NBA: Karl Towns excited to work with Garnett, provide versatility

Karl-Anthony Towns, right, is directed off stage by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver after being selected first overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves during the NBA basketball draft, Thursday, June 25, 2015, in New York.

Being the top pick in this year’s Draft, Karl-Anthony Towns knows that all eyes will be focused on him once he makes his debut for Minnesota in October.
But before spectators can get ahead of themselves, the Kentucky slotman sees it as a challenge for him to deliver the promise of being the first man taken out of the board.

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“For you to be number one pick, you couldn’t just be good every other day. You have to be great every game,” he said via Cisco Telepresence on Friday.

Towns, though, promises to make life easier for the budding Timberwolves, saying, “I think the biggest thing I can give to the team is versatility.”

“I’m just going out there play a versatile game and allow Andrew Wiggins and Zach LaVine be slashers and I’ll open the floor, make the game easier for everybody, and help the team as much as possible.
The 6-foot-11 Wildcat is also looking forward to teaming up with Kevin Garnett, who he believes will definitely be a great mentor for him.

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“You can learn a lot. You’re talking to a legend,” said Towns. “I can be as talented as I want but I’m a very young player. I’m a rookie and to be with a person who is 20 years older than me, that’s 20 years of experience and a championship ring to go with it, I’ll take him any day of the week to be my mentor.”
And this early, Towns is salivating on the promise the Timberwolves have.
“It shows how much talent is on this team. It’s amazing to think of it that way. We had a bad year, but it’s not because we had a lack of talent. It was just that we have to come together,” he said.
“We’re still a young squad. As soon as we come together, I think that we could be a dynamic force in the West.”