Capn'O wrote:Calinks wrote:Towns is a far more gifted offensive player than a lot of you realize. Man was a walking top ten offense before the Gobert trade. I would say a good chunk, about 30 percent, of his offense was taken away once the Timberwolves got Rudy because Towns had to play PF against quicker guys and the spacing was much different on the court. Even with his neutered offensive game he still managed to put up roughly 20 PPG a night.
Him going back to center will open his game back up. He is an easy scorer and barely ever gets shut down one on one. He alsodrives a lot more than people think, he routinely cooked other Centers from the perimeter with his drives in the season or two before Gobert. His big problem was he gets tunel vision on those drives so when teams started to load up, he created a lot of turnovers. Befor teams got smart with the loading up and foul baiting though, he was roasting normal-slow center out there. It's why in the Memphis series they had to basically take Steven Adams out of the games, Adams is a damn good player but the dude was getting molested by Towns' drive game.
Give him a chance, you will see his crazy talent and reliability. Post-season he has had some problems for sure, I wont dispute that, but for the regular season, the dude is as consistent as it gets and is pure money when it comes to getting buckets. just put down the 20+ points every night on good efficiency, easy, no doubt about it.
I get the sense he doesn't _hold_ the ball too long. Is that accurate?
He doesn't, he looks to pass a lot but... when he drives, he gets tunnel vision. He will make an easy pass to another player around the paint, for example he was probably the second best facilitator to Gobert outside of Conely, he loves to get his teammates involved but he isn't as good of a playmaker as Randle probably is. That said, he is a willing passer for sure and he doesn't take a lot of time with the ball in his hands to do what he wants to do.
He's not the faster ball mover, on the Wolves, a guy like Naz Reid makes his choices instantly, Towns does think a bit or take some more time but he isn't a ballhog by any means or a ball stopper. On top of that he is incredibly efficient. Like I said before, he pretty much is a guaranteed bucket, so him getting the ball isn't a bad thing.
Even with Ant, I still always said Towns is the more RELIABLE scorer. The difference is, Ant in the last season has become a guy who can get his offense off in any situation where Towns would struggle against some defenses. I think a part of this is him playing PF and the paint being clogged up by Rudy. If he gets to play center again, its going to be pretty hard to stop Towns with a lot of space available to him.
When luck shuts the door skill comes in through the window.
RIP mags
