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.”

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Green publicly mentioned the false rumor that Towns skipped the Knicks' Tuesday matchup with the Warriors to avoid Jimmy Butler.

Draymond Green says that his comments about Karl-Anthony Towns' missing a recent game came from "what he heard" after learning that the New York Knicks center didn't go because of the death of a family friend.