Is Karl-Anthony Towns the Knicks’ Golden Ticket—or Their Biggest Dilemma?

It’s dangerous to read too much into net rating for a small sample, but it’s fair to point out the results haven’t been so alarming that it’s an easy decision to not pair the two of them together. Towns and Robinson have some issues together, but the Knicks have issues when either one is off the floor, too. Most teams have problems to deal with in the conference finals; it’s how each team solves these problems that determines who wins.

When there are some glaring issues like Towns and Robinson playing defense together, it can be easy to blame any problems that arise on those issues. But when the two played together, the team’s defensive breakdowns weren’t always about them as a pair.

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