In his first season with the Knicks, Karl-Anthony Towns made an All-NBA team, shot over 40 percent from three, and was second in the league in rebounding. By all accounts, it was an excellent first year in New York. However, there is one recurring problem that Towns must eliminate in year two with the team: his tendency to go to the rim out of control and end up on the ground.
Again, it is important to preface that Towns had a fantastic first year in New York. Some of the criticism he faces is fair, like his inability to execute defensive schemes, often leaving his teammates visibly frustrated, the stretches where he sometimes seems uninterested and unengaged, or the times where he seems unwilling to impose his will on smaller defenders.