Karl-Anthony Towns Has Classy Response to Draymond Green's Ducking Comments

New York Knicks big man takes the high road.

New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns (32) high-fives with teammates during the second quarter against the Miami Heat at Kaseya Center. / Sam Navarro-Imagn Images

Four-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 absent for his team's game against the Golden State Warriors. In reality Towns was attending the funeral of a family friend who had died after a cancer battle.

Draymond Green suggests on his podcast that Karl-Anthony Towns missed Tuesday’s game vs GSW because he wanted to avoid Jimmy Butler. Green casually throwing this out there on his platform without researching the situation is extremely irresponsible: pic.twitter.com/UkUpMp2111

— Ian Begley (@IanBegley) March 6, 2025

When Green was informed of the situation by a reporter, he explained that it's just something that he heard and sent well wishes before strangely proclaiming that the Draymond Green Show will go on.

Q "You seen reaction to your KAT comments [that he ducked game v Warriors]? Were you aware of circumstances?"

Draymond "No"

Q "He was at funeral for family friend"

Draymond "Oh man…But what I heard was…what I heard…I send well wishes…but the Draymond Green Show will go on" pic.twitter.com/jy0RICbUvv

— New York Basketball (@NBA_NewYork) March 7, 2025

Towns took a different approach when asked about the situation on Sunday, offering positivity and perspective while letting it be clear he has no animus toward Green for the commentary.

“I choose to approach that with love and not hate. That’s all I really care about,” Towns said on Sunday,per Stefan Bondy of the New York Post. “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."

It's a class move and hopefully can be the end of this storyline. Unless of course these two teams find themselves in a playoff series. If that happens, there's no way the media lets bygones be bygones.

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