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Versatile Towns reveals how he likes to play possum
- Updated: May 16, 2016
11:30 AM ET
Karl-Anthony Towns is lying to you.
Don’t be offended, he does it to opponents during games, too. How? He has a trick he uses on the defensive end, where an opposing guard drives into the lane, with Towns covering his man in the low block, seemingly unaware of the driver. Then, in the blink of an eye, the 2015 No. 1 overall pick and unanimous Rookie of the Year will snap into action, swatting a soft layup attempt into the stands.
“That is true,” said Towns, when asked if his game of possum is intentional. “It’s a head game. You’ve gotta play a head game, especially blocking shots, you’ve gotta make it hard. You’re playing against the best of the best, they’re not gonna go straight to the basket, do a layup. You’ve gotta lure them into some shots.”
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But that’s not the only way Towns plays a game of deception. The 244-pound specimen with massive size 22 feet, who is either 6-foot-11 or 7-foot depending on which listing you go by, is on the Minnesota Timberwolves’ official roster as a center. But Towns admits that’s not entirely true, either.
“Sometimes I see myself as a guard,” Towns said. “Again, that’s to me [just] trying to be as versatile as I can. Whatever the coach and the team needs me to be at that moment, I work tremendously hard so at any given moment I can be that player they need me to be, whether it be a 6-11 guard or a 7-foot center.”
Towns blocked 138 shots in his rookie season, more than all but five players in the NBA, certainly putting him in the center category. But how many centers shoot 48-percent on mid-range jumpers (second in the NBA to only …
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