Karl-Anthony Towns’ offseason got another piece of hardware, and this one came with a very different kind of ceremony.
At Towns and Jordyn Woods’ wedding, the Knicks’ NBA Cup championship trophy was displayed alongside the Larry O’Brien, a clear nod to New York’s title run. The Knicks won the NBA Cup in December 2025 by beating the San Antonio Spurs.
The celebration also came with a wink to the season that made the Knicks champions. Guests received hoodies with “Married in five,” printed on the back, a play on the “Knicks in five” phrase that circulated as New York closed in on its first championship in 53 years.
Towns and Woods were married less than a year after he proposed on Christmas Eve in 2025. The couple had celebrated their sixth anniversary in May 2026, making the wedding a long time coming.
Several of Towns’ teammates were there, including Jalen Brunson, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Jose Alvarado, and Miles McBride.
El pasado fin de semana, se casó Karl Anthony Towns, y para celebrarlo por todo lo alto, se llevó a su boda los trofeos de la NBA y de la Copa 🏆 pic.twitter.com/0Uc79gK9nl
— Pasion Basket (@PasionBasketNBA) August 19, 2026
Now Towns heads into his third season with the Knicks as a champion, adding a wedding band to the championship ring he already earned. It’s another milestone for the former No. 1 pick in the 2015 NBA Draft out of Kentucky.
Towns’ résumé was already loaded before New York. As a rookie, he won Rookie of the Year and made the All-Rookie First Team. He has since been selected to six All-Star games and earned three All-NBA Third Team nods.
On the court, his second season with the Knicks brought 20.1 points and 11.9 rebounds per game in the regular season. In the postseason, those numbers dipped to 16.9 points and 10.6 rebounds per game. He was productive in the NBA Finals when he stayed on the floor, but foul trouble was a recurring issue, and he fouled out of Game 5.
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