Kentucky center Karl Anthony-Towns is expected to be the No. 1 or No. 2 pick in the upcoming 2015 NBA Draft and SNY.tv reported that he will interview with the Los Angeles Lakers and Minnesota Timberwolves only and will not workout for any other team.
Towns or national champion Duke center Jahlil Okafor will end up being the No. 1 pick which belongs to the Wolves and the other will head to Los Angeles which owns the No. 2 pick.
"It would be a blessing and an honor to even have a chance to play for Minnesota and be able to have the chance to play for a great organization and learn from a great mentor like Kevin Garnett," the 19-year-old said via SNY.tv.
Towns is currently working with former UCLA standout Don MacLean and the 1994 NBA Most Improved Player told SNY.tv that he is very impressed with the young big man.
"Because I had a lot of top 10 picks and a lot of really good players, I'm not really impressed or blown away. I had Towns all last week and I was blown away. Blown away," MacLean shared.
UCLA's all-time scoring leader also said, "A kid that big but shoots it that well but handles it that well and understands the game, that's coachable, that wants to get better, wants to be great, I was blown away by him last week."
MacLean also had the chance to work with Okafor andhe believes Towns has a better game.
"Am I a little biased? I've known Jahlil because I've done Adidas nations forever. Jahlil's a great kid and a great player but I just think he doesn't have as much to his game as Karl has," he said.
Towns was a crucial part of this season's Kentucky squad that went 38-0 before falling to Wisconsin in the Final Four of the 2015 NCAA tournament.
The 6-foot-11, 250-pound big man averaged 10.3 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.3 blocks for the Wildcats last season.
