Karl Anthony Towns Attempts Free Throw, No-one Shakes His Hand
By Rob Perez
The Minnesota Timberwolves were defeated by the New York Knicks on Saturday night by a score of 103-95.
Along the way, Phenom Rookie Karl-Anthony Towns was shooting some free throws. Whether it’s habit, precedence, an unwritten rule, whatever … traditionally, after the first free throw is shot: the two teammates lined up outside the paint for a potential miss take a step in dap up the shooter.
Again: I don’t know how to explain why this is a thing — it just is…
Well, in the first half of Saturday night’s game: neither Andrew Wiggins nor Shabazz Muhammad so much as moved a muscle — and Karl was not ok with that…
Welp: the weirdest NBA free throw tradition just got a little weirder…