**The Official Karl-Anthony Towns Thread**

Tirion · Post #681 » by **Tirion** » Wed Mar 9, 2016 9:45 pm

I call him Lightwork after this video (and also because everything looks so easy for him):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6APpwkGyGTE#t=1m03s

Also he's the living embodiment of this Lupe song:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMSvSGCXHJA[/youtube]

Post #682 » by **Klomp** » Mon Mar 21, 2016 8:59 am

Just found this from after the team's last game

[tweet]https://twitter.com/Twolves_PR/status/711054897978994688[/tweet][tweet]https://twitter.com/Twolves_PR/status/711055268067598336[/tweet][tweet]https://twitter.com/Twolves_PR/status/711009847303507968[/tweet][tweet]https://twitter.com/Twolves_PR/status/711053123683553280[/tweet]

Post #683 » by **Klomp** » Mon Mar 21, 2016 9:20 am

Most rookie double-doubles since 83-84:

Shaquille O'Neal 68
Tim Duncan 57
Blake Griffin 54
Elton Brand 42
Karl-Anthony Towns 40

Post #684 » by **C.lupus** » Mon Mar 21, 2016 3:19 pm

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg1i3oJoJOw[/youtube]

http://katcab.net/

Post #685 » by **Klomp** » Mon Mar 28, 2016 8:34 pm

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLvugQ_gqYU[/youtube]

Note30 · Post #686 » by **Note30** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 3:33 pm

What can Towns to do improve at this point? I honestly can't really tell. Defense? Post-game? These are all pretty weak suggestions.

phonzadellika · Post #687 » by **phonzadellika** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 3:51 pm

Note30 wrote:What can Towns to do improve at this point? I honestly can't really tell. Defense? Post-game? These are all pretty weak suggestions.

Towns can do the following things to improve:

He can perfect a no-look behind-the-back half-court shot, such as the one depicted by Brendan Fraser's character in Bedazzled

He can clone himself so we can have a PF/C combination of Towns/Towns

He can petition the NBA to institute multi-ball mini-games (think pin-ball) in which after he does something amazing basketballs are released from the ceiling and he has the opportunity to show-case his ability to simultaneously pass, shoot, and play defense all during the same moment

He can drive a fuel truck in a high-speed chase, crash it, and finally reveal himself as a robot sent from the future to execute the hopes of every other player in the NBA of being the best NBA player of all-time

Mattya · Post #688 » by **Mattya** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 3:54 pm

Note30 wrote:What can Towns to do improve at this point? I honestly can't really tell. Defense? Post-game? These are all pretty weak suggestions.

He could still definitely improve defensively. Most of any criticisms of his game can be chalked up to youth and inexperience right now.

Note30 · Post #689 » by **Note30** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 4:05 pm

phonzadellika wrote:
Note30 wrote:What can Towns to do improve at this point? I honestly can't really tell. Defense? Post-game? These are all pretty weak suggestions.

Towns can do the following things to improve:

He can perfect a no-look behind-the-back half-court shot, such as the one depicted by Brendan Fraser's character in Bedazzled

He can clone himself so we can have a PF/C combination of Towns/Towns

He can petition the NBA to institute multi-ball mini-games (think pin-ball) in which after he does something amazing basketballs are released from the ceiling and he has the opportunity to show-case his ability to simultaneously pass, shoot, and play defense all during the same moment

He can drive a fuel truck in a high-speed chase, crash it, and finally reveal himself as a robot sent from the future to execute the hopes of every other player in the NBA of being the best NBA player of all-time

Or he could just perfect MJ's dunk from Space Jam.

packforfreedom · Post #690 » by **packforfreedom** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 4:09 pm

Note30 wrote:What can Towns to do improve at this point? I honestly can't really tell. Defense? Post-game? These are all pretty weak suggestions.

His half court shots are pretty bad.

Note30 · Post #691 » by **Note30** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 4:23 pm

Mattya wrote:
Note30 wrote:What can Towns to do improve at this point? I honestly can't really tell. Defense? Post-game? These are all pretty weak suggestions.

He could still definitely improve defensively. Most of any criticisms of his game can be chalked up to youth and inexperience right now.

His man to man defense maybe?

Mattya · Post #692 » by **Mattya** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 4:27 pm

Note30 wrote:
Mattya wrote:
Note30 wrote:What can Towns to do improve at this point? I honestly can't really tell. Defense? Post-game? These are all pretty weak suggestions.

He could still definitely improve defensively. Most of any criticisms of his game can be chalked up to youth and inexperience right now.

His man to man defense maybe?

His post defense. He regularly gets overpowered in the post by bigger stronger centers.

Tirion · Post #693 » by **Tirion** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 6:56 pm

His pick-n-roll defense is very bad. But that's expected from a rookie.

The first thing he needs to work on is his body though.

Post #694 » by **C.lupus** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 7:06 pm

Yep, pick 'n roll defense, strength/body, and extending his range a tad. He takes a bunch of long twos just inside the line - he needs to be more comfortable a foot or two further out. This is a lot of nit picking for a 20 year old, though.

Post #695 » by **C.lupus** » Sat Apr 9, 2016 1:40 pm

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/5b031a1756464152982b54910fb52505/karl-anthony-towns-superb-rookie-season-preceded-grief

"I'm in the search for the perfect game," Karl-Anthony said. "I'm like an addict. I've got an addiction to this game. An addiction to being perfect."

Despite his superb first season, which has included being named Western Conference rookie of the month in all five months, there have been days where the title, the perfect game, even the playoffs seem light years away. On those days, Karl-Anthony will go to his phone and pull up a long text message he got from Saunders in July.

It's a blueprint for success in the NBA that Saunders sent him a couple months after he was diagnosed with lymphoma.

"I almost got it memorized in my head," he said. "It's something that keeps me going and lets me know that I'm doing right, that I'm making this dream a reality. I'm just trying every day to make sure that I let people know the last decision he made for this organization was his best one."

RiseoftheWolves · Post #696 » by **RiseoftheWolves** » Sat Apr 9, 2016 7:57 pm

I wanted KAT over Okafor but I didn't expect him to be this good so soon - did anybody?! It might not be fun losing most games but I have genuinely enjoyed watching this young team develop (and improve) as the season has progressed.

RationalGaze · Post #697 » by **RationalGaze** » Sun Apr 10, 2016 2:24 am

RiseoftheWolves wrote:I wanted KAT over Okafor but I didn't expect him to be this good so soon - did anybody?! It might not be fun losing most games but I have genuinely enjoyed watching this young team develop (and improve) as the season has progressed.

For what it's worth I saw him to be this good this soon, but I watched all of UK's games save for 1 or 2 of them during their run. Charlotte should have taken booker, but they're a draft too late nowadays it seems.

Tirion · Post #698 » by **Tirion** » Mon Apr 11, 2016 7:46 am

[YouTube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN4dNUkcIRM[/YouTube]

ace625214 · Post #699 » by **ace625214** » Mon Apr 11, 2016 6:53 pm

That was a fantastic video. Very good breakdown of his strengths and weaknesses.

ace625214 · Post #700 » by **ace625214** » Mon Apr 11, 2016 8:02 pm

And he wins the WC POTW award! This has to help his case for All-NBA

http://www.nba.com/2016/news/04/11/millsap-towns-players-of-the-week/index.html