Karl Towns met with the media following his 16-point, 14-rebound performance in the Minnesota Timberwolves 101-96 win over the Miami Heat, and, to no one’s surprise, came out wearing a Kentucky Basketball t-shirt. Karl was noticeably absent at Friday night’s Big Blue Madness, and when I asked Karl why he wasn’t there, he said he sacrificed going to Lexington to support his teammate Gorgui Dieng, who was honored at Louisville’s football game vs. Duke the same night.
“We had to support G [Gorgui Dieng]. G got a good ovation at a Louisville game. As much as I love BBM and I wanted to go to BBM, me and Cal talked a lot about it and team comes first.