Karl-Anthony Towns, on his sad departure from the Minnesota Timberwolves: "I thought I was going to retire there"

Karl-Anthony Towns has spoken about his transfer to the New York Knicks and what he was thinking just a few weeks ago with the Minnesota Timberwolves, confessing that he didn't expect to leave Minneapolis in his lifetime:

"I thought I was going to retire there. I thought it was going to be the place I would call home throughout my career and beyond. But, you know, my former boss didn't agree with that ideology I had. So, here we are. Now I'm here with my two boys, and I hope we can do something special for the city."

The president of the Timberwolves team, Tim Connelly, made the unexpected trip to Towns' house, where he was accompanied by three friends and his father, to inform him personally of the transfer. Towns appreciated Connelly's gesture: "They didn't call me," Towns says. "Tim [Connelly] told me to my face that I had been traded... It was gangster, I'm not going to lie... It's a tough situation regardless of what had happened. But the fact that it happened that way, I have to respect it."

His sad departure from the Wolves

"They didn't call me. Tim [Connelly] told me to my face that I had been traded," added Towns. "He came to my house. I respect him. Honestly, it's a tough situation regardless of what had happened. But, the fact that it happened that way, I have to give him respect. It was me, three of my best friends, and my father. So, applause to him. "He arrived alone at the house with five guys who could have started losing control and passing out. So, I have to respect him for that."

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