Karl-Anthony Towns says he put wedding planning with fiancée Jordyn Woods on hold while he focused on winning an NBA championship—after leading the Knicks to their first title in 53 years and delivering another postseason performance marked by nearly 16 points
Karl-Anthony Towns didn’t exactly have time to shop for a wedding cake while New York was chasing history.
Fresh off delivering the Knicks their first NBA title in 53 years. the star said he left wedding planning with his fiancée. Jordyn Woods. on the back burner until the championship goal was done. He framed it as simple priorities—one mission first. everything else later—telling MISRYOUM from a Raising Cane’s restaurant in Times Square in Manhattan. “I need to start planning. I need to start there. The only thing I’ve been planning this whole time was an NBA championship.”.
In his world, the “planning” meant basketball—specifically the Larry O’Brien Trophy. The season was already in motion when the Knicks kept rolling. and once the playoffs started. Towns’ team went on a historic run. That run ended with a 4-1 win in the NBA Finals over a Victor Wembanyama-led Spurs team.
Towns’ impact showed up on both ends. He averaged nearly 16 points and 11 rebounds throughout the playoffs, and his defense was described as pivotal for New York.
For Woods and Towns, the romance has been building alongside the basketball grind. They started dating in 2020 and went Instagram official in September 2020. Towns popped the question on Christmas Eve 2025 with a massive 15-carat emerald-cut diamond.
Now that the championship work is finished, the timeline is clear—at least for the next few days. The Knicks star’s only remaining stop before settling into wedding planning is Thursday’s ticker-tape parade down the Canyon of Heroes. After that. Towns says he’ll finally have the time to shift gears. go back to wedding planning. and turn the moment they’ve been waiting for into something real.
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