Knick’s Karl-Anthony Towns hopes to be NBA All-Star — and represent World Team
NY Post
NEW ORLEANS — Karl-Anthony Towns would prefer international status in the new All-Star format — assuming he’s invited to LA.
“One, I hope I make it,” Towns said. “And two, I hope I’m on the World Team.”
Adam Silver’s latest tweak to the All-Star format is to divide the 24 All-Stars into three teams — two featuring players from the U.S. and the other with international players — for a round-robin tournament with shortened games.
Towns is in a gray area because he was born and raised in the United States but has represented the Dominican Republic in the Olympics and other competitions. Towns’ mother is from the D.R.
According to an announcement last month from the NBA, “If the All-Star voting does not result in the selection of 16 U.S. players and eight international players (which can include American players with ties to other countries if necessary), then NBA Commissioner Adam Silver will select additional All-Stars to join either group to reach that minimum.”
In other words, Towns could end up with the U.S. or the World and it’s difficult to predict right now.
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