The Truth About The Karl-Anthony Towns Trade

The Knicks are all-in, finding the solution to their limited Center rotation with Karl-Anthony Towns, but does this actually move the needle for them?

[djskinny]

The Knicks are not handicapped... They are set up to be able to keep Brunson, KAT, O.G, Mikal and Hart for the next 4yrs and stay under the apron. They have the best capologist in the league Brock Aler who have made this roster possible under the new CBA restrictions

[playcost]

Not gonna lie as a celtics fan this is probably a 7 game series between the Knicks and the Celtics

[shorewall]

If you want to ding them for injury risk, then I never want to hear Embiid's name again, or the 76ers. Any team can have an injury. And every team is hoping to stay healthy. Just grade them assuming health, because obviously if key guys go down, then they are not gonna go far. And if the Knicks are healthy, then they are absolutely contenders. The Nuggets won with barely a 7 man rotation, and I don't see people saying the Celtics have great depth. When you have a great starting 5, that is your depth. You mix and match to keep most of your talent on the court at any time.

[mikeonawave]

dont overthink it. the bulls were an insane defence with vuc at center. i think kat would be fine as far as hes not in drop coverage. anunoby and mikal bridges would carry. but when robinson or achiwa is in, they can tilt back to their more traditional defensive roles

[richcantgame]

Imagine KAT is reinvigorated and somehow hits another level. Turns an already good team into an all timer.

[adampeters]

KAT’s image rehab narrative shift is gonna make me sick, dude was clowned and shit on constantly for his entire career and the second he leaves MN and goes to NY everyone starts doing tricks on it lol

[Ataraxia_Atom]

This video aged well. Kat is smoking hot in NY

[NguyenNguyen-xvli]

THE GOAT HAS RETURNED WITH ANOTHER BANGER!

[MarkG]

Why not start Achiwa instead of Hart? He would be in the dunker's spot and he acts as the rim protector on defence. Hart comes off the bench as the do it all energy 6th man.

So the lineup is Brunson, Bridges, OG, Kat and Precious. Precious can hold the fort until Robinson comes back!

[mambaASI]

I think too much is being made about knicks defense with KAT at the 5. They'll still have a top 10 defense. Offense should be top 3. Also if they're not contenders, who is exactly? Keep in mind, celtics are not just contenders they are outright favorites. So to be a contender doesn't mean you are the favorite, it means you have a chance to beat the favorite. If that isn't the knicks in the east, I guess celtics just gonna steam roll the east again? Cuz no one else in the east has a better shot. Sixers and bucks have the same injury/depth issues actually even worse since their star players are injury prone whereas knicks role players are injury prone. Cavs aren't much of a threat healthy or not.

[zackhalilovic]

thibs moved away from deeo drop coverage last season, the bigs would play alot closer to the level, so i dont think theyd employ kat like that

[yaboiconnor]

Precious achiuwa was actually a solid backup for the Knicks last season he was able to space the floor sometimes. He played with a lot of heart

[michaelahurt]

To be fair Boston is just shallow as NY and has their own share of injury risk.

Also the fact Boston is fairly static on offense helps NY. The Knicks are one of the few teams with the wings to match up up with Boston's wings and letting their center (KAT) hang out with KP above the break won't hurt their defense like it does most teams. (It might help.)

They can definitely turn it into a rock fight and if they can, well there are few guys you want in that type of series more than Brunson.

[montygranito]

the knicks turned a backup center ( ihart) into an elite pay day. Imagine what they are going to do with KAT

[gugga]

people also heavily underrate brunsons as a driver. hes been top 5 in floaters attempted and fg% and drives attempted and fg% for the past 2 years. giving him more space allows him to operate and pick which shot he wants on all 3 level

[jasonmadinya]

i think the knicks were really good last at rotating and not getting burned for it. if kat can do a decent job showing high and eventually recovering down low the other guys can still disrupt the offense. even jalens been good at stepping over and getting in the way. it wont necessarily be straight forward for teams to take advantage of kat in the pnr

[bluechox]

You’re complaining about our defense… but this would be the same case with Randall… so talk about the improvement made

[eyablonovsky]

NY almost never used drop coverage last year. They were always hedging and pushing up into the ball handler. I believe in Thibs and his defensive philosophy. The biggest concern is depth and injuries. If they don’t get injured this year like last year, the Knicks are going farther than they have in years.

[redhood]

Ngl I was skeptical that is was a lose lose trade but this vid convinced me that the Knicks won the trade. Wolves offense will get worser than it already was bc Randle is much worse shooter than KAT. But he does offer the Wolves a second shot creator that KAT didn’t really provide

[Java]

pretty much every team in the east especially the nicks have to pray the heat get out of the play-in and beat boston lol