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Before facing the Oklahoma City Thunder, New York Knicks guard Josh Hart took a shot at Isaiah Hartenstein, his former teammate, and then took a jab at Karl-Anthony Towns, his current. After Towns earned 1.1 million All-Star votes, Hart hilariously pointed out the difference between playing for the Knicks and the Timberwolves, based out of […]

The 2024-25 New York Knicks are off to a great start. They are 24-10 and on a nine-game winning streak. They are five games ahead of their pace at the same point last season (19-15). And while New York was licking its wounds after losing Isaiah Hartenstein to the Oklahoma City Thunder last Summer, much […]

The New York Knicks could not have asked for a much better start to the 2025 calendar year as they took a 119-103 win over the Utah Jazz on New Year’s Day even with Jalen Brunson nursing a calf injury. Karl-Anthony Towns continues to dominate for the Knicks, showing the world that New York convincingly […]

Karl-Anthony Towns is having a great season in his first year with the New York Knicks, and with his latest post on social media, fans should be looking for more from the center. Towns posted a video on X, formerly Twitter, with a recap of his year that showed him on the Minnesota Timberwolves, embracing […]

As the calendar flips from 2024 to 2025, a new name sits at the very top of the NBA MVP rankings. Nikola Jokic has long held the top spot over Giannis Antetokounmpo and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, but given the success he’s brought his team, it’s hard to come up with an argument against SGA right now […]

The New York Knicks extended their winning streak to five games with a 117-114 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Christmas Day, improving to 20-10 on the season. Mikal Bridges delivered a dominant performance, scoring 41 points along with four assists, two steals, and two blocks. However, the game also featured standout efforts from […]

The New York Knicks are on a roll of late. They are winners of seven of their last 10 games, and 12 of their last 16. A good deal of their success can be attributed to how well the Knicks have moved the ball. On an individual level, Karl-Anthony Towns has played incredibly well, too. […]

Future Hall of Fame forward Carmelo Anthony watched Karl-Anthony Towns face his former team, the Minnesota Timberwolves, for the first time since his blockbuster trade to the New York Knicks. After the Knicks’ 133-107 blowout win against the Timberwolves, Towns made an honest admission about the trade, which Anthony says forced the 10-year center to […]

Karl-Anthony Towns returned to Minnesota to face his former team, and he put on a dominant performance from start to finish. Towns finished with 32 points and 20 rebounds and led the Knicks to a 133-107. Many people were probably excited for Towns to come out and put up big numbers against the Timberwolves, and […]

It was an emotional night for Karl-Anthony Towns as he made his return to take on the Minnesota Timberwolves for the first time in a New York Knicks uniform. Towns would torch the Timberwolves in the win for the Knicks, 133-107, but would reveal his true thoughts of switching teams, especially after being in Minnesota […]

Karl-Anthony Towns kept saying that he gave the Minnesota Timberwolves franchise everything he had before they traded him away to the New York Knicks this past offseason in an effort to maintain financial flexibility. And that, indeed, he has. So in his first return to Target Center, the place he called home for the first […]

New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns was met with a warm and enthusiastic ovation from the Target Center crowd on Thursday night as he faced off against the Minnesota Timberwolves, the team where he spent the first nine seasons of his notable NBA career. These reunions can sometimes carry an air of awkwardness, but the […]

The New York Knicks have played relatively well despite facing an easier schedule of late and dealing with size and roster limitations that have hindered their ability to defend and rebound the basketball. They have won seven of their last 10 games, and they have continued their high-octane ways, scoring 115 or more points in […]

As New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns gears up for an emotional return to the franchise he played nine seasons for, he talked about his blockbuster trade ahead of facing the Minnesota Timberwolves. Towns will be back at the Target Center in Minneapolis on Thursday. In a building he’s very familiar with, he’ll be heading toward […]

Although fans of the Minnesota Timberwolves didn’t always consistently show former franchise cornerstone Karl-Anthony Towns love, Towns’ appreciation for the franchise that made him the 1st overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft never seemed to waiver, even after he was the centerpiece of a surprising trade just months after the Timberwolves made the Western […]

Karl-Anthony Towns may now be comfortable in his new New York Knicks digs, but the trade that sent him to the Big Apple this past offseason was one that sent shockwaves to him and his camp. After all, he has been the face of the Minnesota Timberwolves franchise for nearly a decade, and it looked […]

The New York Knicks advanced to the quarterfinals of the NBA Cup against the Atlanta Hawks, and Karl-Anthony Towns was trying his hardest to help them advance to the semifinals with an NBA history-making stat line. Karl-Anthony Towns made NBA history with his numbers in the first half of the Knicks’ NBA cup quarterfinal game […]

It took some time for the New York Knicks to find their footing this season, but this group has rapidly established itself as a true title contender in the Eastern Conference. The Knicks can continue to prove this to the rest of the league on Wednesday night when they play the Atlanta Hawks with a […]

As the Toronto Raptors and New York Knicks square up in an Eastern Conference showdown, disaster struck when Scottie Barnes came down awkwardly in a tie-up with an already injured Karl-Anthony Towns and suffered what looked like a pretty brutal lower-body injury, with damage potentially coming to his right ankle and/or foot. Taking to social […]

The battle for the NBA Cup continues on Tuesday with four very intriguing quarterfinal matchups. Eight teams all see themselves punching their tickets to Las Vegas for the upcoming weekend, and six of those teams find themselves inside the top 10 of the NBA power rankings. Of those six teams, the Dallas Mavericks and New […]

The New York Knicks cooled off last Saturday after suffering an upset 120-111 loss at Madison Square Garden at the hands of the Detroit Pistons. However, star big man Karl-Anthony Towns did not suit up in that contest for New York because of a sore right knee. New York will be looking to rebound from […]

After a few rough patches at first, the New York Knicks may have finally figured out how to play with new trade acquisition Karl-Anthony Towns as their best player, winning four games in a row to improve to 14-8 and fourth in the Eastern Conference. The former Timberwolves All-Star powered the Knicks over the Hornets […]

While New York Knicks guards Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart share NBA Cup motivation for different reasons, former NBA guard Jeff Teague is endorsing All-Star center Karl-Anthony Towns. On a recent episode of the Club 520 podcast, Teague labeled Towns as someone who’s quickly rising into the conversation for this year’s Most Valuable Player. Teague […]

Karl-Anthony Towns has an incredible car collection. Towns is a top-caliber NBA star for the New York Knicks. He is a four-time NBA All-Star, two-time All-NBA Team player, former Three-Point Shooting Contest champion, and NBA Rookie of the Year. Given Towns’ growing accolades in the NBA, have you ever wondered what kind of cars he […]

Hall of Fame forward Kevin Garnett called out the Minnesota Timberwolves blockbuster Karl-Anthony Towns trade that landed them Julius Randle, suggesting Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert instead. While Timberwolves All-Star Anthony Edwards says the Timberwolves are growing apart, Garnett accuses the organization of possibly wanting to unload Towns’ four-year, $220 million contract, which […]

The New York Knicks had nothing to be thankful for after their 129-114 blowout loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday. Both Karl-Anthony Towns and Jalen Brunson had good games (Brunson had 37 points), but it was too little, too late. The two stars told The New York Post about the clear struggle that dominated […]

The New York Knicks’ 2023-24 season was a successful one. Granted, injuries held New York back from reaching their full potential; however, they still advanced to within one win from the Eastern Conference Finals. That’s quite the accomplishment for a team that had only advanced beyond the first round of the playoffs in two of […]

Although the New York Knicks are in third place in the Eastern Conference, former Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony believes that center Karl-Anthony Towns still has a ways to go to mesh with his team. “The Knicks are a seamless team, everything flows with them,” Anthony said on the 7 PM in Brooklyn Podcast. “KAT’s still […]

The latest player ratings update for NBA 2K25 highlights exceptional early-season performances from Nikola Jokic, LeBron James, and Karl-Anthony Towns, showcasing their dominance and importance to their teams. Nikola Jokic’s historic season cements 98 overall rating as NBA 2K25’s top player Nikola Jokic, the reigning three-time MVP and NBA champion, now holds a 98 overall […]

The New York Knicks may not have hit the ground running like many envisioned they would following their blockbuster offseason acquisitions of Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges, but they are starting to put it together. On Wednesday night, the star tandem of Towns and Jalen Brunson at the Knicks’ point of attack was firing on […]

The New York Knicks typically rely on Jalen Brunson’s scoring, but on Monday against the Washington Wizards, he dismantled the defense with his playmaking skills. Brunson delivered seven first-half assists, setting up key plays for centers Karl-Anthony Towns and Jericho Sims as the New York Knicks established a commanding 19-point halftime lead over the Washington […]

The New York Knicks are clearly struggling to regain footing after a surprisingly successful 2023-24 campaign. They can’t seem to regain their gritty identity that dictated much of what they did on the floor last season. Sadly, that makes sense considering all of the changes and injuries the roster experienced. Objectively, the biggest change of […]

The New York Knicks have their sights set on an NBA championship in 2024-25. However, they’ll have an opportunity to secure a different title in the first half of the season. With the Emirates NBA Cup underway, the Knicks have emerged as the favorite to win the second installment of the tournament, according to FanDuel […]

The New York Knicks lost a nailbiter to the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday, 124-123, due to an ill-considered foul from Josh Hart on Coby White shooting a three with three seconds left in the fourth, gifting the Bulls three free throws down 123-121. Still, Jalen Brunson had a chance to win it, but his baseline […]

In a sit-down interview with Hall of Fame broadcaster Ahmad Rashad, Knicks star center Karl-Anthony Towns revealed which team he supported and made sure to watch on television when he was growing up. When asked if he was a Knicks fan as a child, Towns responded honestly. “I was. I was. I can’t say I […]

Knicks big man Karl-Anthony Towns has been a basketball phenom long before he ever ended up in New York — or even on the Minnesota Timberwolves’ — radar. Growing up in Piscataway, New Jersey, Towns was an elite high school recruit at basketball powerhouse St. Joseph in Metuchen. That’s where then-Kentucky coach John Calipari first […]

NBA players are competitive by nature. But while competition is healthy, there are times when players take it beyond the boundaries of the hardwood. In fact, some would beef with one another, which would also find its way to social media. In terms of social media, there are times when players aren’t shy about expressing […]

The New York Knicks made an all-in move this summer when they acquired Karl-Anthony Towns from the Minnesota Timberwolves. It’s safe to say they haven’t gotten off to the start they were hoping for, posting a 4-5 record. The Knicks’ defense has been their Achilles heel early this season. They rank 21st on that end […]

Karl-Anthony Towns has fit in well so far with the New York Knicks, and he may have been getting advice from some former players on the team. One of those former players is Carmelo Anthony, who spoke with Towns after their game against the Milwaukee Bucks. Towns noted that he’s always been a big fan […]