Karl-Anthony Towns
He described experiencing a sense of calm and peace that seemed to come directly from the woman above, referring to his mom. He felt as though he was a child again, preparing to head out for his Saturday AAU games and Sunday AAU games. In some respects, he felt like he was seeing her in the stands. KAT
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I don't want to sound sugarcoating or anything like that, but Shaq, you would know what I'm saying. I don't know what it was, but I just felt a calm and a peace that I don't know had to become from the woman above. So I felt really confident about today. I felt good. You know, I felt like a kid. It felt like it was just fun out here. This is something that as a kid you always dream about. You always hope that you just hope to be an NBA player, let alone to be in the NBA Finals. And all day was just a weird feeling. It felt like I was a kid getting ready to go play my Saturday AAU games and Sunday AAU games. And in a way, I felt like I was seeing her in the stands. And it was just it was it was fun. It was really fun. And it was really comforting because, you know, game one of the NBA finals, you're told how the pressure is going to be and everything is. And I don't know. It felt like a certain presence was here that was very comforting and very loving. I felt like I could have fun out here and game one NBA finals which is the weirdest thing because you would expect to have the pressure at the highest. Yes. Rest in peace to your beautiful mother. I appreciate this is the first
