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

[CHICAGO]

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.

HAVE THEY WON A PLAYOFF SERIES YET?

WILL ANYONE BE SHOCKED
IF THEY GET BOUNCED IN THE 1ST RD?







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[Goat poster]

KAT is one of my least favorite NBA players


Talented ......but just SOFT for no reason

 

[The_Sheff]

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.

That’s the NBA media and fan base in general. Folks couldn’t get enough of dumping on the wolves for that trade but now that they have the best record in the west nobody is saying anything.

 

[In The Zone '98]

That’s the NBA media and fan base in general. Folks couldn’t get enough of dumping on the wolves for that trade but now that they have the best record in the west nobody is saying anything.

I don't really hear Rudy complaining about touches anymore.

It might be their time.

 

[Boonapalist]

His lower body’s probably too weak. Easy for shorter stockier defenders to get leverage and move him off his spots

 

[Admiral Ackbar]

I feel like KAT and Goebert could go high/low and dominate, but coaches spend too much time looking at analytics.

 

[BigTyme Records]

Crazy how Barkley is the “voice” of playing Basketball the right way

Dude was a bad defender, shot way to many 3s and held the ball for too long

 

[Sccit]

KAT PLAYED BIGGER BEFORE GOBERT ARRIVED

 

[Rekkapryde]

That’s the NBA media and fan base in general. Folks couldn’t get enough of dumping on the wolves for that trade but now that they have the best record in the west nobody is saying anything.

Of course.

No one likes to admit when they look dumb.

But they have to at least win their first round series and not embarrass themselves in the second round MINIMUM

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

Naz Reid doe

 

[threattonature]

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.

How so? Having Rudy on the floor forces defenses to make a decision. Put your biggest post defender on Kat at which point Rudy should kill the other team on the offensive boards. Keep a smaller guy on Kat at which point Kat should eat in the post. Or you force the other team to go bigger than normal which then can fukk up the other team's offense. The person it hurts is Edwards IMO.

Another wrinkle that's helped is that Katt has gotten better at feeding Gobert as well when teams overhelp on him in the post to get Gobert easy buckets.

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

Crazy how Barkley is the “voice” of playing Basketball the right way

Dude was a bad defender, shot way to many 3s and held the ball for too long

Isn’t 20 better ever

 

[CarltonJunior]

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.

They did this for years and he never switched up his style of play so they made him a 4 instead of a 5, and it's worked wonders.

KAT is a natural 4, it is what it is, I've said for years that keeping him at 5 is a lost cause.
Also, he's got scrawny legs, I doubt he'll ever be moving grown men around with brute force, it's not how he's built.

 

[FTBS]

They did this for years and he never switched up his style of play so they made him a 4 instead of a 5, and it's worked wonders.

KAT is a natural 4, it is what it is, I've said for years that keeping him at 5 is a lost cause.
Also, he's got scrawny legs, I doubt he'll ever be moving grown men around with brute force, it's not how he's built.

Hence my first sentence

 

[FTBS]

How so? Having Rudy on the floor forces defenses to make a decision. Put your biggest post defender on Kat at which point Rudy should kill the other team on the offensive boards. Keep a smaller guy on Kat at which point Kat should eat in the post. Or you force the other team to go bigger than normal which then can fukk up the other team's offense. The person it hurts is Edwards IMO.

Another wrinkle that's helped is that Katt has gotten better at feeding Gobert as well when teams overhelp on him in the post to get Gobert easy buckets.

If you are a legit post up threat, you aint getting guarded straight up. Having a non shooting big makes it easier to keep bodies down there to get in the way. Again, this aint me saying he is a great post player but merely that having a non shooting big next to him doesnt help with that.