This was said on ESPN during a “Special KAT Trivia”. What do you guys make of this. The clip is below in this post

Tim Bontemps: Karl-Anthony Towns is allowing opponents to shoot 32/35 (91.4%) in the restricted area

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  3. Yeah 91% is insane. He never been a stout defender. But 91% seems like he not even trying.

  4. KAT is an old school power forward forced to play center in today’s NBA. He actually looked like a good defender playing alongside Rudy in Minnesota when he was guarding 4s. Don’t forget KAT was originally praised for his defense too, he played the 4 in Kentucky alongside WCS.

  6. This is why the Wolves paid as much as they did for Gobert

    KAT is an AWFUL rim protector as the main big

  7. His defense stinks and he better fix it quick or the New York media will be all over him all year

  8. No shit. KAT is a disaster as a primary rim protector, which is why the wolves needed a top 10 all time defender to cover for his deficiencies. 

  11. That’s not his true position but it was either him or Sims.

    Jericho Sims is even much worse because he can’t score for shit nor rebound. Hopefully when Mitch or Precious comes back defense gets better. We have 3 starters not great at defense (JB, Kat, Bridges). OG and Hart has been the only two playing good defense. Bridges should be a great defensive player but we got swindled.

  16. Really useless stat. KAT has played ~600 possessions given his minutes per game and 9 games, and this stat says he’s only been a rim protector for 35 shots? Shit is irrelevant.

    Also watching the Knicks their biggest defensive problem has been that OG and Bridges cant stay in front of anyone, which was what was so exciting about bringing them together in the first place. Not saying KAT is a monster rim protector obviously he isn’t but this is a complete nothing post

  17. He’s a PF being made to play C. Wolves unlocked him by pairing him with Gobert, but before that he was always a liability against other centers. Knicks badly needed a 5 to round out their squad and KAT is still a great pickup but he doesn’t fully cover up that hole.

  19. Y’all ain’t watching the games. No one knows what to do on defense at all vs the Knicks. There is no scheme at all

  26. Scoot to the bucks needs to happen! and actually let him start and work through his mistakes but Doc won’t let it happen

  31. Is the plan for the Knicks to play Mitch alongside him? It’d be a good lineup but man you’re really betting on the health of a couple guys who aren’t that reliable. Idk if they have the assets to find themselves another center either

  33. Same guy that was stopping Jokic (or doing better than any guy on the wolves in the playoffs anyway)

  34. KAT is actually a pretty decent guy to put on big men. Not great, but when he doesn’t have to move his feet, he’s okay. But when you’re asking him to move his feet and protect the paint against cuts, etc, he can’t react quick enough and you end up getting burnt

  35. He has 8 blocks on the season idk if this stat is accurate. He’s obviously not a good defender tho

  36. Tbh, his fouling is more of an issue than his rim protection.

    His fouling actively makes him a worse rim defender

  42. Wonder how many other players are near this %… surely the restricted area is the highest FG% area of thr court?

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