The book on Karl-Anthony Towns so far in the NBA has been that he’s a “soft” player. Folks think he’s a guy you can just push around with fear of no real consequences.
Some of that is a bit unfair. Mostly because it has nothing to do with the game of basketball — that’s not even where the perception comes from.
It all stems from what happened with Jimmy Butler years ago in 2017 when he demanded a trade out of Minnesota. The story always goes that he smoked Towns and the Timberwolves starters in practice with a team of third string players.
