An emotional moment between Karl-Anthony Towns and his father, Karl Sr., on the second Mother’s Day since the passing of his mom. 💙 (🎥 via @espn) pic.twitter.com/vLGl6M4936 Towns said the Knicks always held a special place in his mom’s heart.

At Karl-Anthony Towns’ previous stop, the pervasive perception was that the Minnesota roster was created to topple one team, in particular. “They’re built to beat us,” Nikola Jokic said in May, just before his Nuggets were eliminated by the Timberwolves.

The New York Knicks are dealing with a setback before the start of the NBA season after ESPN senior NBA insider Shams Charania broke the news that Precious Achiuwa will miss the next two to four weeks due to a strained left hamstring.