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Karl-Anthony Towns received a car as a 30th birthday gift, but it wasn’t just any car. The car he received dates back to his childhood.
His longtime girlfriend, Jordyn Woods, gave Towns the exact same car that his late mother, Jackie, had when Towns was a young man. Jackie died of COVID-19 in 2020 at age 58.
The car is an Isuzu Trooper manufactured in the 1990s; The model was last manufactured in 2002.
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Karl-Anthony Towns of the New York Knicks celebrates with Jordyn Woods after defeating the Detroit Pistons in Game 4 of the first round of the Eastern Conference NBA Playoffs at Little Caesars Arena on April 27, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
“Over the summer, Karl asked me if he could drive any car for a day, what would it be? I responded and his response was, ‘I wouldn’t pick anything crazy, I just loved the car my mom had when I was a kid.’ So these past few months I went on a mission to find the car, shipped it across the country, fixed it up and was able to surprise him with it today, his 30th birthday!” Woods wrote in an Instagram post.
The post included a video of Towns driving the car and a photo of Towns and his mother with the car from years ago.
New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns scores against the Indiana Pacers during the fourth quarter of Game 5 of the NBA Eastern Conference finals, Thursday, May 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
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“This shit is so hot,” Towns said in the video. “This is the best thing ever.”
Woods and Towns were friends before they started dating in May 2020, a month after Towns’ mother died.
Jordyn Woods and Karl-Anthony Towns at the GMC Hummer EV Campaign Launch with Don C held on October 11, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Michael Buckner/WWD via Getty Images)
Towns, a New Jersey native, joined his hometown New York Knicks last season and helped them reach the Eastern Conference Finals. They are the favorites to represent the East in the NBA Finals this season, which would be the first since 1999, or when Towns first rode in the backseat of the Trooper.
