Karl-Anthony Towns (born November 15, 1995 in Piscataway, New Jersey, NJ) is a Dominican professional basketball player who plays power forward/center. He plays for the Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA.

Karl-anthony Towns entered the NBA as the first overall pick in the 2015 draft, was a unanimous rookie of the Year and was selected to the All-Rookie First Team in his rookie season, was selected to the NBA All-Star team four times, was selected to the All-NBA Third Team twice, and won the NBA All-Star three-point Contest in 2022.

On August 21, 2023, Towns was named to the 12-man Dominican national team squad for the Men's Basketball World Cup.

Karl-anthony Towns is a great basketball prospect, he has a big body and great height.

In addition, Towns is also good at shooting, in the 25-foot range, has a good catch and shoot.

Towns needs to improve the ability to fight against others, in order to have sufficient strength to enter the national team, and then become an excellent inside player to lay a good foundation.

As a 2-foot-13 center, Karl-Anthony Towns not only has the length, weight and strength, but also excellent technique, which is enough to help him exert his influence on both ends of the court.

Influenced by the family basketball atmosphere since childhood, Towns also has a high basketball IQ and a good sense of the game, and in training, he is also very hard and has a strong competitive heart.

On the offensive end, Towns can play a hook with his back and can also pull to the middle and far distance for a jump shot, which is just in line with the development trend of today's NBA.

At the same time, Towns also has solid passing skills and good vision.

On the defensive end, Towns can cover the entire basket with his length and bounce, he is a good shot blocker, and he has good speed and can misplace players who are much shorter than him.

In the class of 2015 rookies, Towns is considered by experts to reach the "elite level" in the future, such an evaluation is unique among all rookies.

Karl-anthony Towns is widely viewed as having the potential to become a star of the caliber of Anthony Davis.

Towns has excellent physical condition, good efficiency in completing attacks on the move, strong finishing ability, and can play two positions of center and power forward.

Towns has solid fundamentals in the post and can dribble skillfully with both hands.

Towns is also an excellent shot-blocker, moves his feet faster than expected on defense, and has the ability to replace smaller opponents in pick-and-rolls.

Karl-anthony Downs was born into an ordinary black family in Piscataway, New Jersey. His parents, who worked in a pharmaceutical factory, had to work several jobs to support their family.

Towns, a former college basketball star who coached at Piscataway Technical High School, has been involved with basketball since he was three years old.

In fifth grade, Downs was 1.91 meters tall.

At school, Downes needed special tables and chairs because the school's communal desks couldn't fit his long legs. Unlike many NBA players who are brats who are slightly inferior in academic studies, Towns is a good student who is good in character and study.

Since childhood, in addition to basketball practice, his parents have required Towns to ensure three hours of study time every night. By the time he graduated from high school, Towns had a high GPA of 3.96 out of 4.

Towns always hoped to become a professional kinesiology doctor after his basketball career. In addition to basketball, Towns played piano, golf, Ultimate Frisbee, and even baked cookies for his teacher.