KAT is a very exasperating player
Seems uncoordinated/soft driving to the basket
7 footer who takes 8 three attempts in a game
Player who misses 8 (all) of his three attempts
Kind of a knucklehead
Let's not mention all his boneheaded plays on defense especially when he's already in foul trouble. It's almost as if his head isn't in the game when it matters most.
I think we MN fans (at least me) sort of love Towns because he wanted to be here even through some terrible years, gives shout outs to the fans, always gives a great effort and has had to go through a ton of things personally (death of mom, etc). In this world of only very short term memory, people forget he played well in the last 2 series. He’s generally a good long range shooter. He’s a likable guy.
And yet, the criticisms of him are valid (except of his 3 point shooting in this series, which seems like just an anomaly)- he takes terrible fouls, he’s not a great defender and often looks average near the rim. I definitely don’t WANT him gone, but he seems most likely to be gone in the next year or two. Would be strange to see him in another uniform, but ANT is obviously priority #1 and I’m pretty sure after what they gave up for Gobert that he isn’t going anywhere.
I think there’s another thread for this and I’m sure we MN fans seem miserable and defeatist but barring an impossible comeback in this series that will continue a streak of 33 years with no teams in the 4 major sports making the finals. Going by memory our teams will be 0-8 in semifinal rounds. Just a terrible soul sucking run of mediocrity and bad luck. I liken it to being tied to an ice cold blackjack table and being unable to leave.
Not really sure who to root for in the finals…I generally root against all Boston based teams just because they’ve had more than their share of success over the years, but the Mavs are actually pretty likable except Luka (who I’m sure I would love if he played for my team). Might be time to pick up a book or something instead