To everyone hoping the New York Knicks will put both Karl-Anthony Towns and Mitchell Robinson in the starting lineup: Be careful what you wish for.
Running a dual-center frontcourt is clearly on the table. A starting five with Towns and Robinson may even be the most likely choice. But for all the intrigue surrounding New York’s double-big possibilities, it’s going to come at a significant cost on offense: an inability to play fast.
As James L. Edwards III of The Athletic notes in his most recent mailbag, this needs to be a sticking point the Knicks consider and debate to no end.