Players and coaches from the New York Knicks weren't thrilled with Karl-Anthony Towns' "defensive habits" across the 2024-25 NBA season, according to The Athletic's James L. Edwards III and Fred Katz.

It is why the Timberwolves traded a handful of first-round draft picks in 2022 for the right to pair Rudy Gobert's rim protection with Towns. It is one of the reasons why Minnesota abandoned that double-big experiment after two seasons, even after the Wolves reached last year's Western Conference finals.

The New York Knicks have been urged to trade Karl-Anthony Towns this offseason. After the Knicks lost Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals to the Indiana