Karl-Anthony Towns
- January 4, 2024
- Basketball Player
Quick Facts
Full Name | Karl-Anthony Towns |
Occupation | Basketball Player |
Date Of Birth | Nov 15, 1995(1995-11-15) |
Age | 29 |
Birthplace | Piscataway, NJ |
Country | United States |
Birth City | New Jersey |
Horoscope | Scorpio |
Karl-Anthony Towns Biography
Name | Karl-Anthony Towns |
Birthday | Nov 15 |
Birth Year | 1995 |
Place Of Birth | Piscataway, NJ |
Home Town | New Jersey |
Birth Country | United States |
Birth Sign | Scorpio |
Parents | Jacqueline Cruz, Karl Towns, Sr. |
Siblings | Lachelle Towns, Malaika Singleton-Towns |
Karl-Anthony Towns is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on November 15, 1995 in Piscataway, NJ, New Jersey, United States. 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.
He was coached by John Calipari on the Dominican Republic national team and at Kentucky.
Towns was born in Edison, New Jersey to an African-American father, Karl Towns Sr., and a Dominican mother, Jacqueline Cruz. He grew up in Piscataway, New Jersey, and attended Lake Nelson Seventh-Day Adventist School, before transferring to Theodore Schor Middle School from Our Lady of Fatima School in
- At Theodore Schor, he repeated seventh grade in order to gain an extra year of development. Towns’s father played basketball for Monmouth University and coached basketball at Piscataway Technical High School, where the precocious Towns practiced with the junior varsity team as a fifth grader.
In December 2012, Towns announced that he was going to reclassify as a senior and commit to play on the Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball team under Coach John Calipari, who had coached him as part of the national team of the Dominican Republic. ESPN, which had ranked him as the top prospect in the 2015 recruiting class, listed him as third-ranked in its 2014 class. Towns graduated from high school with a 3.96 GPA on a 4.5 scale. He was named the 2014 Gatorade Player of the Year.
He was born to Karl Towns Sr. and Jacqueline Cruz. His father was a basketball player at Monmouth University. He began dating model Kawa Andrade.
Karl-Anthony Towns Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Basketball Player |
House | Living in own house. |
Karl-Anthony Towns is one of the richest Basketball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Karl-Anthony Towns 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
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.
Karl-Anthony Towns Jr. (born November 15, 1995) is a Dominican-American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats. Towns was named to the Dominican Republic national team as a 16 -year-old. He was selected with the first overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves, and went on to be named NBA Rookie of the Year for the 2015–16 season. He has received two All-Star selections.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Height | 6 ft 11 in |
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On June 25, 2015, Towns was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the first overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft. He signed his rookie scale contract with the Timberwolves on July 7, and made his NBA debut in the Timberwolves’ season opener against the Los Angeles Lakers on October 28, recording 14 points and 12 rebounds as a starter in a 112–111 win. In the following game on October 30 against the Denver Nuggets, his 28 points and 14 rebounds propelled the Timberwolves to their first 2–0 start with two wins on the road in team history. Over his first 13 games of the season, Towns averaged 16.0 points and 10.4 rebounds per game. Those numbers dropped, however, to 8.4 points and 6.0 rebounds over the next five games. Despite this, on December 3, he was named Western Conference Rookie of the Month for November, becoming just the seventh Timberwolves player to win NBA Rookie of the Month honors.
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On November 30, 2016, Towns recorded a career-high 47 points and 18 rebounds in a 106–104 loss to the New York Knicks. At 21 years old, Towns became the third-youngest player in the last three decades to have at least 45 points and 15 rebounds in a game. In addition, his 22 first-quarter points were two off of Chauncey Billups’ franchise record of 24. With two blocks against the Charlotte Hornets on December 3, Towns established a new Timberwolves record with his 27th straight game with at least one blocked shot. On December 17, he had 41 points, 15 rebounds and five assists in a 111–109 overtime loss to the Houston Rockets. On December 28, he recorded his first career triple-double with 15 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in a 105–103 loss to the Denver Nuggets. On January 19, 2017, he recorded 37 points, 12 rebounds and five assists in a 104–101 win over the Los Angeles Clippers. Three days later, he had 32 points, 12 rebounds, seven assists and four blocks in a 111–108 win over the Denver Nuggets. He became just the second player in franchise history to have consecutive games with at least 30 points, 10 rebounds and five assists—Kevin Garnett did it five times. On February 25, 2017, he had 37 points and 22 rebounds in a 142–130 loss to Houston. On March 8, 2017, he had 29 points and 14 rebounds in a 107–91 win over the Los Angeles Clippers. Towns had his 100th career double-double in the win, becoming the second-youngest player in league history to reach that mark, behind only Dwight Howard. Five days later, he was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, March 6 through Sunday, March 12. For the week, Towns averaged 29.0 points, 12.3 rebounds, 1.3 blocks and 37.7 minutes per game while shooting 63.3 percent (38-for-60) from the field. Minnesota went 2–1 on the week, highlighted by wins over the NBA’s #1 seed (Golden State) and the West’s
5 seed (L.A. Clippers). On April 11, 2017, he had 26 points and 12 rebounds
in a 100–98 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Towns surpassed Kevin Love during the game to set a franchise record for points in a season. Towns made NBA history in 2016–17 by becoming the only player to have at least 2,000 points (2,061), 1,000 rebounds (1,007) and 100 3-pointers (101) in a season.
Why does Karl-Anthony Towns have two last names?
But Towns’ father told the Daily Record in New Jersey last month that the hyphenated “Karl-Anthony” is actually his son’s full first name and the “Anthony” is not just his middle name. Towns’ Twitter name is @KATis32, presumably for “Karl-Anthony Towns,” although he lists his name on Twitter as just “Karl Towns.”
Can Karl-Anthony Towns speak Spanish?
“ I understand Spanish, but I can’t speak it very well ,” Towns said. “I understand what you’re saying so I mostly speak like a Spanglish. My grandmother, my mom and my sister speak to me in Spanish and I speak back in English.
Who is Karl-Anthony Towns net worth?
Net Worth: $9 Million
Date of Birth:| Nov 15, 1995 (26 years old)
Place of Birth:| Edison, New Jersey
Nationality:| American / Dominican
How many 3 does Karl-Anthony Towns have?
Karl-Anthony Towns has buried 779 three-pointers in his career.
Who has the best record in the East NBA?
TeamRoad Road record
1| Miami – z| 24-17
2| Boston – y| 23-18
3| Milwaukee – y| 24-17