SportsGuru08 wrote:Shaka_Zulu wrote:Domejandro wrote:This talking point kills me, because it's the complete opposite where Karl-Anthony Towns should be throwing up way more threes than he currently does. He already drives a ton, which leads to a bunch of offensive fouls. Towns' whistle is horrendous.
These people don't watch games, they just listen to Chuck talking points about Kat needing to drive and not shoot 3s. "Hurr durr back in my day a big went to the basket, so he should too."
When we litterally are way more likely to lose if Kat just drives (more turnovers/offensive fouls), then focus on shooting 3s which he is insanely elite at.
He carried us first quarters vs Suns game 4 by basically being lights out from 3, when they overhelped on Ant. And he is so big he shoots over most matchups.
Giannis and Jokic have won championships in recent years without shooting a ridiculous amount of threes, scoring primarily inside or on midrange
KAT and Embiid have relied ridiculously on shooting threes and what has it gotten them? Nothing.
Relied... ridiculously? Towns takes 5 threes per game (61st in the league), Embiid takes 3.6 (would be like 120th if he qualified).
Basically if you watch a lot of Wolves games (and root for them to win) you spend a lot of time begging for Towns to shoot more 3s and post up less. He's a good post up player, but he forces things and turns it over a lot. Also, when he's posted up, our offense completely bogs down with 2 bigs in the paint and nowhere for Anthony Edwards to go.
Towns is amazing when he's at the top, forcing defenses to guard him far from the basket, and then making quick drives when there's a defensive breakdown. Happy with him punishing a mismatch in the post, but it's generally been bad for our overall team offense.
I wish Towns would shoot 7-8 threes per game. He's such a ridiculously good 3-point shooter at his size, and he doesn't utilize it enough.