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**The Official Karl-Anthony Towns Thread**

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Post#1241 » by KGdaBom » Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:43 am

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KGdaBom wrote:Did Jimmy ever say publicly that he was unhappy with KAT. EVER? Maybe he did and I haven't seen it. It has been rumored that he is unhappy with the competitive fire of some of his teammates. As for KAT I seriously thought he was likely to end his career as an all time top ten player. However, he continuously plays CRAP D despite having all the talent in the world to be a top D player. KAT needs to take responsibility rather than get upset if Jimmy is calling him out.
It has been confirmed by local media there is in fact a rift (Wiggins and Towns) and back-channels have been used to make it known, but nothing technically "public" that I have seen.

I'm a little confused by your wording. Are you saying there's a rift between Towns and Wiggins or Butler/others have a rift with the two of them?

Shangrila. Butler has not stated to anybody publicly that there is any problem with him and Towns. There are rumors that Butler is fed up with lack of effort by some members of the team that include Towns and Wiggins. Here is the dictionary meaning of the word rift I found at a quick glance. "A serious break in friendly relations". I hope this is helpful and I hope this drama ends soon, but it probably won't.
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Re: **The Official Karl-Anthony Towns Thread** 

Post#1242 » by KGdaBom » Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:49 am

ALICEinJAM wrote:Cant wait for this drama to end


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Re: **The Official Karl-Anthony Towns Thread** 

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Re: **The Official Karl-Anthony Towns Thread** 

Post#1246 » by KGdaBom » Fri Jul 20, 2018 5:10 pm

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Is 91 good?

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So kind of good, but not elite player good. Got it. What scores do LeBron, Harden, Curry and Durant get? Jimmy Butler?
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Post#1247 » by AirP. » Fri Jul 20, 2018 5:18 pm

KGdaBom wrote:So kind of good, but not elite player good. Got it. What scores do LeBron, Harden, Curry and Durant get? Jimmy Butler?


Believe LeBron is 98 this year.

Last year...
Butler 89
Harden 96
Curry 96
Durant 96
Westbrook 93

They also can fluctuate in the year based off play and injuries.
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Re: **The Official Karl-Anthony Towns Thread** 

Post#1248 » by KGdaBom » Fri Jul 20, 2018 5:29 pm

AirP. wrote:
KGdaBom wrote:So kind of good, but not elite player good. Got it. What scores do LeBron, Harden, Curry and Durant get? Jimmy Butler?


Believe LeBron is 98 this year.

Last year...
Butler 89
Harden 96
Curry 96
Durant 96
Westbrook 93

They also can fluctuate in the year based off play and injuries.

Butler IMO definitely underrated.
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Re: **The Official Karl-Anthony Towns Thread** 

Post#1249 » by Folklore » Fri Jul 20, 2018 5:54 pm

KGdaBom wrote:
AirP. wrote:
KGdaBom wrote:So kind of good, but not elite player good. Got it. What scores do LeBron, Harden, Curry and Durant get? Jimmy Butler?


Believe LeBron is 98 this year.

Last year...
Butler 89
Harden 96
Curry 96
Durant 96
Westbrook 93

They also can fluctuate in the year based off play and injuries.

Butler IMO definitely underrated.


Just like most of your takes you're going off information you know nothing about.Butler is an 89 but but that's because his three point shooting may be low but his mid is high. There's more to it than just numbers.Town is rated high but its mainly for his shooting, speed, reb and low post scoring but his low post Def may be 75 or block is 55...his Def iq is probably low too.

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Post#1250 » by Calinks » Fri Jul 20, 2018 6:12 pm

91 is pretty good. Just under the few top players in the game. He probably comes out around the 10-15 top rated players. Rating is a bit subjective in 2K though different positions have different skills that have different influences on the overall number.
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Re: **The Official Karl-Anthony Towns Thread** 

Post#1251 » by KGdaBom » Fri Jul 20, 2018 6:24 pm

Folklore wrote:
KGdaBom wrote:
AirP. wrote:
Believe LeBron is 98 this year.

Last year...
Butler 89
Harden 96
Curry 96
Durant 96
Westbrook 93

They also can fluctuate in the year based off play and injuries.

Butler IMO definitely underrated.


Just like most of your takes you're going off information you know nothing about.Butler is an 89 but but that's because his three point shooting may be low but his mid is high. There's more to it than just numbers.Town is rated high but its mainly for his shooting, speed, reb and low post scoring but his low post Def may be 75 or block is 55...his Def iq is probably low too.

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Folklore I do know nothing about this as it is a Video game score and I haven't worked in the video game industry since 2003. However, that is no reason for you to be rude to me. I'm asking questions to learn more about this. I'm just going off how good I know Jimmy Butler to be in real life. IMO he is a better player than KAT so he should have as good or better a score than KAT. You might think KAT is better so the scores are appropriate.
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Re: **The Official Karl-Anthony Towns Thread** 

Post#1252 » by AirP. » Thu Jul 26, 2018 2:17 pm

Not sure this is true but could be an interesting situation.
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Re: **The Official Karl-Anthony Towns Thread** 

Post#1253 » by KGdaBom » Thu Jul 26, 2018 5:00 pm

AirP. wrote:Not sure this is true but could be an interesting situation.
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I find the "I broke up with you so now I need to get rid of all evidence you were ever in my life" thing childish.
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Post#1254 » by life_saver » Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:21 pm

His tweets yesterday make sense now...ppl thought those were related to Jimmy/Thibs initially
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Re: **The Official Karl-Anthony Towns Thread** 

Post#1255 » by Domejandro » Sat Jul 28, 2018 8:32 am

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AirP. wrote:Not sure this is true but could be an interesting situation.
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I find the "I broke up with you so now I need to get rid of all evidence you were ever in my life" thing childish.

Given the celebrity status, I totally understand if it is a different situation, but I somewhat agree. I still have pictures of my ex and our prom pictures up on Instagram (literally only two posts from a couple years back, but still), it really is not a big deal. We also ended the relationship on good terms though, so again, I could see that changing the context.
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Re: **The Official Karl-Anthony Towns Thread** 

Post#1256 » by PerkinsFor3 » Sat Jul 28, 2018 9:13 am

KGdaBom wrote:
AirP. wrote:Not sure this is true but could be an interesting situation.
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I find the "I broke up with you so now I need to get rid of all evidence you were ever in my life" thing childish.

Im not judging how other people cope with their breakups....
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Re: **The Official Karl-Anthony Towns Thread** 

Post#1257 » by Calinks » Sat Jul 28, 2018 4:35 pm

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AirP. wrote:Not sure this is true but could be an interesting situation.
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I find the "I broke up with you so now I need to get rid of all evidence you were ever in my life" thing childish.

Im not judging how other people cope with their breakups....

Yep. A lot of people do this with social media stuff. Also seeing as how in some cases you see stuff about the person constantly pop up it could be a sore reminder.

Also when I saw this thread had new posts I was thinking someone was bashing him for posting stuff about him playing Fortnite again l :lol:
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Re: **The Official Karl-Anthony Towns Thread** 

Post#1258 » by Klomp » Sat Jul 28, 2018 4:54 pm

Remember too, there are two sides. Maybe the GF wanted him to clear his social media. Like Calinks said, it can be a sore reminder, and I would think especially so if the person you broke up with is famous.
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Re: **The Official Karl-Anthony Towns Thread** 

Post#1259 » by packforfreedom » Sat Jul 28, 2018 6:49 pm

KGdaBom wrote:
AirP. wrote:Not sure this is true but could be an interesting situation.
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I find the "I broke up with you so now I need to get rid of all evidence you were ever in my life" thing childish.


but he IS still a kid. people tend to forget that.
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Re: **The Official Karl-Anthony Towns Thread** 

Post#1260 » by KGdaBom » Sun Jul 29, 2018 12:16 am

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AirP. wrote:Not sure this is true but could be an interesting situation.
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I find the "I broke up with you so now I need to get rid of all evidence you were ever in my life" thing childish.


but he IS still a kid. people tend to forget that.

I remembered that. He is young enough to still be childish.

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