Karl-Anthony Towns worked out privately for the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Lakers didn't publicize the workout as they did for other prospects.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have reportedly decided to pick Towns at No. 1 ahead of the Lakers at No. 2. 

The Los Angeles Lakers are believed to be leaning towards drafting D'Angelo Russell with the second overall pick over Jahlil Okafor.

Okafor's second predraft workout was a drop-off from the first while Russell's perimeter shooting was impressive in his follow-up.

The Lakers see a comparison to Stephen Curry in the game of Russell with his ability to both pass and shoot.

Mitch Kupchak will have final authority to make the pick.

As Kupchak said, "It doesn't have to be a consensus. Really, it's going to be my decision, with the support of ownership."

The Lakers are also exploring trade scenarios with the Sacramento Kings centered on DeMarcus Cousins.

Chad Ford reported half an hour before the draft that his intel indicates the Lakers will take Russell.

The Los Angeles Lakers brought Emmanuel Mudiay in for a second workout last Thursday and had a much better showing.

Mudiay played against other prospects this time as the Lakers tried to gauge his play after a season in China.

Mudiay has become stronger, bigger and improved his jumper since he was on the high school All-Star circuit last year.

Kentucky’s Karl-Anthony Towns, the favorite for the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft, will visit the Timberwolves in Minneapolis on Friday, league sources told RealGM.

For now, it is unclear if Towns will participate in a private workout for the Timberwolves on Friday, but the two sides have finalized the meeting.

Towns ascended into a clear favorite for the top selection after spending one season at Kentucky. At 6-foot-11, Towns possesses a tantalizing skill set and frame.

Towns averaged 10.3 points and 6.7 rebounds this past season.

Flip Saunders traveled to Thousand Oaks, California last week to watch a workout for Karl-Anthony Towns.

Despite being a supporter of Jahlil Okafor all season, sources assured Chad Ford that Saunders will ultimately decide to select Towns.

Okafor remains in the picture and was in Minnesota this week.

The Wolves have also tried to get D'Angelo Russell in for a workout, as well as evaluating Emmanuel Mudiay and Kristaps Porzingis.

Kristaps Porzingis worked out privately for the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday.

Porzingis had an impressive open workout on Friday in Las Vegas.

Porzingis is pursuing the Lakers’ pick at No. 2, along with D’Angelo Russell and Jahlil Okafor.

“The biggest thing for me – the thing that I think most about – is that you can get into the gym whenever you want here,” Porzingis told Yahoo Sports over dinner recently. “They give you a card, or a key, and in the middle of the night, if you want to work out, you just go to the gym and get your work in – and I think that’s amazing.

“In Europe, you don’t have that option. You can’t get your work in on a Sunday, because nobody is there. I think that’s one of the coolest things. This year, I didn’t have a place to play. I’ve got to talk to the GM, to talk one of the people who work in the arena to open the door for me. People don’t want to do extra work at the arena.”

Kevin Garnett: “I love his face-up game. He’s got that mid-range shot. I’ve seen a lot of tape where he plays against guys like Shaq [O’Neal], a guy he can’t bang inside with. So faces up, does his little step-back move … Amazing.”

One former NBA Executive of the Year, who won’t have the chance to move up to get him, told Yahoo Sports. “If the draft was one year from now, I think Porzingis goes No. 1. He’s just not fully formed yet and that’s getting in the way of people’s decisions. But one more year, and I think it would be him and then [Karl-Anthony Towns, Russell and Okafor].”

Kenny Payne, associate head coach of Kentucky, received glowing reviews from the New York Knicks on the workout of Willie Cauley-Stein.

Cauley-Stein worked out for the Knicks on Sunday.

“They were floored,’’ Payne told The Post. “I forwarded the text to Willie. He said, ‘It’s amazing people are shocked I can shoot the ball.’ I told him, ‘You never showed it — only in spurts.’ ”

Cauley-Stein is known for being an excellent defensive player.

“Very rarely do you find 7-1 guys with his size and length who can move the way he moves,’’ Payne said. “Not quite at his level, but he’s John Wall-ish at 7-1. That kind of speed and athleticism. When you have a kid like that, the potential is there, talent is there. It’s just getting it where it’s shown.

“Willie can end up being an All-Star.”

Frank Kaminsky will have dinner with the New York Knicks on Wednesday and work out on Thursday.

Kaminsky has a wide potential draft range, but it is unlikely the Knicks would select him at No. 4.

The Knicks are thin in the frontcourt and Kaminsky would be a natural fit in the triangle offense.

Youssou Ndoye, a possible selection in the second round of the NBA Draft, has made plans as a player willing to sign overseas in order to create opportunities as a draft-and-stash pick, a league source told RealGM.

Out of Senegal, the seven-foot Ndoye has played basketball for just the last seven years of his life. In recent drafts, many American prospects have declined the request of NBA teams to be selected late in the second round only if the player accepts being stashed overseas for at least one season. Ndoye, however, is prepared to play overseas in such a scenario.

Ndoye has worked out for the Philadelphia 76ers, Memphis Grizzlies, Dallas Mavericks, Brooklyn Nets, New York Knicks and Miami Heat, with visits remaining to teams that include the San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Clippers, Utah Jazz and Washington Wizards.

Ndoye, 23, averaged 11.8 points and 10.1 rebounds in his senior season at St. Bonaventure. He played at the Portsmouth Invitational in April.

The Indiana Pacers will work out Frank Kaminsky and Myles Turner on Sunday, with other players including Corey Hawkins (UC Davis), Darrun Hilliard (Villanova), T.J. McConnell (Arizona) and D.J. Newbill (Penn State).

The Pacers have attempted to get Kaminsky into a workout for several weeks and they are one of three teams that the forward has targeted as a good fit, according to a source.

Kaminsky interviewed with the Pacers during the NBA draft combine.

"They kind of alluded to the fact that they want to get up and down more, get out and run a little bit more but at the same time under control," Kaminsky said after his meeting with the Pacers at the combine. "That's kind of how it was for me my last year in Wisconsin, so I think it'll be a good fit."