Karl-Anthony Towns attended St.Joseph High School in Metuchen, New Jersey. As a senior, he averaged 20.9 points, 13.4 rebounds, and 6.2 blocks per game. Aside from his superb averages, Towns also posted two quadruple-doubles in his high school career. The first one came in his junior year, where Towns tallied 16 points, 17 rebounds, 11 blocks, and 11 assists. In his senior year, Karl managed to conquer this insane feat again, this time tallying 20 points, 14 rebounds, 12 blocks, and 10 assists. Aside from padding the stats in high school, Karl Towns was also helping his team win. In his four years at St. Joseph High School, Karl led them to three consecutive state championship victories in 2012, 2013, 2014. After a stellar high school career, the 5-Star McDonald’s All-American announced he would attend the University of Kentucky.

Karl-Anthony Towns found himself in a strange year at Kentucky. The Wildcats had a surplus of talent, and coach John Calipari opted to play a “platoon system”. This involved making a “blue” lineup and a “white” lineup, each consisting of five players. Calipari would alternate between the two full five men lineups during the game, almost like a line change in hockey. The method proved to be effective, as the Wildcats had an undefeated season, but it did limit the players individually. Players like Devin Booker, found themselves coming off the bench with limited minutes. However, Karl did manage to average 10.3 points and 6.7 rebounds in his 21.1 minutes per game in the platoon system. After losing in heartbreak fashion to the Wisconsin Badgers in the Final 4 of the 2015 NCAA Tournament, Towns decided to leave Kentucky. Towns declared for the 2015 NBA Draft alongside his teammates Andrew Harrison, Aaron Harrison, Dakari Johnson, Devin Booker, Trey Lyles, and Willie Cauley-Stein.

On June 25, 2015 the heated debate of Karl Towns or Jahlil Okafor was finally answered. The Minnesota Timberwolves selected Karl-Anthony Towns over Okafor with the first overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft. In his NBA debut, Towns tallied 14 points and 12 rebounds in a July 7 matchup with the Los Angeles Lakers. In just his second game, Towns added 28 points and 14 rebounds against the Denver Nuggets. In his rookie campaign, Karl started all 82 games while averaging 18.2 points and 10.5 rebounds, enroute to being named the NBA Rookie of the Year. 

In 2016-17 Karl Towns set his scoring career high with a 47 point and 18 rebound outing against the New York Knicks on November 30, 2016. Later in the season, Towns became the second youngest player in league history to reach 100 career double-doubles behind only Dwight Howard.  In just his second year in the NBA, Towns averaged 29 points, 12.3 rebounds, and 1.3 blocks per game. In 2017-18, Towns beat his own career high, while setting a Minnesota Timberwolves franchise scoring record with a 56 point barrage against the Atlanta Hawks. Karl also added 15 rebounds in that March 28, 2018 meeting with the Hawks. 

In the following season, 2018-19, the Timberwolves extended Karl-Anthony with a five-year, $190 million super-maximum contract. Karl has continued to dominate after his payday, and he averaged 24.4 points, 11.8 rebounds, 2.8 assists, and 1.5 blocks per game in 2018-19. 2019-20 has not been kind to Towns, however. Although he was dominating statistically with 26.5 points, 10.8 rebounds, 4.4 assists, and 1.2 blocks per game, Covid-19 ravished the Towns household. Not only did Covid-19 cause a large suspension in the NBA season, but it took the life of his beloved mother. Karl has openly expressed his sorrows after painfully losing his mother to the coronavirus.