Karl-Anthony Towns was hospitalized last week with a throat infection that caused him trouble breathing and forced him to be on bed rest for days.
Towns said his weight was down to 231 pounds (he’s listed at 248), but he didn’t reveal the nature of the non-COVID-19 illness.
Towns didn’t get clearance to walk again until Saturday.
“I’m still recovering. I’m still getting better,” Towns told reporters in Minneapolis before the team left on a 10-day preseason road trip. “There was more drastic things to worry about than basketball [during the illness].”
During the offseason, Towns had stem-cell treatments and platelet-rich plasma injections in both knees, his left ankle, left wrist and right finger.
