It was the hardest game, perhaps of Mike Conley’s career. Just traded to the Utah Jazz months prior after spending the first 12 years of his NBA career in Memphis, the point guard returned to

Karl-Anthony Towns will make his long-awaited return to Target Center on Thursday night. It'll be his first game in Minneapolis since the Timberwolves shocked the NBA and dealt him to New York right before training camps began.

NBA seasons are like dog years. And nine with the same team is rare, especially in Adam Silver’s era of player empowerment/movement. To put it in local perspective, the last Knick to play nine seasons with the franchise was Allan Houston — roughly 20 years ago — and he missed 94 of his last 164 games.