Coming into this season, Karl-Anthony Towns claimed that he had been held to 60 percent of his potential. Of course, many of us scoffed at Towns typical press machinations. But maybe we should have been taking him a little more seriously.
Karl-Anthony Towns has long been part of the NBA’s new “Unicorn” designation, primarily reserved for the new-age Bigs who can defend the rims and shoot threes. Over the last few years, this designation has evolved to include players like Ben Simmons and Giannis Antetokounmpo who are simply unlike anyone else in the NBA.