Karl Anthony Towns agrees to massive 4-year extension with Timberwolves worth $224 million
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Karl Anthony Towns signed a 5-year, $158,253,000 contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves as a Rookie Maximum extension back in 2019. He still had 2 more seasons on his earlier contract, but the Timberwolves identify him as the centerpiece of their franchise, and went ahead and handed him a long-term contract post-2024 season. That will keep Karl Anthony Towns under contract for six more years, after agreeing to an extension Friday. Interestingly he had an annual average salary of $31,650,600 on an earlier contract, which would be now above $40 Million from the start of the 2024 season.
The deal was said to be formally agreed to early Friday. But by NBA rule, Towns and the Timberwolves had to wait until July 1 to strike their deal and announce their deal. It’s a huge commitment from the Timberwolves, showcasing their intentions to keep star players at the franchise in long run.
Towns deftly bounced back during the 2021-22 season from a couple of rough years, struggling with a wrist injury and waylaid by COVID-19. Drafted as the no. 1 overall pick back in 2015, will be playing his 8th season with the Wolves, and tied till his 13th one by the franchise.
Karl Anthony Towns remains the face of the Minnesota Timberwolves
The 26-year-old continued to diversify his offensive game in coach Chris Finch’s system and was more aggressive at taking the ball to the basket. 2016 Rookie of the season played in 3 All-Star games and recently won the All-Star 3-point contest in Cleveland. His versatility was never more apparent than when he won the 3-point shooting contest at All-Star weekend, but he’s still a post player at heart.
Towns made All-NBA 3rd Team, qualifying for the supermax deal with the franchise. Towns led the team to the postseason after winning the Play-in game in the 2022 season. With the help of sensational Anthony Edwards and point guard D’Angelo Russell, the seventh-seeded Timberwolves pushed the second-seeded Grizzlies to 6 game series in the Western Conference playoffs.
The 26-year-old has become one of the league’s most dominant offensive big men during his eight years in Minnesota. Towns averaged 24.6 points, 9.8 rebounds, and 3.6 assists in 33.5 minutes per game last season. Karl remained the center of every offensive/defensive move by Chris Finch, leading the team in points, blocks, rebounds, and shooting FG% last season.
Tim Connelly became the new president of basketball operations earlier this month, the Timberwolves have a sense of stability Kentucky star has never had during his seven-year career. “I can’t wait to sit down with him and his representation ASAP and keep this thing going,” new Timberwolves president Tim Connelly told The Athletic soon after he was hired away from the Denver Nuggets earlier this offseason. “He’s special and deserves everything that is going to come his way.”
The rise of Anthony Edwards, close friend Russell running the offense, and Chris Finch as an offensive mastermind, gives Towns a potential suitable offensive environment to flourish. He become more efficient last season, threatening opposition from the paint and long-range. It sets up for an interesting offseason where the Timberwolves will look to go from surprise upstart to perennial Western Conference contender.
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