Karl-Anthony Towns: Knicks Acquire NBA's Best Shooting Big Man?

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00:00For the Knicks, this is an incredible move, an incredible move.

00:07The overthinks out there from people are laughable, really, like so bad.

00:12Karl-Anthony Towns has made an all-star team in the Western Conference.

00:19Karl-Anthony Towns, in one player, replaces everything you just sent out in Dante and

00:26Julius.

00:27The size of Julius Randle, the position, the positional needs that you have, Kat checks

00:33that box.

00:34People were texting me, ah man, what about Dante's shooting?

00:37You know how Dante just had a career year from behind the arc?

00:41Yeah, Kat shot it better from behind the arc last year.

00:44I know Kat's annoying for people.

00:47He really is the best shooting big man of all time.

00:49Like Dirk is a better basketball player, but just at shooting three-pointers, Karl-Anthony

00:54Towns does take the cake.

00:59The Knicks five of Brunson, Bridges, Oji, Hart, and Kat, I mean, that's fantastic.

01:11What are we overthinking here?

01:12I mean, really, Julius Randle has proven that they should not be trusting him in the postseason.

01:22You might say, oh, but Kat had some bad moments last year.

01:25He did.

01:26He had some great ones as well.

01:28Here's the big difference, though.

01:29Hey, Kat, listen, Brunson's got it going, Oji's having a nice game.

01:34Can you go be an absolute elite knockdown, spot-up corner three guy?

01:39Yes.

01:40Is that what you want out of Randle?

01:41You don't need that.

01:42You don't need that.

01:44You don't.

01:45But, all right, hey, listen, we need to get some easy baskets, post-touches, Kat, you

01:48got us?

01:49Yes, I do.

01:50Yes, I do.

01:52There are some defensive concerns that people have about protecting the rim.

01:58Here's the reality, though.

02:00Those concerns existed with Julius on the roster.

02:03Julius couldn't defend the rim.

02:04Doesn't make any sense.

02:05So, in order to defend the rim, if you need Mitchell Robinson out there, right, who's

02:12the better partner for Mitch Robb?

02:14Kat or Randle?

02:15What are we talking about?

02:16Obviously, Kat.

02:18Obviously, Kat, who can step out on the offensive side.

02:21I know Julius can shoot.

02:23He's not, he's nowhere near the shooter Carl Anthony Towns is, though.

02:27Kat literally has experience playing next to a seven-footer named Rudy Gobert.

02:33So when you, and again, in terms of shot blocking, I'd rather have Kat than Julius Randle.

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