I just watched highlights of Tuesday's preseason Timberwolves game vs the Suns. Below is a link to the highlights provided by Fansided.com
It's very concerning to me that the same showboating chest pumping screaming into the direction of the fans after a dunk is STILL exhibited by the Timberwolves' best player, Karl Anthony Towns. What a thug-like thing to do!!! Obviously he's still a child unworthy of an adult's paycheck; or at bare minimum, he cannot keep his emotions in check for the betterment of the team.
Watch the video. Karl Anthony Towns dunks the ball AND THEN actually spends his team's valuable time to pause, scream at the crowd, and celebrate; all while the Suns inbound the ball to take advantage of Towns getting back many steps late on Defense. What a selfish act!!
Defense is Karl Anthony Town's Achilles's Heel to his team. Clearly he's not taking this season seriously if he's choosing to place the spotlight on himself at the expense of whats best for his team at a moment during a game when he should be giving 125% effort on Defense.
Decisions like this is exactly why Coach Thibbs would yell at Towns during games. And THIS is the Timberwolves best player and the new leader of the team???
Why does Karl Anthony Towns not yet possess the mental discipline required to keep those sort of emotions at bay until AFTER a blown whistle? Showboating at the expense of executing sound Defense should be considered unacceptable, especially for a team who missed the playoffs last season and are expected to struggle with making the playoffs again this season. There is no margin for errors this season; at least that SHOULD be the attitude of the best player on an NBA team, right??
Was it just a bad choice in judgement or is Karl Anthony Towns emotionally compromised?
Should the average Timberwolves fan just not care at all and continue to not hold their team accountable for decisions that place unnecessary celebration for entertainment purposes over winning basketball games???
Shouldn't NBA professionals be REQUIRED to give 125% on EVERY possession during the couple hours it takes to play a game? That would be the "professional" thing to do, right?? That would be putting one's team first and any desire to showboat to the crowd last, right??
Cannot NBA "professionals" like Karl Anthony Towns, who get paid $25-30 MILLION per season, possess the self disclipline required to score two points and THEN IMMEDIATELY hustle back on Defense (Again, Defense is Towns Achilles's Heel to his team)?? Ist this part of his job description?? Isn't this what he's getting paid MILLIONS OF DOLLARS to do??
So, then why hasn't this concept been ingrained FROM DAY ONE into the central nervous system of Karl Anthony Towns, the Timberwolves' best player??
As with every business, when it's employees' emotions interfere with their ability to efficiently and affectively perform their job description, that business has a huge problem.
GOD SAVE THE TIMBERWOLVES!!!
https://fansided.com/videos/sendtonews/6pqlBuz6mJ-624068-4471/?utm_campaign=FanSided+Daily&utm_source=FanSided+Daily&utm_medium=email
Click here for Towns video clip
