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Comparison of Timberwolves’ Towns to a young Garnett

Karl-Anthony Towns and Kevin Garnett have already been promoted as the mentor and mentee, the past and the future, and likely the two best players in franchise history. And there are certainly many similarities.

Marino Eccher at the St. Paul Pioneer Press took at stab at relative deep-dive comparing the two big men, primarily focusing on their respective rookie seasons.

Eccher correctly notes that Towns was the better rookie, and it wasn’t particularly close. He primarily uses per-game statistics to make the case, which is shoddy at best, but the conclusion is more or less correct.