Karl Anthony Towns wins the 2024 Social Justice Award

[DLoMor]

Dedicated by Kareem Abdul Jabaar, congratulations to him but more random awards thrown out? Or just because he was one of the players who had a big voice on equality.

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/275650/Karl-Anthony-Towns-To-Receive-23-24-Kareem-Abdul-Jabbar-Social-Justice-Champion-Award

[MarcusBrody]

From your own link:

Towns played a key role in the passage of Minnesota’s Restore the Vote bill (H.F.28), a bipartisan legislation that restored the right to vote to more than 55,000 formerly incarcerated people in March 2023.

[GSWFan1994]

30 years from now: "here are the nominees for the Jimmy Butler Award, who goes for the player with the most awesome haircut during the media day sessions in training camp".

[Anderson Hunt]

I admittedly don't know the actual definition of "social justice", but it seems this award should be named after Craig Hodges.

[UcanUwill]

It is weirdly titled award, since a lot of people turned phrase - social justice, into a negative, but congrats.

A do always forget this award. Hustle award I never forget, and I feel by now most fans know what it is, but it always becomes a thing cause A list media forget what it is, which to me is embarrassing at this point. I have listened yo Vernon and O'Connor, and they don't know what it is still, these people make money covering NBA.
Vernon and O'Connor had their share of clueless moments. Last summer they dedicated entire pod for World cup, and then they transitioned to some NBA topics and World champion title came up, and they both are like - if NBA champs are not world champs, then who is, Olympic champs? They literally said this in a pod they spent first 45 minutes covering Basketball World Cup... I swear some people... Anyway, sorry, not much to say about Social justice award.

[Dominator83]

Supermax incoming

[eskis]

Social Justice Award > MVP Award

[reddyplayerone]

30 years from now: "here are the nominees for the Jimmy Butler Award, who goes for the player who the most awesome haircut during the media day sessions in training camp".

Finally gonna get some awards people can truly believe in and care about

[DLoMor]

I think that this also shows how nice and great of a person he is, right?

[NoDopeOnSundays]

I think that this also shows how nice and great of a person he is, right?

Never had any off court problems, and the worst thing anyone's ever said about him is that he's "soft". He seems like a good guy in general.

[DLoMor]

I think that this also shows how nice and great of a person he is, right?

Never had any off court problems, and the worst thing anyone's ever said about him is that he's "soft". He seems like a good guy in general.

Yea and the greatest shooting center of all time that’s for sure too.

[ryan in Maine]

Low-key the best award to win.

[ejftw]

[akula1488]

reminds me when all the kids get participation trophies after a piano recital

[MoneyTalks41890]

It is weirdly titled award, since a lot of people turned phrase - social justice, into a negative, but congrats.

Imo you don’t let bad faith actors misinterpret words. Like how woke is used by a lot of folks now as a stand in for a slur in a way that is often racist.

[SOUL]

reminds me when all the kids get participation trophies after a piano recital

It's actually not like that at all if what they're involved in leads to actual improvement or change in a substantive way.

Also, it's shocking that people have turned something which quite literally means making sure that everyone's rights and respected and equal, which should be bipartisan/global idealism, into something that people attribute to "wokeness".

KAT has been through a lot, so nice to see him still being able to help others out while struggling in his personal life.

[ThumbsUpBaby]

reminds me when all the kids get participation trophies after a piano recital

How is that even anything close to what KAT achieved? God forbid, he put in the work to help other people and gets recognized for it. It's like some of you guys don't want people to actually be you know... a good person.

[wablty]

I think that this also shows how nice and great of a person he is, right?

Never had any off court problems, and the worst thing anyone's ever said about him is that he's "soft". He seems like a good guy in general.

Yea and the greatest shooting center of all time that’s for sure too.

Which he said. To be fair, he's probably right. Dude can shoot.

KAT is never going to be the superstar folks thought he might be his first two years just because in the modern NBA you need to be able to handle the ball or be so elite at something else that it breaks the rules, and he's just a good ISO scorer, solid rebounder, good paint scorer and excellent (but not gamebreaking Curry level) shooter.

Which still makes him a pretty nice #2 now that he understands his role. And it seems like he's a pretty solid dude that helps because he wants to?

If the Wolves ever get to the point where they start getting rings, I think his narrative will change. A lot.

[dk1115]

You guys are all wrong. The social justice award is just the MVP of society.

[Sofia]

I said the clutch and hustle player awards are random and stupid. This one is not one of those.

Leveraging your privileged position to meaningfully encourage change to improve society should be celebrated.