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Karl-Anthony Towns; Efficiency Extraordinaire




Two seasons in to what promises to be an illustrious NBA career, Karl-Anthony Towns has dominated defenses since day one in the league, doing it at a historical efficiency.

Towns has shown an unbelievable ability to be effective all over the floor, his shot from behind the arc is a work in progress, but his respectable 36.7% clip ranks him as the 2nd best shooter at his position (with a minimum of 120 attempts) KAT showed an incredible ability to improve the three ball, shooting at 43.4% on 80 attempts over the last two months of the season.

The long ball may be a shot that still needs work at times, but inside the arc Karl-Anthony Towns is the definition of an Efficiency Extraordinaire.

He shoots 70.7% from inside 3 feet, 50.0% from between 3 and 10 feet, 47.3 from between 10 and 16 feet and 41.6 from between 16 and the 3PT line.

Not one spot is a weakness for Towns, he uses jump hooks with both hands regularly, has a jumper as smooth as butter and athleticism oozing out of the Target Center.

His Effective Field Goal Percentage (#12) and regular Field Goal Percentage (#23) are currently sitting in the top 25 of all time in the NBA, a remarkable feat that makes it easy to forget that Towns is yet to turn 22 years old.

Efficiency is the staple of Karl-Anthony Towns game at the moment, it remains to see if he can improve on his already historic rate.

Article from Jake Paynting for The Howl In The Trees
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5/8/17 - 7:54pm

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