Karl-Anthony Towns

Karl-Anthony Towns: Biography in Details

Who is Karl-Anthony Towns?

Karl-Anthony Towns is a young Dominican-American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named NBA Rookie of the Year in 2016 after being selected first overall in the 2015 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves.

What are the birth facts of Karl-Anthony Towns?

Karl-Anthony Towns was born on November 15, 1995, in Edison, New Jersey, United States. He is an American by nationality and is of African-American and Dominican ethnicity.

He is the son of an African-American father, Karl Towns Sr, and a Dominican, mother Jacqueline Cruz. He grew up in Piscataway, New Jersey with his family. His father played basketball at Monmouth University and coached basketball at Piscataway Technical High School.

Karl-Anthony Towns: Education History

He attended the Lake Nelson Seventh-Day Adventist School. After that, he enrolled at Our Lady of Fatima School and later transferred to Theodore Schor Middle School in 2009. He was influenced by his father and had a dream of pursuing his career as a professional basketball player since he was a child.

Karl-Anthony Towns: Social Media Profile

Karl-Anthony Towns is active on various sorts of social media like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. He has around 696k followers on Facebook. He has more than 3 million followers on Instagram and has more than 607.2 k followers on Twitter. He has 80.3k subscribers on Youtube.

Karl-Anthony Towns: Professional Life and Career

Karl-Anthony Towns began his basketball career as a freshman at St. Joseph High School. Karl-Anthony Towns led the school’s basketball team to a state championship in 2012. He was ranked at the top position in the ESPN 25 national ranking of high school players in 2012. He also led his team to state titles in 2013 and 2014. He began his professional career in 2015. He was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the first overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft on June 25, 2015. He made his NBA debut in the Timberwolves‘ season opener against the Los Angeles Lakers on October 28. He was named NBA Rookie of the Year in 2016.

How much is the net worth of Karl-Anthony Towns?

Karl-Anthony Towns has a net worth of $9 million and his salary is $5.704 million/year.

Karl-Anthony Towns: Rumors and Controversy

Currently, there are no desperate rumors regarding his personal and professional life. It seems he is doing his best job without harming others and has been a straight person in his life, for which he has not been in any controversy yet.

Karl-Anthony Towns: Description Of Body Measurement

Moving towards his body measurements, Karl-Anthony Towns has a good height of  6 feet 10 inches with 112kg. He has black hair color and his eyes are black. There is no information about his shoe size and dress size.

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