Karl-Anthony Towns blames adjusting to Knicks ‘different system’ after another poor performance
NY Post
DETROIT — Over three months into the season, Karl-Anthony Towns is still often struggling and still adjusting to Mike Brown’s system.
The All-Star center produced just six points in Monday’s 121-90 loss to the Pistons, already the fourth time he failed to score in double digits this campaign. Last season in a much larger sample size, Towns only once scored fewer than 10 points.
“Different system,” Towns said. “It’s just different.”
It’s “different” and not good for Towns’ numbers. He’s taking fewer shots and converting at a much lower percentage than last season under Tom Thibodeau.
“Biggest adjustment is for me. Like Mike said, I make the biggest sacrifice,” Towns said. “We’re figuring it out. We’ve got a long flight, a practice tomorrow, we’ve got to sit down and figure out who we are and how we want to get back on track.”
Following Monday’s dud, Towns is averaging 21.5 points on 47 percent shooting overall and 35.6 percent from beyond the arc. Last season, he averaged 24.4 points on 52.6 percent shooting overall and 42 percent from beyond the arc.
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