BREAKING: Timberwolves’ Karl-Anthony Towns reportedly out indefinitely with torn meniscus | GET UP

BREAKING: Timberwolves’ Karl-Anthony Towns reportedly out indefinitely with torn meniscus | GET UP

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 score 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 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 meniscus 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 tear then we’re looking at an entire 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 Reed 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 Allstar 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 timber 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 Phoenix or uh or Warriors in the A spot and they’re going against a Minnesota timber wolves 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 8-1 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 vers 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 of any team in the NBA and obviously changes their Outlook yeah I mean that’d be like talking about the Bucks 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 Garnett 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 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 sometime 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 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 uh 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 Spe now hero I just don’t want to see the people suffer First Blood enemy double kill Dragon strike an enemy has been defeated to Hell taste my spear combine an enemy has been defeated tile I never fight just for the sake of fighting my battles need to have meaning an enemy has been defeated you need the Dragon out of my way you have defeated an enemy ultimate what part of these Tales is actually has been defeated I suppose it’s the part where no one ever defeats me your team has destroyed the tower out of my way you have been defeated sh down an ally has been defeated Ewing For For Speee e First last breath double Kill your team has destroyed a tower an enemy has been defeated an ally has been defeated double kill an ally has been defeated an ally has been defeated I feel an enemy has been set Victory

BREAKING: Timberwolves’ Karl-Anthony Towns reportedly out indefinitely with torn meniscus | GET UP