WEBVTT - Karl-Anthony Towns Has Lost Touch With Reality

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<v Speaker 1>I'm trying to be better about not criticizing the human

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<v Speaker 1>being and only talking about the player and what they

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<v Speaker 1>do on the court, and then Karl Anthony town speaks,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's really hard for me to not eviscerate him

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<v Speaker 1>for saying dumb shit, which he continues to do. I

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<v Speaker 1>have friends that are from Minnesota. My mom grew up

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<v Speaker 1>in Minnesota.

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<v Speaker 2>She grew up in Duluth.

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<v Speaker 1>She likes the Minnesota Timberwolves. One of my best friends

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<v Speaker 1>Minnesota Timberwolf fan. Karl Anthony Towns as a person has

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<v Speaker 1>suffered greatly COVID family. Mom passed away, multiple family members

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<v Speaker 1>passed away. All accounts, people think he's a nice guy,

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<v Speaker 1>but why does he keep doing this? Why does he

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<v Speaker 1>keep saying things that are so clearly making him look

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<v Speaker 1>like a bozo, like just a complete joker. Exhibit two

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and ninety one. This happened yesterday. Karl Anthony Towns

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<v Speaker 1>goes on former teammate Pat Beverly's podcast, which I personally

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<v Speaker 1>can't stand that podcast because it's a barstool podcast. But

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<v Speaker 1>that's neither here nor there a barstool NBA podcast, to be.

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<v Speaker 2>Specific, and he said this that is going to haunt him.

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<v Speaker 1>He said, when my time's up and I retire, there's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be people who are gonna say I changed the game.

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<v Speaker 2>Everything's up for stipulation.

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<v Speaker 1>And what I like to say is, when this is

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<v Speaker 1>all over, there's gonna be kids coming up and saying

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<v Speaker 1>they're going to play a different way because I played

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<v Speaker 1>in the NBA and I did it in a different way.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm speechless. I don't know really what to say other than.

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<v Speaker 1>Kat is a fucking idiot, like that is see, this

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<v Speaker 1>is I shouldn't have said that. I should have said that,

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<v Speaker 1>that was mean, that was personal.

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<v Speaker 2>That comment is idiotic.

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<v Speaker 1>That's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard him

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<v Speaker 1>personally say, and he has said a lot of dumb things.

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<v Speaker 2>He is.

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<v Speaker 1>He is not someone who clearly is in control of reality.

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<v Speaker 1>The self awareness aspect of Carl Anthony Towns is lacking.

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<v Speaker 1>He is not aware that he has not won a

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<v Speaker 1>damn thing on the NBA level.

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<v Speaker 2>He's never won a playoff series.

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<v Speaker 1>I think he's won four playoff games, five playoff games.

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<v Speaker 1>All the players, out of all the players in the NBA,

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<v Speaker 1>does anybody say one of the most transformational players in

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<v Speaker 1>the NBA is Karl Anthony Towns like he changed the

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<v Speaker 1>way we play basketball, Carl Anthonys. No, was there seven

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<v Speaker 1>footers who came into the league that shot threes before

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<v Speaker 1>Karl Anthony Towns?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes? Have there been guys I don't know, like like Jokic.

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<v Speaker 1>Have there been guys who played defense better than Karl

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<v Speaker 1>Anthony Towns and still shoot threes. Yes, he's been around

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<v Speaker 1>Rudy Gobert too much. He thinks that every player is

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<v Speaker 1>like Rudy Gobert. That's seven feet tall. No, Carl, like

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<v Speaker 1>fucking Yusuf Nurkit shoots threes. Okay, Like, there's plenty guys

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<v Speaker 1>who do what you do, and you're not Steph Curry. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>people were doing this before you even were alive.

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<v Speaker 2>You're so not transformational.

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<v Speaker 1>You get in foul trouble, you talk too much, You

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<v Speaker 1>say things that get you in trouble. Your teammate, Jimmy

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<v Speaker 1>Butler one of the best, most clutched fourth quarter guys

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<v Speaker 1>in playoff I don't know in our generation. They're calling

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<v Speaker 1>him the second coming of Michael Jordan in the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 2>That's how good he is.

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<v Speaker 1>He wanted to get the fuck away from you. He's

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<v Speaker 1>had a lot of opportunities. He's had a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>opportunities for success. They put guys around him like Aunt

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<v Speaker 1>Edwards and Jimmy Butler, and you know what, this team

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<v Speaker 1>just does not succeed. And you know what, his transformational

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<v Speaker 1>ass will be transforming out of Minnesota Timberwolves jersey and

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<v Speaker 1>into another jersey before this offseason is up. It is

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<v Speaker 1>very concerning to me. And he's getting brutalized obviously by

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<v Speaker 1>everyone from Draymond Green to Tim's Hardaway sor Draymond Green

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<v Speaker 1>tweeted at Pat Bev, Hey, Pat, when people come on

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<v Speaker 1>your show, they change the game, I'm looking forward to it.

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<v Speaker 2>Man.

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<v Speaker 1>Then Tim Hardaway or Tim Hardaway Senior decided to just

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely obliterate Karl Anthony Towns pretty much saying what I think,

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<v Speaker 1>which is, who are all these people saying that you

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<v Speaker 1>change the game?

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<v Speaker 2>Who are they?

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<v Speaker 1>Who are these kids that are gonna come up to you?

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<v Speaker 1>Who are these people who are gonna say you changed

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<v Speaker 1>the game with the way you played.

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<v Speaker 2>First of all, you need to win playoff games.

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<v Speaker 1>You got four playoff wins and twelve tries, zero series wins.

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<v Speaker 1>You go out there, you average twenty three points eleven

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<v Speaker 1>rebounds and you're playing well. He's a good NBA player,

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<v Speaker 1>but he doesn't make anybody better.

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<v Speaker 2>It's about him at times.

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<v Speaker 1>He tries to show up the referee and stay instead

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<v Speaker 1>of going out there to play team basketball. He's out

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<v Speaker 1>there and you don't even see him. Sometimes you don't

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<v Speaker 1>even know he's out there. I think he needs to

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<v Speaker 1>have a reality check and he needs to work on

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<v Speaker 1>his game a little bit more and making his teammates

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<v Speaker 1>better and having a better season.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Yeah, And you know what's the crazy thing.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not even remotely the dumbest thing that he said

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<v Speaker 1>on Pat Beev's podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Listen to this, Jim, I don't care how you said,

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<v Speaker 2>like it was the reason that Denver Nuggets won a

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<v Speaker 2>championship playing in the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 1>Bro.

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<v Speaker 2>They was telling us our players, they were like a

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<v Speaker 2>you know, they just they weren't even talking.

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<v Speaker 1>Well right to area and the person that's just randomly

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<v Speaker 1>right there.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, how is this possible? But they also, what's

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<v Speaker 2>one of the things that like, you see, it was

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<v Speaker 2>more special what we did in Minnesota because we had pause.

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<v Speaker 1>Did he just say it's more special in Minnesota what

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<v Speaker 1>they did than what the Denver Nuggets did when they

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<v Speaker 1>just won the championship.

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<v Speaker 2>Hold on, hold on. It was more special what we

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<v Speaker 2>did in Minnesota because we had we have.

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<v Speaker 1>Like what like a month and then we had training

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<v Speaker 1>camp and it was like you better figure it all

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<v Speaker 1>out right now, and we really figured it out quick.

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<v Speaker 2>Think about it.

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<v Speaker 1>They have what d years?

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<v Speaker 2>If you think about you four years, we gotta done

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<v Speaker 2>it four months? No, you didn't.

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<v Speaker 1>You got to the playoffs in four months. You did

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<v Speaker 1>not get to a championship in four months. This guy,

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<v Speaker 1>this guy, Eh, this guy, this is the gold star,

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<v Speaker 1>aification of our generation where like, you have accomplished something

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<v Speaker 1>because you took the Memphis Grizzlies to six. Congratulations, get

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<v Speaker 1>up on a table. You've made it past the plan.

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<v Speaker 1>What is he talking about? He's gonna get traded, probably

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<v Speaker 1>to a place like New York where the there's a

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<v Speaker 1>fruit flying here. Uh. Probably to a place like New

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<v Speaker 1>York where the local media was going to destroy him

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<v Speaker 1>and on a daily basis, there's no harder rock than

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<v Speaker 1>Julius Randall, and the New York media blender turned him

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<v Speaker 1>into orange Julius. This is all of a sudden, he's

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<v Speaker 1>talking about mental health imagine Karl Anthony Towns. What are

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<v Speaker 1>they going to do with this over ripe tomato that

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<v Speaker 1>is Carl Anthony Towns. They will squish him into the ground.

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<v Speaker 1>We will find out. God help Karl Anthony Towns. I

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<v Speaker 1>can't help him at all.

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