Minneapolis/St. Paul – The NBA today named Minnesota Timberwolves forward/center Karl-Anthony Towns as its Kia NBA Western Conference Rookie of the Month for November. Towns is the seventh Timberwolves player to win Kia NBA Rookie of the Month honors, joining Andrew Wiggins (November, December 2014, January, February, April 2015), Gorgui Dieng (March 2014), Ricky Rubio (January 2012), Kevin Love (March 2009), Randy Foye (December 2006) and Stephon Marbury (January 1997).
Towns led all rookies in rebounding (9.4 rpg), blocked shots (2.18 bpg), field goal percentage (52.6%) and free throw accuracy (86.7%). He was second among rookies, and first among Western Conference rookies, in scoring with 14.