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Jon Krawczynski

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824 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

And to see him kind of return here and absolutely lay waste to the Timberwolves was just a weird feeling. You know, I went to New York for the preseason game with them. And so I've seen him in a Knicks uniform before, but to see him in a Knicks uniform again, at Target Center, it was definitely weird. It's kind of like, this is really happening. And there he was.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

I remember when he was a baby-faced 19-year-old kid coming in as a number one overall pick and kind of going through all of the things, both positively and negatively, that he did. And now it does appear that in year 10, coming off of a Western Conference Finals run, with a really good team around him now, that he's just...

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

I remember when he was a baby-faced 19-year-old kid coming in as a number one overall pick and kind of going through all of the things, both positively and negatively, that he did. And now it does appear that in year 10, coming off of a Western Conference Finals run, with a really good team around him now, that he's just...

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

I remember when he was a baby-faced 19-year-old kid coming in as a number one overall pick and kind of going through all of the things, both positively and negatively, that he did. And now it does appear that in year 10, coming off of a Western Conference Finals run, with a really good team around him now, that he's just...

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

really settled into who he is as a player and he looks just incredibly dominant. And it was a glaring thing because everything he did tonight is exactly what the Timberwolves lack right now.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

really settled into who he is as a player and he looks just incredibly dominant. And it was a glaring thing because everything he did tonight is exactly what the Timberwolves lack right now.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

really settled into who he is as a player and he looks just incredibly dominant. And it was a glaring thing because everything he did tonight is exactly what the Timberwolves lack right now.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

Yeah, I think it's I mean, they are searching right now offensively. And I think, you know, there's some glaring, glaring problems right now with the way that Julius Randle wants to be effective and the way that the team overall wants to do it. I mean, you're talking about a very.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

Yeah, I think it's I mean, they are searching right now offensively. And I think, you know, there's some glaring, glaring problems right now with the way that Julius Randle wants to be effective and the way that the team overall wants to do it. I mean, you're talking about a very.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

Yeah, I think it's I mean, they are searching right now offensively. And I think, you know, there's some glaring, glaring problems right now with the way that Julius Randle wants to be effective and the way that the team overall wants to do it. I mean, you're talking about a very.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

isolation heavy player Anthony Edwards is an isolation heavy player as well and so you put the two of them together and you just see stagnancy all of the time I mean in the second quarter I think they had two points in the first five minutes of the quarter and most of the possessions that they had in the half court were either no pass or one pass possessions and it was over with and part of that is you know the way that Edwards and Randall like to probe and

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

isolation heavy player Anthony Edwards is an isolation heavy player as well and so you put the two of them together and you just see stagnancy all of the time I mean in the second quarter I think they had two points in the first five minutes of the quarter and most of the possessions that they had in the half court were either no pass or one pass possessions and it was over with and part of that is you know the way that Edwards and Randall like to probe and

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

isolation heavy player Anthony Edwards is an isolation heavy player as well and so you put the two of them together and you just see stagnancy all of the time I mean in the second quarter I think they had two points in the first five minutes of the quarter and most of the possessions that they had in the half court were either no pass or one pass possessions and it was over with and part of that is you know the way that Edwards and Randall like to probe and

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

Because Carl Anthony Towns is not there as the spacer, as the real threat on the perimeter, opposing defenses can pack the paint against Anthony Edwards. And so he drives downhill and there are two or three guys at the rim every single time because he's on the floor with Julius Randle, Rudy Gobert, and Jaden McDaniels, who are not threats to score points. from the perimeter.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

Because Carl Anthony Towns is not there as the spacer, as the real threat on the perimeter, opposing defenses can pack the paint against Anthony Edwards. And so he drives downhill and there are two or three guys at the rim every single time because he's on the floor with Julius Randle, Rudy Gobert, and Jaden McDaniels, who are not threats to score points. from the perimeter.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

Because Carl Anthony Towns is not there as the spacer, as the real threat on the perimeter, opposing defenses can pack the paint against Anthony Edwards. And so he drives downhill and there are two or three guys at the rim every single time because he's on the floor with Julius Randle, Rudy Gobert, and Jaden McDaniels, who are not threats to score points. from the perimeter.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

And so they, I think they're getting close now. They're 26 games into the season to really having to ask themselves, do you make a real change in the starting lineup? Do you look at putting Nas Reed, who is a better shooter, even though he has really shot the ball poorly this season, he is a better shooter from the perimeter at the four.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

And so they, I think they're getting close now. They're 26 games into the season to really having to ask themselves, do you make a real change in the starting lineup? Do you look at putting Nas Reed, who is a better shooter, even though he has really shot the ball poorly this season, he is a better shooter from the perimeter at the four.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

And so they, I think they're getting close now. They're 26 games into the season to really having to ask themselves, do you make a real change in the starting lineup? Do you look at putting Nas Reed, who is a better shooter, even though he has really shot the ball poorly this season, he is a better shooter from the perimeter at the four.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

And do you try to put Julius Randall in more of a featured role with the second unit, something like that, because he, Everything else that they have tried offensively has just not worked even remotely so far. And they have to find a way to get a rhythm and get a flow going.