Here’s New York Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau on the offensive evolution of Karl-Anthony Towns.
(via SNY):
“I had him when he was young, and even then I think the second year he’s averaging 25 or 26 points a game. I just remember watching him shoot in practice, and obviously he was doing it in the game, but the way he was shooting: you do shooting drills, and he wouldn’t miss any. And you’re like, ‘This guy can really shoot.’ And then, he can play back to the basket. He wasn’t quite as strong as he is now, and obviously didn’t have the experience. So he didn’t go through understanding the league, his opponents, the guys he was going against, the guys that were guarding him. Now, he has that. And the thing is he’s a student of the game, he keeps adding.
“The passing is really I think evolved. He’s always been unselfish. He’s always been a team-first guy. But now, I think he really sees things. He understands what the defense is trying to do. He knows if there’s over help. He’s seeing the whole floor now. Essentially, like most young guys, the vision was more narrow. It may have been on one guy, but now he sees more than one guy. He sees the defense. He sees where everyone is. If there’s an over help, I could fake here, and then throw there, and that goes a long way.”
