Charles Barkley: Karl Anthony Towns never takes advantage of his size, gets abused by small defenders

[UpAndComing]

5:50


- "Some analytics guys got mad at me and Shaq because we want big men to go in the post. If you have a mismatch, you for sure need to go in the post"
- "KAT is a good player, but one thing that annoys me is that he never takes advantage of his size"
- "If the Timberwolves are going to play KAT and Gobert together, he will always have a little guy on him"
- He rather just jack up 3's. And they have a chance to lose against a small ball team if they try to get in a shooting contest. Him shooting 3's makes it easy for opposing defenses"


This is facts. Nothing I hate more than a 6'11" shooting guard . Get in the post. Dude sometimes just plays soft

 

[IIVI]

It's crazy, KAT is a decent passer and got a seriously good jump shot.

Dude can be on that Luka "Too fukking small!" lane and body 90% of the league when they switch on him, but he keeps settling for 3's.

Sure, do that when slower, stronger centers are defending you but there is zero reason to take jump shots when a guard or wind switches. That's straight up an easy basket or drawn double team.

 

[jaydawg08]

Its the reason why the Timberwolves aren't viewed as a contender. In the playoffs if they matched up against GS, or the Lakers no one is surprised if they lose that series

It's mostly because of the way that KAT plays

 

[HandyWithTheSteel]

Didn’t Barkley say the Timberwolves would never be good with Towns and Gobert? Now he’s trying to switch up the narrative to save face.

 

[In The Zone '98]

The current formula has them on pace for 55 wins

If they lose in the first round then you can bag on 'em

We don't know what the playoff strategy is. We have to get there.

 

[jaydawg08]

The current formula has them on pace for 55 wins

If they lose in the first round then you can bag on 'em

We don't know what the playoff strategy is. We have to get there.

Goberts playoff stats aren't great on the defensive end from what I remember.. KAT is not a playoff guy either, so you're depending on Ant-Man

He's capable, but he's young

 

[King Harlem]

I feel like KAT has worked on that a bit this year and improved his effort on defense.
Some of this isn't on him. Its part of the teams philosophy that in order to have him and Gobert on the court at the same time for spacing purposes KAT will spend a lot of time on the perimeter.

 

[UpAndComing]

The current formula has them on pace for 55 wins

If they lose in the first round then you can bag on 'em

We don't know what the playoff strategy is. We have to get there.

For what it's worth, I do believe they match up very well with the Nuggets

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

For what it's worth, I do believe they match up very well with the Nuggets

Dumb teams don’t match up well with smart teams

 

[FaTaL]

Didn’t Barkley say the Timberwolves would never be good with Towns and Gobert? Now he’s trying to switch up the narrative to save face.

To be fair, most of his takes are wrong

 

[UpAndComing]

Dumb teams don’t match up well with smart teams

Got a point

 

[FTBS]

Its year 9...he is who he is at this point. That said, having somebody like Rudy actually hinders his ability to post. You wanna feature him as a post threat you need a shooter at 4/5 next to him.

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

He a bytch. Thought that wouldn’t be news to anyone

 

[Raquinotj]

I mean Jrue Holiday a Point guard put him in JAIL.

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

James Harden and Terance Mann locked him up today so Chuck is probably right