Karl-Anthony Towns gives an honest response to the attack
The The New York Knicks will enter the upcoming NBA season with high expectations after last year’s run to the Eastern Conference finals. New head coach Mike Brown will try to get the most out of a New York roster that was within striking distance of a trip to the NBA Finals, and Karl-Anthony Towns can be a key part of the team’s effort to get over the hump.
Despite many reasons for optimism, Towns recently offered realistic understanding on what his ceiling might be under Brown’s offensive scheme.
“Honestly, I don’t know… I don’t know,” Towns told SNI. “But we get it. Honestly, I just don’t know … it’s just different. It’s different.”
Towns averaged 24.4 points, 3.1 assists and 12.8 rebounds in 72 games last season under head coach Tom Thibodeau. It’s possible the 29-year-old could be in for an even more impressive campaign with a coach like Brown at the helm.
Brown has made it clear that he wants the team to be a faster attacking team and one that can increase the tempo of the game when needed. But, like Towns, he tried to calm down early expectations.
“It’s not going to happen Game 1, Game 2 — we’re not going to go out, can we go out great? Yeah, who knows,” Brown told the New York Post. “We’re going to have our ups. We’re going to have our downs. We can’t go too high if it’s going well. We can’t go too low if it’s not.”
“We have to stay composed and know that this is a marathon, not a sprint, at the end of the day.”
The New York Knicks will begin the regular season on Wednesday night when they host the Cleveland Cavaliers.
2025-10-21 17:16:00
