Timberwolves’ Karl-Anthony Towns not happy with Anthony Edwards’ diet: ‘We’re high-level athletes’

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards has had an inconsistent start to the 2022-23 NBA season. He scored 30 points in two of the team’s first four games, but scored just a total of 20 in the other two, including a nine-point performance against the San Antonio Spurs on the second night of a back-to-back. When asked how he could help Edwards improve, Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns made it clear that he isn’t especially happy with his teammate’s diet. 

“Maybe I could do a better job of teaching him how to take care of his body, diet and everything,” Towns said after the loss to the Spurs on Monday night. “That’ll be on me. I know you all think it’s funny up here when he talks about Popeye’s and all that shit. That doesn’t make me happy to hear. We’re high-level athletes. But also, that falls on me too, you know. The old cliché falls on you. Everyone wants to take the blame, but it’s on all of us.”  

You can hear Towns’ full comments below: 

While he probably meant well, some NBA analysts think that Towns’ comments were out of bounds, and shouldn’t have been made public. 

“It’s unacceptable,” ESPN NBA analyst Kendrick Perkins said of the comments. “As KAT continues to grow in a leadership role he can’t do those type of things. That’s the kind of conversation you gotta have behind closed doors. [Edwards] is young. He’s very confident and he’s going to continue to find his way,…