Before Going to New York, Karl-Anthony Towns Had a Promise to Keep

BLAINE, Minn. — Not even 15 hours after having his socks knocked off by a trade that ended his nine-year run in Minnesota, Karl-Anthony Towns strolled onto Field 49N at the National Sports Center, a sprawling youth soccer complex that was playing host to over 300 teams from across the Upper Midwest for the Fall Cup. He had a promise to keep.

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Wearing a green Timberwolves hat and a black Timberwolves shirt, he stood in the corner of the field under an unseasonably hot late-September sun and watched an under-12 girls game while still wrapping his head around the Timberwolves having just traded him to the New York Knicks.

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