Karl-Anthony Towns
Ht., wt., age: 6-11, 250, 19
Did you know? Selected first overall by the Timberwolves in the 2015 draft. … He led his St. Joseph high school team in New Jersey to a 30-2 record and state title and led Kentucky to a 38-0 start last season before the Wildcats lost to Wisconsin in an NCAA Final Four semifinal game. … His mother, Jacqueline, is from the Dominican Republic, and Towns played alongside Atlanta star Al Horford for that country's national team when Towns was 16. … Graduated high school with a 3.96 grade-point average, was a student council member and, moved by the school shootings in Newtown, Conn., became a volunteer at a New Jersey academy for children with autism. Aspires to be a doctor. … He says his favorite basketball player is Len Bias, the former Maryland star and No. 2 overall draft pick who died nine years before Towns was born. … Thinks he could have had a career in baseball as a first baseman/pitcher but pursued basketball instead.
