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Karl-Anthony Towns excited to form 'twin towers' with Rudy Gobert

The Minnesota Timberwolves draped themselves in lab coats and busted out the test tubes this offseason as they plan to experiment with a new-age twist on “twin towers.” Just a few weeks ago, they emptied their trunk of assets for the privilege of paying Rudy Gobert around $40 million dollars a year to play basketball. He will now join forces with former Kentucky star, Karl-Anthony Towns, in a modern NBA rarity: two All-Star centers playing alongside each other.

This experimentation came at a huge cost to the Timberwolves, as they gave up five players (Malik Beasley, Patrick Beverley, Leandro Bolmaro, Walker Kessler [No.