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New York Knicks: Kristaps Porzingis, Karl-Anthony Towns Changing NBA

By Maxwell Ogden

Feb 20, 2016; Minneapolis, MN, USA; New York Knicks forward Kristaps Porzingis (6) greets Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns (32) at Target Center. The Knicks defeated the Timberwolves 103-95. Mandatory Credit: Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 20, 2016; Minneapolis, MN, USA; New York Knicks forward Kristaps Porzingis (6) greets Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns (32) at Target Center. The Knicks defeated the Timberwolves 103-95. Mandatory Credit: Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 30, 2016; Minneapolis, MN, USA; New York Knicks forward Kristaps Porzingis (6) blocks Minnesota Timberwolves forward Karl-Anthony Towns (32) during the fourth quarter at Target Center. The Knicks defeated the Timberwolves 106-104. Mandatory Credit: Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 30, 2016; Minneapolis, MN, USA; New York Knicks forward Kristaps Porzingis (6) blocks Minnesota Timberwolves forward Karl-Anthony Towns (32) during the fourth quarter at Target Center. The Knicks defeated the Timberwolves 106-104. Mandatory Credit: Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports /

2016-17: Second Season Progress

Kristaps Porzingis and Karl-Anthony Towns are both 18 games into their second season as NBA players. Both are 21 year of age and neither will turn 22 during the 2016-17 season, which further links their career trajectories.

Thus, it’s only right that both Porzingis and Towns are evaluated side-by-side with an equal sample size of NBA experience.

Towns is currently averaging 22.4 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.4 blocks, 0.8 steals, and 1.5 3-point field goals made per game. He’s doing so on an almost perfectly ideal slash line of .500/.375/.750.

The Minnesota Timberwolves are just 5-13 through 18 games, but Towns is finding his niche within Tom Thibodeau’s system and thriving along the way.

Porzingis is on an All-Star campaign of his own with averages of 21.4 points, 7.2 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.5 blocks, 0.7 steals, and 2.3 3-point field goals made per game. He’s been just as efficient, if not more so, with a slash line of .491/.408/.787.

From a statistical perspective, both Porzingis and Towns are progressing nicely towards superstar status, as well as their first career All-Star Game appearances.

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