Karl Anthony Towns to El Comercio: “Leandro Bolmaro is a special player”

The Argentinian Leandro Bolmaro made his preseason debut of the NBA last Monday in the victory of their Minnesota Timberwolves versus New Orleans Pelicans. Although he only played 8:45 minutes, the former Barcelona surprised everyone with his defensive aggressiveness and with an assist that lifted everyone from their seats. Given this, El Comercio spoke with Karl Anthony Towns, the best player in the franchise, who complimented the Las Varillas native.

Minnesota Timberwolves the preseason of the NBA with a 117-114 win over the New Orleans Pelicans at the Target Center in Minneapolis. Karl Anthony Towns he was the best player of the game after contributing 15 points, dropping seven rebounds and distributing four assists in just 14:18 minutes of play.

This franchise will seek to reinvent itself this season, since in previous seasons it was always marked by instability and injuries. Under the technical direction of Chris Finch and with KAT as an angular gamer, Timberwolves will seek to classify PlayOffs by Play-In.

In the same way, this season will also be special for the Latin American public since it has arrived Leandro Bolmaro, 21-year-old Argentine forward from Barcelona of the ACB League in Spain.

The consulted has Karl Anthony Towns for the impact it has had Bolmaro in training and in his first game, when he dazzled with a great assistance that got into all the highlights of the match.

The pivot of Timberwolves, with a huge smile, he said the following: “I think everyone knows what I think of him. He is a very complete player, he fulfills many facets of the game, without a doubt he is a special player. That first assist he gave was brilliant. I had already seen her in training, but I was surprised to see her on the field. It will be one of the attractions of the NBA, it is a lot of fun to watch and also to play alongside him. ”

Chris Finch: “Bolmaro will have to continue adapting to the NBA”

Similarly, I spoke with the coach of Timberwolves, Chris Finch, on the impact of the Argentine in his first game with the Minneapolis franchise shirt.

The coach responded as follows: I’ve said it before: Leandro Bolmaro he is an impressive player. You have to keep growing and learning. He will have to adapt to the NBA, we will take him little by little. He is not afraid of having the ball in his hands and creates a lot of play, it will be important for us ”.