The morning after Karl-Anthony Towns was traded from the only NBA team he’d ever known, the center received advice from a coach who was similarly managing the emotions of a high-profile job relocat…
TORONTO — The morning after Karl-Anthony Towns was traded from the only NBA team he’d ever known, the center received advice from a coach who was similarly managing the emotions of a high-profile job relocation.
“It’s kind of like what I’m doing coaching here . It’s the first page I’m writing in the first chapter in a new book, a new adventure. Let’s go. No looking back. You’re not bitter. You’re on to the next thing. And that’s where he is. And that’s where I am.”Calipari had guided Towns for one season at Kentucky, nine years before the coach left the Wildcats program for this maiden campaign with the Razorbacks.
From Minnesota’s perspective, the deal was largely motivated by salary dumping. Ownership wanted to avoid a future in luxury tax hell. Randle is playing well, though not at his All-Star levels from New York, while the Timberwolves are underwhelming out of the gate. Towns is thriving but the Knicks are inconsistent.
Asked if he gave the job some thought before the Knicks hired Tom Thibodeau, Calipari, who was still with Kentucky at the time, said, “First of all, you’re talking family when you’re talking Leon and Wes.
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