The message the Knicks sent to Karl-Anthony Towns as foul woes pile up
NY Post
ATLANTA — Begrudgingly, Karl-Anthony Towns understands he may have to change aspects of his game as offensive fouls pile up amid the increasingly watchful eyes of the referees.
“I’m going to keep doing my thing. Maybe I’ll have to change my game up a little bit, if that’s what they’re trying to tell me I need to do,” Towns said. “[The refs] didn’t tell anyone else that, but they’re telling me that. Maybe I have to do that.”
Towns entered Saturday’s game against the Hawks with 31 offensive fouls, by far the most in the NBA. Jaren Jackson Jr. was second with 24.
The whistles aren’t new — Towns led the NBA the previous two seasons in offensive fouls — but the volume has increased, and there seems to be a focus on his hook move with the off arm, which Towns sometimes uses to get around defenders.
Jalen Brunson said the team relayed to KAT the importance of avoiding the hook foul, adding that he’s seen progress.
“Well, refs have meetings, refs watch film and they do their homework as well. And I think they go into games figuring out what they need to watch for. And KAT just has to do a better job of not using his off arm,” Brunson said. “And we tried to explain that to him. And he’s getting better at it. I think even the minor contact stuff that he does gets called for offensive fouls.
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