The Minnesota Timberwolves made a huge addition this offseason by bringing in All-Star center Rudy Gobert this offseason, but his front-court teammate Karl-Anthony Towns has reportedly been going through a brutal illness that has taken a toll on his body recently.
According to NBA insider Brian Windhorst, Towns was hospitalized last week due to a throat infection that gave him trouble breathing and forced him to be on bed rest for multiple days.
It seems like the illness is behind him after returning to practice on Monday for the Timberwolves, but he revealed to the media that this illness has had lasting effects on his body.
Towns discussed the scary situation after practice on Monday, saying that he only started walking again on Saturday and that he is down to 231 pounds due to his bout with the illness.
Karl-Anthony Towns didn't go into deep detail about what he's been through, but said he only started walking again after his non-covid illness on Saturday. He's down to 231 pounds. But says he feels good to be back out on the court and is ramping back up.
— Jon Krawczynski (@JonKrawczynski) October 3, 2022
The All-NBA center is normally listed to be 248 pounds, so this clearly must have taken a huge toll on his body.
Towns said that for a moment the least of his concerns were on the game of basketball while dealing with this nasty illness.
“There was more drastic things to worry about than basketball at that moment,” said Towns via Timberwolves beat writer Jon Krawczynski. “I wasn’t too worried about basketball for a while. But I miss the game, I love the game. I miss these guys.”
Karl-Anthony Towns when he was in the hospital: "There was more drastic things to worry about than basketball at that moment. I wasn’t too worried about basketball for a while. But I miss the game, I love the game. I miss these guys."
— Jon Krawczynski (@JonKrawczynski) October 3, 2022
It’s unclear when or if Towns will take the court in preseason action for the Timberwolves.
There are just over two weeks before the start of the NBA regular season, and hopefully Karl-Anthony Towns can get his body into game shape again after this unfortunate situation.
