LAS VEGAS — Karl-Anthony Towns stood even taller with a hat backward on his head.
The cap had the words printed proudly in capital letters: "MINNESOTA WOLVES."
No one had told him that once you make the NBA, it's not so cool to wear team gear out on the town.
But the first overall draft pick had just finished his first NBA game, albeit at the NBA Summer League on Friday night, and Towns had clearly enjoyed it. He learned a lot about defensive alertness through his nine personal fouls—you're kindly allowed 10 before you foul out of a 40-minute summer-league game—and Towns got the message that he has to find a new level of conditioning and intensity now that John Calipari's five-minute, hockey-style substitution system at Kentucky is behind him.
"It's different, obviously," Towns said. "I'm not gonna lie."
When it was over, Towns asked where his parents were.
That was a frequent refrain after the NBA Summer League's showcase event, which pitted Towns and the young Timberwolves against the Los Angeles Lakers, who featured No. 2 overall pick D'Angelo Russell, Julius Ra ...
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