{"id":224742,"date":"2021-04-12T07:46:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T04:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/karl-anthony-towns-all-in-on-a-rods-push-to-own-timberwolves\/"},"modified":"2021-04-12T07:46:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T04:46:50","slug":"karl-anthony-towns-all-in-on-a-rods-push-to-own-timberwolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/karl-anthony-towns-all-in-on-a-rods-push-to-own-timberwolves\/","title":{"rendered":"#Karl-Anthony Towns all-in on A-Rod’s push to own Timberwolves"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Karl-Anthony Towns all-in on A-Rod’s push to own Timberwolves<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Karl-Anthony Towns owned an A-Rod jersey from Walmart long before A-Rod and the former head of Walmart owned Karl-Anthony Towns\u2019 basketball team.<\/p>\n

On a night when the Minnesota Timberwolves honored Towns\u2019 late mother, Jacqueline, in advance of Tuesday\u2019s one-year anniversary of her death due to COVID-19, Towns wiped away tears and broke out a smile to tell a story of how much a mother loved her son.<\/p>\n

Maybe it\u2019s a sign from above that the crazy coincidental memory was fresh in his mind because former Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez and his friend Marc Lore \u2014 the former CEO of Walmart \u2014 are negotiating to purchase the Timberwolves from Glen Taylor for about $1.5 billion.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember how big a fan I was of A-Rod. Still am,\u201d Towns said late Sunday night. \u201cI went to Walmart and Walmart had just got these new super replica off-the-way A-Rod jerseys. I was like, \u2018Mom, I got to get this A-Rod jersey.\u2019 It was like $35.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s like, \u2018Go try it on in the fitting room.\u2019 I feel like the biggest man on campus. I know damn well I can\u2019t afford one at Modell\u2019s. I know that\u2019s too much money for us. But Walmart? I may be able to finagle this. She goes, \u2018Great! Leave it on.\u2019 You ain\u2019t got to tell me twice. You know how bad I want this jersey?\u201d<\/p>\n

Jacqueline and Karl-Anthony, who used to have after-school adventures as Karl Sr. worked \u201csix jobs\u201d to help pay the bills, walked around Walmart and went to the cash register, paying only for some frozen groceries.<\/p>\n

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Karl-Anthony Towns and Alex Rodriguez<\/figcaption>
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\u201cThey were like, \u2018That\u2019s a nice A-Rod jersey,\u2019 \u201d Towns recalled. \u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018I app<\/a>reciate you, man.\u2019 I was young. I walked right out. I have that jersey still to this day in my house. That jersey meant everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Towns, 25, grew up about 50 miles from Yankee Stadium, in Piscataway, N.J., and was 8 years old when the Yankees traded for Rodriguez before the 2004 season. Now? He\u2019s an NBA All-Star and a role model heavily involved in charity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t recommend doing that,\u201d Towns said. \u201cTo the young kids watching this, don\u2019t do that. But if you are struggling, and you really like a player, I\u2019m not going to say anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Timberwolves honored the late Jacqueline Towns by reserving her a seat with a No. 32 jersey with \u201cJackie\u201d on the back and a bouquet of flowers for the win against the Bulls. The Nets \u2014 who once played in Towns\u2019 hometown of Piscataway \u2014 visit Monday.<\/p>\n

And here\u2019s another too-coincidental-to-believe moment: Rodriguez\u2019s girlfriend is icon Jennifer Lopez.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mom was the biggest J.Lo fan,\u201d Towns said, \u201cso it\u2019s like, \u2018Man, I wish she was here to see this and most likely meet J.Lo and get a chance to have a conversation with her. Jenny from the block? C\u2019mon now. When my mom passed away, at her procession, we drove her around the city [of Piscataway] one more time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was driving her car and I was playing her favorite music. I knew her better than anybody. Most of the songs were Jennifer Lopez. It was me and my sister in the car, following the hearse, showing her Piscataway one more time before she was cremated \u2014 and it was just so much J.Lo.\u201d<\/p>\n

Towns\u2019 girlfriend, model Jordyn Woods, gave him a painting of his mother in her younger days. His father was in Minnesota for the tribute, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was touching,\u201d Towns said. \u201cI know my dad was emotional. I didn\u2019t even make it through the national anthem. It meant a lot to me that the organization would do that for me and my family.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Towns sat down in front of the Zoom screen to recap the emotional night, he was well aware of newcomer Rougned Odor leading the Yankees to an extra-inning win against the Rays earlier in the day. He wore a Yankees cap and jersey on a Timberwolves team plane in 2019, during a Yankees-Twins playoff series<\/a>, to reaffirm where his baseball loyalties lie.<\/p>\n

\u201cA-Rod is one of the best baseball players that ever lived,\u201d Towns said. \u201cTo have his charisma and his aura is going to make a lot of people gravitate towards here. From the standpoint of understanding players and the grind you go through, it\u2019s something a former professional athlete can know.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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