SALT LAKE CITY – After the Timberwolves 112-102 victory over Utah, the last three players in the locker room were Karl-Anthony Towns, Robert Covington and Kelan Martin.
Towns and Covington took the opportunity to let the rookie know that postgame dinner and drinks were on him -- and they were going to order the expensive stuff. Towns looked at Martin’s shoes, concluded they were new and surmised that Martin’s checks must be clearing.
Welcome to the NBA, Kelan Martin.
The undrafted rookie out of Butler was all smiles as he took the ribbing in stride. He had just completed the best game of his young career, going 6 of 7 for 14 points, with seven coming in the final quarter as the Wolves pulled away from the Jazz.