Karl Anthony-Towns isn’t making headlines just for the blockbuster trade that sent him from Minnesota to the Knicks.
The new Knicks big man and his girlfriend, Jordyn Woods, stirred buzz they might be engaged when she showed off a massive diamond on her ring finger in photos she posted Thursday on Instagram.
Woods, who donned a blue and orange Knicks sweatshirt, simply captioned her post with an orange heart emoji.
It left some fans asking “are you engaged?” in the comments, while others gushed over the her diamond ring.
“Well damn,” singer Jilly Anais, who’s dating Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson, wrote.
“Beautyyyy,” Sky All-Star rookie Angel Reese added.
The engagement buzz came after Towns opened up about cheating rumors during a recent appearance on Shannon Sharpe’s “Club Shay Shay” podcast.
“I’m coolin’, I’m good, life is good for me,” Towns, 28, said when Sharpe mentioned a rumor that he was “seeing somebody else” other than Woods. “I think that we both live in the public eye.
“We both have different things, different rumors that have been completely false.
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“We understand people are going to go with whatever’s the most entertaining. It doesn’t have to be the truth, it just has to sound the best. For us, we know who we are to each other. We know what we stand to each other we know the life we’re building.”
Towns added, “We ain’t worried about none of that.”
Towns and Woods, who met through mutual friends, celebrated four years together in May.
That month, the couple purchased a $14 million home together in Los Angeles.
It’s been a big week for Towns.
After nine seasons together, the Timberwolves traded the four-time All-Star to the Knicks for center Julius Randle and guard Donte DiVincenzo in a deal that was finalized Tuesday.
Towns sported new Knicks jersey with No. 32 in in training camp at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C. on Thursday.
The Knicks have a preseason game against the Hornets on Sunday.
They open the 2024 season against the Celtics in Boston on Oct. 22.