Karl-Anthony Towns’ ‘special’ homecoming has been a ‘blessing’ for family
NY Post
The first person Karl-Anthony Towns brought up on Sunday when asked about his first home game as a Knick was his father, and that is nothing new.
Towns’ parents, Karl-Anthony Towns Sr. and Jackie Cruz Towns, have always been an inextricable part of his story.
His father is still a high school coach in New Jersey, at the school his son once played at.
His mom, who died of COVID-19 in 2020, has the court at Kean University named after her.
His parents — the way they sacrificed for his basketball career — are always on his mind, and if he forgets, the No. 32 is there on Towns’ jersey to remind him, the same number his dad wore.
That is unchanged by playing close to home.
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