Zach Love gets real on the Karl-Anthony Towns All-Star streak
As New York Knicks fans react to Karl-Anthony Towns’ All-Star starter snuckNBA insider Zach Lowe shared his honest opinion on the subject. In the middle surprisingly sudden Knicks trade rumors surrounding Townsfans also expressed their frustration when KAT was not announced alongside All-Star Jalen Brunson as one of the five Eastern Conference starters.
Towns’ glaring shortcomings for the Knicks this season have been factored into his All-Star rollLove said on the Zach Love Show.
“I’m not putting Towns. I’m sorry if your own fans are booing you off the floor. There’s a constant existential dilemma of whether he’s that helpful. How helpful is he? Is he a four? Is he a five? Why isn’t the KAT, Mitch thing going? He’s not shooting that great this year,” Lowe said. “He’s missing a lot of open threes. The misses are bigger, and each one is uglier than the next. It is what it is, and it’s going to be the fatal flaw of this team.”
In the Eastern Conference, Towns had over 1.2 million fan votes, placing him seventh in the East. He was ranked 9th in player votes as well.
Despite averaging 21.0 points and 11.6 rebounds, Towns is shooting a career-low 46.7% from the floor, including 35.8% from three, his worst 3-point clip since his rookie season.
The Knicks are reportedly in trade talks for Karl and Anthony Towns
After Jalen Brunson called a players-only meeting, some believe Karl-Anthony Towns could be part of some drastic changes on the horizon before this year’s trade deadline. Three teams have conducted trade talks with the Knicks over Towns, according to Steve Popper of the Newsday.
“Whispers around the league began to speculate about the possibility of the Knicks moving him,” Popper reported (The Knicks were not shopping Towns or bringing him up to any team, according to one league source). “His name came up when the Bucks and Knicks discussed the possibility of a deal involving Giannis Antetokounmpo, but now league sources say the talks have included other teams, including Memphis, Orlando and Charlotte.”
The NBA trade deadline is February 5.
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