Timberwolves’ Star Karl-Anthony Towns Out Indefinitely

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Karl-Anthony Towns at the "Variety" Sports Entertainment Summit in 2017. Photo by Stewart Cook/Variety/REX/Shutterstock (8960146hv)

Minnesota Timberwolves’ fans will have to wait for a little longer in order to see their new star duo Karl-Anthony Towns and D’Angelo Russell in action again. The team recently gave an update on Towns’ wrist injury and ruled out the 24-year-old center indefinitely.

According to Timberwolves’ head coach Ryan Saunders, the extent of Towns’ injury is “still being evaluated,” but the player will certainly “miss upcoming games.” Saunders declined to give an estimation of how long Towns might be out.

Towns’ injury was discovered shortly before the All-Star break, forcing him to miss Minnesota’s previous two games. If he continues to sit out more games, it will be his second major break in 2019/20. Earlier in the season, he didn’t play 15 games due to knee sprain.

Despite Karl-Anthony Towns’ struggles to remain healthy, he managed to put together a career season. Towns is averaging 26.5 points and 4.4 assists per game, both career highs, while also grabbing 10.8 boards.

Towns’ good form didn’t help Timberwolves to be competitive in the West, as the team is sitting on 14th spot with one of league’s worst record in 16-37. Things might change for the better with the addition of Russell, who joined before the trade deadline, but he will need Towns to be healthy enough. If that doesn’t happen, Minnesota will be in for another miserable end of the season.

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