Austin Rivers reacts to KAT’s meniscus injury: He is vital to the Timberwolves | Get Up

Austin Rivers reacts to KAT’s meniscus injury: He is vital to the Timberwolves | Get Up

Austin Rivers is here you know what’s interesting Austin in our first hour today you told me the team you really believe in in the western conference is the Minnesota Timberwolves and we have this breaking news this morning from our Brian wior their Star Center Carl Anthony towns has a left knee injury it

Is described as a miniscus injury and is out indefinitely the team is evaluating options let me run through some numbers here towns is averaging 22 points a game is the second leading scorer on a team that is tied for first in the western conference with OKC so Anthony Edwards

Has been that team star but Carl Anthony towns has been their stalwart for what feels like it’s approaching a decade at this point this is by far the best team they’ve had in that stretch of time and again the information that I’m getting and I’m and I’m doing this real time

Here is that it is an injury to the miniscus in the left knee we do not have a definite timeline on his ability to return this is literally information that’s being given to me as we speak so it is as hot off the presses as it can possibly be reaction Austin Rivers this

Is huge um well first off we have to figure out the level of the miniscus te um if indeed it is torn there’s now not a certainty that it is torn just to make sure that we’re clear that was the original information we had now it’s not

A certainty so we’re waiting to get to evaluate just how significant the injury is well if it is a significant Terr then we’re looking at it High change in the landscape of the Western Conference um he is the Batman to Anthony Edwards Robin uh he’s vital to this team I mean

We talked about this team last year not working with the two bigs they have figured that you know equation out 22 points per game what he does on offense what he does for defense just in terms of size when we talk about Minnesota being able to compete against Denver we

Talk about Rudy goar we talk about Naz re but of course we talk about Carl Anthony towns these are guys that they have to Anchor this team down if he’s not in the picture I mean we’re talking about a whole different team here um and

I love Nas Reed that that that man can play but but Carl Anthony towns is a whole different level of a player we’re talking about an All-Star yeah so you know this changes everything oh we’re talking about a guy I mean I I I I voted

For him I can’t remember now if it was second or third Team all NBA last year that’s how good a year that he had and how good of a a player he is and you know at a time in the league where we are sort of transitioning from your

Traditional Powers right like LeBron and the Lakers Steph and the Warriors KD and Phoenix like these are the teams look at the top of the standings Denver obviously the defending champs but the Thunder and the Timberwolves so there’s two ways to look at this one of them is

Maybe this takes Minnesota out of the championship mix the other is it might set up a team up at the top of the standings that isn’t nearly as strong as their record would indicate if they are without him and maybe that opens a door for one of these lower teams to pull off

An early win you uh you nailed it right on the head I mean if he’s not in the picture in the playoffs if you get a Lakers or a phoenix or uh or Warriors in that the eighth spot and they’re going against the Minnesota Timberwolves without Carl Anthony towns yeah I mean

That’s a whole different series now you know now we’re looking at a probability for an upset of an 81 and I’m not saying that Minnesota Timberwolves can’t pull it off I know Anthony Edwards is special he is dynamic as they come but Carl Anthony towns is vital for this team

Success uh I was there last year with this team we were a much better team when Carl was on the floor versus when he wasn’t and if he’s not in the picture what he adds in terms of spacing his shooting ability his ability to score inside and out um and then his two-man

Game with Anthony Edwards it’s just vital for their success and if he’s not in this picture man you got to think about well now the Warriors and these Suns and the Lakers these teams could could easily come in there and compete and beat that team I I do not think it

Is criticizing Anthony Edwards or anything about that team to say you take the second most important player exactly of any team in the NBA and it obviously changes their Outlook yeah I mean that’d be like talking about the Bucs and Dames out I mean we’re talking about a whole

Different team now so it’s just this is really unfortunate man I mean this has had a they’re having a big time year and this has been huge for the city of Minnesota um this is the first time that they’ve really had this success since the era of Kevin gett and you know you

Want to see this team and you want to see the small Market teams you know specifically have success especially in the postseason so I hope the tear is not full I hope he’s able to come back soon and compete again the the the word that we’re getting is that it is a miniscus

Injury to the left knee at first there was some conflicting information about whether or not it was a tear my understanding now is that has not been confirmed so we’re waiting to see exactly what the injury is and how significant it is and once they know

That I’m sure they’ll have a sense of of is he out for the rest of the year is this something he can come back and play from how how much time would he need let’s just very quickly to finish up the topic how how much time before the end

Of the season would he need to be able to come back what do we have a month left or something like that in the regular season how much time does he need to sort of ramp himself back up there if he misses some time but is able

To return It’s Tricky man with big men you know we’re talking about a lot of weight it’s it’s always it’s always a little bit more Dynamic when we’re talking about a guy guy who weighs 250 plus pounds yeah so you know this is this is different they got a lot of

Pressure a lot of weight on those joints and those knees you know so we’ll see uh but Carl’s a resilient guy he’s a hard worker he’s a guy that lives in the gym I would imagine that uh he’ll be able to come back from this pretty soon let’s

Hope that he can because you’re right I mean they’re having a dream like a Magic Carpet Ride kind of season like hope let’s hope that it stays uh that way all right we’ll get you the latest information the really good NBA action from last night and we’ll come back to

It so Austin rers we talked yesterday about how much we both believe in the Milwaukee Bucks Giannis and Company taking a six-game win streak into to take on Golden State Steph Curry and company coming off that disaster that we saw over the weekend but last night it

Was Steph knocking him down the Fairway quite literally look at Golden State Austin out in transition yeah they’re moving the ball looked like last night they had a lot more pop a lot more energy especially coming off with that horrendous loss versus Boston Warriors a 20po halftime lead again over the red

Hot bucks and then look at jannis stuff not not once but twice hey man listen Jackson had a huge game not only on defense but on offense he ran the floor was great in the pick and roll I like him with this team yeah that was Trace

Jackson Davis who you’re going to see with the Finish there that was all one sequence he blocked Giannis twice and then finished on the other end with the alleyoop now here’s Draymond Green when that’s going you know you’re in trouble Warriors up 25 and now here’s Steph to sort of put a

Little ribbon on it all Steph had 29 Points eight rebounds five assists Warriors Cruz a big win there goes the Milwaukee win streak here’s the situation in the west okay you see just how jammed up everybody is I mean the distance from 5 to 10 is basically one

Good week so we’ll see where this thing all shakes out so so me will the real Golden State Warriors please stand up they’re down 50 on Saturday night and here they are blowing at Milwaukee what what is Steph’s team right now it’s hard to judge you know on one end we have a

Game like last night where they’re going against a red hot bucks they have a great game it’s not like Steph had a dominant performance but it just seemed like from a team aspect they were all around pretty solid and then on the other end we have a game where they lose

By 50 to the Celtics so I think right now what we need to look for is consistency in this team to where they’re getting consistent play from players other than step it seemed like last night they played with good energy multiple guys stepped up had games uh

That’s what you want to see from them are you a Believer I mean they have Championship pedigree I’m more of a Believer than them in them than the Lakers at this point I think I do especially with the with the ankle injury with with LeBron um you know they

Had a bad loss last night to the Kings you know for me I feel right now the Warriors are tapping into a Groove they could be a dangerous team well that’s interesting we we we opened the show actually this morning by showing you that highlight of the Lakers getting

Blown out by Sacramento and LeBron limping off the court with that ankle with about four minutes to go he he talked afterwards like he didn’t think the injury was a terrible deal but but let’s let’s get into that so LeBron’s team which made a run from the playin

All the way to the final last year the Western Conference Final you trust Steph’s team more than you trust LeBron’s team the only reason I say that is just because this team was in a similar spot last year so to ask them to do the exact same thing again as a lot

Especially on a you know what is this a year 21 for LeBron to ask him to do this again and put this team on the shoulders just seems a little bit too much for me uh whereas the Warriors it seems like this whole year they’ve been kind of

Lacking but now they’re starting to tap in Steph has a guy named Jonathan kaminga a young player play who he knows he can rely on who’s shown that he has the capability to be a big time second option so you know I neither of these teams I have contending in the west but

You know if I have to pick a team who I think can get out of the playing make the playoffs make a little run I’d have to go with the Warriors we we could live in a world I don’t expect it because I think the suns are going to get hot but

We could live in a world where LeBron Steph and KD are all in the play in if that doesn’t tell you that the NBA is changing in a New Direction I I don’t know what else does young stars and of those those three the one we believe in

The most their team this year is Anthony Edwards I like Minnesota oh okay so we’re going away from all of the superstars or the older guys are talking about no I like I like many I know that’s a little people aren’t talking about them as much but that that team is

Serious with their size and their defensive capabilities I think Minnesota can cause problems for Denver he is the real thing okay stay stay close by Austin we’ll have much more Hoops as we continue and in the meantime let me show you who had some serious flavor last

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Austin Rivers reacts to KAT’s meniscus injury: He is vital to the Timberwolves | Get Up
Austin Rivers joins Get Up to discuss Karl-Anthony Towns suffering a meniscus injury, the Golden State Warriors’ win over the Milwaukee Bucks and LeBron James’ left ankle.
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