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We’re nearly one month into Karl-Anthony Towns’s first season with the New York Knicks, and so far the results are an extreme microcosm of his entire career. Towns has been unstoppable on offense and is getting exposed on defense, with tangible impact on both sides of the ball that illustrate just how contradictory his presence can be.
On the heels of their splashy summer, the Knicks are off to a 7-6 start. According to Cleaning the Glass, their offensive rating with Towns is 125.1 and they’re scoring 8.7 more points per 100 possessions when he plays—two marks that place him in the 94th and 87th percentile at his position, respectively. Meanwhile, the Knicks’ defensive rating is 119.1 and the team is 5.3 points per 100 possessions worse with Towns on the court, putting him in the 22nd and 24th percentile. In simpler terms: Towns ranks 15th in offensive estimated plus-minus and 270th in defensive estimated plus-minus.
