilang sarong 16 anyos. Pinili siya sa enot na overall pick sa 2015 NBA draft kan Minnesota Timberwolves asin nagpapadagos na nginaranan na NBA Rookie kan Taon para sa 2015–16 na season. Nakaresibi siya nin tulong All-Star na seleksyon. Nanggana man si Towns sa 2021–22 NBA Three-Point Contest.[1]

Kaamayi kan buhay

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Namundag si Towns sa Edison, New Jersey[2] sa sarong African-American na ama, Karl Towns Sr.,[3][4] asin sarong Dominican na ina, Jacqueline Cruz.[4][5] Nagdakula siya sa Piscataway, New Jersey, asin nag-atendir sa Lake Nelson Seventh-Day Adventist School, bago naglipat sa Theodore Schor Middle School gikan sa Our Lady of Fatima School in 2009.[6] Sa Theodore Schor, siya reclassified asin nag-utro sa seventh grade tanganing magganar nin dugang na taon nin pagpaurog.[7] Nagkawat nin basketbol an ama ni Towns para sa Monmouth University asin nagin coach sa basketbol sa Piscataway Technical High School, na kun saen si Towns nagpraktis kaiba an saiyang junior varsity koponan bilang sarong fifth grader.

Toltolan

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  1. ↑ "Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns wins NBA's 3-point contest". MSN (in English). Retrieved 2022-02-20. 
  2. ↑ Karl Towns of St. Joseph (Met.) is The Star-Ledger boys basketball state Player of the Year, 2013-14, NJ.com, March 30, 2014
  3. ↑ Karl-Anthony Towns taken No.1 by Wolves; Tyus Jones acquired in trade with Cavaliers, Star Tribune, June 26, 2015
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Towns' parents separable, if only for UK games". courier-journal.com. Retrieved March 28, 2015. 
  5. ↑ Parker, Brandon (July 24, 2012). "Summer school, Karl Towns Jr., 16, improved significantly playing for the Dominican Republic". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/high-school/boys-basketball/story/_/id/8192576/new-jersey-native-karl-towns-jr-16-played-dominican-republic-olympic-qualifying. 
  6. ↑ "Karl-Anthony Towns". njsportsheroes.com. Retrieved December 24, 2015. 
  7. ↑ Pompey, Keith. "A towering hoops talent – and only in eighth grade", The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 29, 2011. Accessed March 10, 2023. "The Piscataway, N.J., native won't turn 16 until Nov. 15. He's a straight A eighth grader at Theodore Schor Middle School. Towns did, however, repeat the seventh grade after transferring from Our Lady of Fatima School two years ago."