Strange autumn-winter break obliges, TrashTalk looks this year at… 74 individual profiles. Why 74? Oh, nothing to do with Haute-Savoie eh, despite the adoration of some for Sainte-Raclette, but rather because these analyzes will take us quietly towards 2021. Because yes, we can confirm it to you, this sordid year 2020 will soon affect its end, it was about time. And today the spotlight on Karl-Anthony Towns, the big cat now undisputed boss of Minny.
Karl-Anthony Towns is a high level interior, there is no doubt about it. Naturally becoming the boss of the Timberwolves, he is 25 years old in the moment of his career when we start to be impatient about his ability to fill his collective trophy cabinet. Certainly, a nice trio seems to have formed in Minnesota, but now, we will have to prove that KAT is the leader of a team… which wins.
A draft number 1 is set to become the future of a franchise very quickly, especially when picked by a team that hasn’t seen the Playoffs in years. If some first picks did not have the expected career (hello Anthony Bennett), the first choice of the 2015 Draft did not wait to show the full extent of his talent by landing in the Great League. No doubt, Karl-Anthony Towns has become in a few months the rising star of Minnesota, the leader of the wolf pack. Already, for its consistency: Rookie season? 82 starting matches. Sophomore season? 82 starting matches. Third season? 82 starting matches. No time to fool around, KAT has directly established itself as the franchise player of Wolves, and it is not the injury that kept him away from the field for half of the matches of the 2019-20 season that will challenge him this title. Then, for his game: during his first five seasons in the League the big cat showed that he knew how to do everything. Dominate in racket, move away to shoot, defend (a little), rebound, pass, score, and even beat up with Joel Embiid: in short, a real all-around player and a modern interior. Suddenly, in the stats it was felt, since Karlo comes for example from the most prolific season of his career with 26.5 points, 10.8 rebounds and 4.4 assists at 50% shooting and 41% at 3- points, scuze. Double All-Star, Towns is now probably one of the five best inside in the NBA but the problem is that Karl is strong but it does not win games: 19 wins and 45 losses for the Wolves the past season, a single Playoffs experience in 2018 for KAT, and a loyalty card already well stamped at the bottom of the NBA rankings.
So, what about KA’s fate in Minneapolis? Should he be playing it Anthony Davis or stay true to the job? In any case, for the moment, the Cat is indeed a Wolf, and the signing of his buddy D’Angelo Russell in the middle of last season was already a first move to keep his star from Gersson Rosas. But now the Wolves need to turn a corner. This year, it’s Playoffs goal, et with the arrival of the number 1 of the 2020 draft, Anthony Edwards, fans of the Minnesota Wolves can be hyped to present a nice big three on the floor. What convince the feline to stay a little more at home, even if we will not hide that the competition in the West promises to be very tough. But what is certain is that if the Wolves squat again at the bottom of the standings next season, the great KAT could well have real desires elsewhere.
- Hype gauge upon arrival in the League: 70%
- Current Hype Gauge: 70%
- Hall of Fame entry gauge: 20%
- The one he would like to become: an NBA Champion cat (because it’s cool)
- The one he hopes won’t become: a Sphynx cat (because it’s ugly)
Karl-Anthony Towns is a franchise player and a potential All-Star multiple. With this modern style of play for an interior, perfectly in osmosis with the current NBA, the cat should, except for injuries, be a regular in the Top 10 for the decade to come. With the Wolves or without the Wolves? For Minny this year, it is Playoffs objective, or at least play-in, and otherwise we will logically come back to the previous question.
