Karl-Anthony Towns responded to Draymond Green’s disrespect with a shrug and a plea for positivity. “I choose to approach that with love and not hate. That’s all I really care about,” Towns said Sunday. “I hope no one has to go through what I went through and those kids — and what those kids had to go through. Losing a parent is tough.”

LOS ANGELES — Karl-Anthony Towns responded to Draymond Green’s disrespect with a shrug and a plea for positivity.

Draymond Green went on his podcast and told the world a lie about why Karl-Anthony Towns missed the New York Knicks’ game with the Golden State Warriors earlier this week. Green said Towns missed the game because he didn’t want to face Jimmy Butler — his former teammate who he once beefed with as members of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green made baseless claims about New York Knicks big man Karl-Anthony Towns, then issued a total non-apology.

After falsely accusing Karl-Anthony Towns—who was attending a funeral—of missing the Knicks-Warriors game because he was "ducking" Jimmy Butler, Draymond Green oddly addressed his false accusation.

Draymond Green isn’t showing much remorse for Karl-Anthony Towns’ loss of a friend. Green claimed on his podcast that Towns missed Tuesday’s game because he didn’t want to play against Warriors star Jimmy Butler, when the Knicks star was really dealing with the loss of a family friend.

On Tuesday, New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns missed his team's 114–102 loss to the Golden State Warriors while his girlfriend—model Jordyn Woods— mourned a friend's death from breast cancer.