Wolves' Towns named Western Conference's Rookie of the Month

No. 1 overall pick keeps Wolves' stretch going after Andrew Wiggins won Rookie of the Month award five times last season

December 3, 2015 at 10:38PM
Timberwolves interim head coach Sam Mitchell spoke with Karl-Anthony Towns.
Timberwolves interim head coach Sam Mitchell spoke with Karl-Anthony Towns. (Tom Wallace — Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Teammate Andrew Wiggins has four of 'em and now Timberwolves rookie Karl-Anthony Towns has started what might become a collection of his own by being named the Western Conference's Rookie of the Month for October and November.

He was awarded that by the NBA Thursday by the NBA, which also named New York's Kristaps Porzingis the same for the Eastern Conference.

Past Wolves players who have received the honor: Wiggins, Gorgui Dieng, RIcky Rubio, Kevin Love, Randy Foye and Stephon Marbury.

Towns led all rookies in rebounding (9.4), blocked shots (2.18), field-goal percentage (52.6) and free-throw accuracy (86.7) and was second in scoring with a 14.4 point average.

"Just a testament to the work I put in over the summer, to come out starting hot but it's just one month," Towns said. "We just have to put a lot of work together not to have just one Rookie of the Month award but just to have a great team record and have the season that we imagine ourselves having."

Wiggins has four Rookie of the Month awards from last season -- March and April the only months he didn't win -- that he keeps together on a shelf at home.

Asked if Wiggins gave him an advice for their care and keeping, Towns said, "I guess dust 'em off."

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