When he found out he had made the NBA All-Star Game for a second consecutive season, Karl-Anthony Towns was outside a movie theater screening of his first film role in the comedy "What Men Want."
Perched on a bench, Towns was watching the announcement on TNT, and upon broadcaster Ernie Johnson saying his name, he let his iPhone fall to the floor. He needed both hands to bury his face and cry.
Soon his parents came running to congratulate him. Eventually the tears dried.
The next day after Timberwolves practice, Towns spoke about what that moment meant to him.