With Jimmy Butler demanding a trade and the T-Wolves season circling the drain just 10 days out of training camp, the Minnesota front office made a preemptive move by signing their superstar big man, Karl-Anthony Towns to a five-year $190 super-max extension. Towns, 22, was the first overall pick of the 2015 NBA draft and has never missed a game in his three years with the T-Wolves. Last year, Towns averaged 21.3 points, 12.3 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks as the Wolves made the playoffs for the first time in 14 years.

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Under the deal, Towns could command up to 30% of Minnesota’s salary cap if he were to make one of the league’s three All-NBA teams, be voted league MVP, or be named the league’s Defensive Player of the Year. Towns was the 2016 Rookie of the Year, was a Western Conference All Star, and was 3rd-team

All-NBA last year.

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