The Knicks Just Keep Getting Better…
The Karl-Anthony Towns trade just took the New York Knicks to a new level.
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Good job on showing the upside and downside of the pick up
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This move works if Thibs accepts that KAT is not, and never will be, some kind of elite defensive center, and this team has to step away from the defensive mindset he has tried to instill. You are not going to play watertight defense with Brunson and KAT on the court. He needs to embrace this team's offensive potential, and I don't know if he's capable of that.
I hate that people immediately went to βwell Kat canβt guard Joelβ LITERALLY NOBODY CAN.
LOL
Excellent video!
Man ny is gonna be buzzing
He better not come to ny on some soft shit.
wolves got finnesed imo, i don't really see how randle can help the wolves. However, donte will be an asset to them with his shooting.
That KAT / Jalen Brunson pick-and-pop is gonna be π₯. KAT is also capable of making good reads on the short roll.
This is an excellent trade with the asset that the Knicks gave up which really is nothing. NY is the perfect situation for KAT as he can be βhiddenβ behind Hart OG, Robinson & Bridges on defense and just focus on Offense with Brunson
Randle: 93% ofr, 21% dfr, 33% 3pt
KAT: 89% ofr, 82% dfr, 40% 3pt
People forget that Hart in the starting lineup giving us blue collar worker triple doubles (10/10/10), will be so important for a team with 39-40% shooters from 3pt. Hart is the best rebounding guard in the NBA under 6'4", and KAT averaged over 11R and 25 pts per game without Gorbert clogging the paint and Edwards taking over the 1a spot on offense. This will be a more fluid, efficient, and more effective lineup without Julius stopping the flow of the ball and without his bone head 4-5 TOs per game.
I hate losing Donte!
Brunson 41% 3pt
Hart 37% 3pt
Bridges 40% 3pt
OG 40% 3pt
KAT 41% 3pt
Brunson > Holliday
Hart = White
Bridges =< Brown
OG =< Tatum
KAT >= KP
Hey, i had hope for him, but he turned out to be a detrimentally lazy defender, a foul-out target, a player who cant create for himself, and most of all a very big baby who thinks hes lebron james. His role was essentially replaced by Naz Reid in the playoffs for a reason. Hes got alot of potential, but hes a dope, t-wolves fans really arent even mad hes gone.
Kat is not elite.
Career averages in Turnovers & Personal Fouls per game:
Embiid
3.4 TOV & 3.1 PF = 6.5
Towns
2.7 TOV & 3.4 PF = 6.1
It's just crazy how people refuse to see the statistics.
The anti-KAT narrative is just disgusting.
Robinson is one of the only players that can stop embid they gotta keep him
Mitch to my pels please if he really is being shopped. Injurues yeah but thats a top 5 defense imo if we can get him
KAT can literally do everything hartenstien could do at an elite level lol
That Randy Moss jersey is absolute fire.
Yeahhhh I don't know about that. KAT will be awful fit on that team.
Respectfully disagree about ever playing KAT at the 4 with Mitch Rob at 5. KATβs center numbers are just way better than his PF numbers (from the limited data set that Iβve seen), and theyβre both injury prone, so staggering their minutes would be better risk management imo.
I wanna see the Knicks trade Sims and Precious for Valanciunas. I know it could be seen as a logjam at the position, but I really think KATβs and MRβs injury history justifies it. JV played 82 games last year and heβs on a $9.9m contract, which is less than $2m more than Sims+Precious. But I could be wrong, maybe depth at a different position is better.
It was a good move for NYK, and a huge risk for MIN.
I only assume MIN mainly wanted Donte + some replacement for KAT
Cool video dude, you talked about interesting things in Kat that I donβt hear that often
This is better than watching SC
Lafayette Haven
Dude your channel is great .simple..no loud intro etc..thanks for the info..GO KNICKS
Smh Wolved fleeced the Knicks.
lol how many 3s did Lauri take per game again? =)) that chart is insane
The Wolves won the trade. KAT wasnβt even in any of the top 8 5 man wolves rotations. He is a liability. Get ready for empty stats NY. Tim Connelly is a genius, Iβm trusting him. We got better now and in the future. Yβall are paying KAT a super max lol
Thoughts on timberwolves without KAT?
Knicks are cursed like browns β¦..
Yes, KAT is a perfect get, I think a lot of fans don't like KAT and therefore see ill in this trade, sure KAT is not Jokic or Embiid, and he's overpaied, but who else is better? Maybe Myles turner, then no one else right? And since Boston is their main target, matching up with Porzingis is the biggest priority, KAT is one of the few who just doesn't bother by a shooting big since himself is one, last year's Knicks seems good but there have no chance against the cels, but now they do, prbly not enough but there is a fighting chance.
Now trade Robinson for Randle!
Losing Dante is BRUTAL. His defense was elite.
Marilie Mountain
KAT will ruin the Knicks, just like he ruined the Wolves. Without him, Wolves would have been in the finals last season.
Great vid Alex!
Shop Robinson? Hmmmmm, I wouldnβt do that unless they can upgrade because heβs really good. We havenβt seen what KAT and Mitchell can do together.
KAT is a center but he can play and more importantly proven he can play PF.