Karl-Anthony Towns flashes his Knicks potential in mixed preseason debut
NY Post
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tom Thibodeau’s centers didn’t do that before.
On his second shot in a Knicks uniform Sunday, Karl-Anthony Towns pulled up from 27 feet and buried a 3-pointer, the first glimpse at both the range and confidence of New York’s star 7-footer.
However, Towns struggled with his shot after that conversion.
He missed 4 of 5 3-pointers and finished with 10 points in 15 minutes as the Knicks beat the Hornets, 111-109.
More noteworthy was Towns being outrebounded by Charlotte center Nick Richards, 8-4, before sitting the second half.
Towns will bury his treys and space the floor — as he’s done at a high clip his entire career — but protecting the rim and paint, both Thibodeau staples, are question marks.
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SAN DIEGO — As you may have seen elsewhere in this newspaper (and also if you haven’t deleted me yet from your social media), I have a book coming out Tuesday called “The Bosses of The Bronx.” Much of it details the 37 years’ worth of antics, winning, losing, winning again and overall mania of George Steinbrenner’s time with the Yankees.
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Don’t close the curtain on “Mean” Joe Greene.
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