During a Zoom media session, Karl-Anthony Towns said he has lost six other family members from COVID-19 in addition to his mother.<\/p>\n
“I’ve been through a lot, obviously starting out with my mom,” Towns said Friday. “Last night I got a call that I lost my uncle. I feel like I’ve been hardened a little bit by life and humbled.”<\/p>\n
“I’ve seen a lot of coffins in the last seven months,” Towns said. “I have a lot of people who have — in my family and my mom’s family — gotten COVID. I’m the one looking for answers still, trying to find how to keep them healthy. It’s just a lot of responsibility on me to keep my family well-informed and to make all the moves necessary to keep them alive.”<\/p>\n
Towns also talked about the challenge of getting back to playing basketball without his mother, who rarely missed one of his games.<\/p>\n
“It always brought me a smile when I saw my mom at the baseline and in the stands and stuff and having a good time watching me play,” Towns said. “It is going to be hard to play. It’s going to be difficult to say this is therapy. I don’t think [playing basketball] will ever be therapy for me again. But it gives me a chance to relive good memories I had.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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