Karl Anthony Towns returned to action after testing positive for COVID-19 in a 119-112 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday.
It was great to see the big fundamental man back snagging a double-double and giving the fans what they’ve missed since his absence.
“I am a high-risk case,” Towns said of his experience with the coronavirus. “COVID did not treat me well whatsoever. A lot of scary nights. One of the things that I told my sister when I got COVID was that, ‘Hey, I got it, and I don’t got a good version of it. I got a lot of COVID in me, but I am going to fight and beat it.'”
“Through all the long nights where I was just not feeling well whatsoever and the vitals weren’t good and decisions had to be made on my health, I kept [my family and my niece and nephew] in mind. They pushed me to continue doing things. When COVID kept messing with my body, my mind and spirit, I thought about them and my mother.”
“I felt very guilty about the treatment I got,” he said. “And I feel that should be more widely available to Americans, to anyone in the world. I felt very guilty even getting something that could help me more just recover, stay healthy, stay alive. There is such mental strain through all this time, a feeling of guilt because of the resources I have, and I wish I could spread these resources with as many people as possible. The guilt, just a lot of demons I haven’t dealt with that I put to the back burner for basketball.”
During his time away, Towns was mourning the loss of his mother Jacqueline Cruz who tragically passed away from complications to COVID-19.
Although the Wolves are 6-19, Towns has an advantage to protect the rim limiting teams from outscoring the Wolves in the post.
Click on the next page for Towns post-game press conference.