Towns wants to play in summer with DR national team
The Dominican Republic National Basketball Team is preparing to participate in the FIBA World Cup this coming summer and it would be ideal to have all of its basketball stars, including those playing in the NBA.
The climate is ideal for players like Al Horford and Karl Towns to return to the national team and join an exciting crop of talent that includes Chris Duarte, Jean Montero and Lester Quiñones.
And all signs point to the fact that KAT could return to play in the Dominican jersey, as he recently expressed on the ‘Off Guard’ podcast with Austin Rivers in which he talked about how his plans could change next summer.
“This summer might be different, because this summer I want to go play for the Dominican Republic national team. I’m trying to figure that out right now,” Towns expressed about his future plans.
The Dominican Republic earned the right to participate in the FIBA World Cup to be held jointly in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia thanks to a win against Argentina in their final Group E game.
“In the summer I like to travel, I like to do my own thing, I like to train…. I’m weird. In the summer I like to do things on my own, work on my shooting, my tools and stuff like that. I’ve played so much that I know what to expect from the other guy when he defends me.”
“I’ve never felt like anyone can defend me, so I don’t have to go places to play five-on-five, or one-on-one. I know they can’t defend me. That’s the confidence I have, that’s how I feel, working.”
Towns, who is in his eighth season in the league and currently plays for the playoff-chasing Minnesota Timberwolves, went on to talk about the experience of playing with the Dominican national team at ‘Off Guard’.
“It’s very rewarding to do something here than doing it somewhere else. It’s a different reward that you get. I played with the Dominican Republic national team and I remember we qualified for the World Cup, it was the second time we had ever made it in the history of our country, before I went to college. It was crazy. You get nicknamed on the street, you become a national hero… it has a different impact on you,” Towns concluded.
