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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
James Pollard

Knicks champion Karl-Anthony Towns opens up about grief for World Mental Health Day

US-Philanthropy-KAT - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Karl-Anthony Towns has been traded from Minnesota, lost the conference finals and won the NBA title for his childhood team — and still feels he is in the period of grief that began six years ago.

Just 10 days before the New York Knicks' banner-raising celebration, the All-Star big man marked World Mental Health Day by sharing his ongoing emotional journey following the death of his mother to complications from COVID-19.

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