F our-time NBA champion and podcaster Draymond Green stepped in a bit last week when he accused Karl-Anthony Towns of ducking Jimmy Butler after the New York Knicks big man was ab

Karl-Anthony Towns responded to Draymond Green’s disrespect with a shrug and a plea for positivity. “I choose to approach that with love and not hate. That’s all I really care about,” Towns said Sunday. “I hope no one has to go through what I went through and those kids — and what those kids had to go through. Losing a parent is tough.”

Draymond Green sent well wishes to Karl-Anthony Towns after the death after a family friend, but says he was just repeating what he heard when he said on his podcast that Towns didn’t play for the Knicks against Golden State this week because Jimmy Butler was in the building.

New York Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns is actually skipping the game this time. Towns declined to engage in Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green's verbal

Green let his contempt lead him to surmise that KAT's absence from a game had something to do with his perceived fear of Jimmy Butler.

Green is under fire from Knicks fans and more for suggesting that New York star Karl-Anthony Towns sat out of the Warriors' Tuesday visit to avoid a matchup with former Minnesota

LOS ANGELES — Karl-Anthony Towns responded to Draymond Green’s disrespect with a shrug and a plea for positivity.