“Bad” accounting transaction for Karl-Anthony Towns during the victory against the Lakers. It took 17 shots inside for the Wolves to score 21 points. With his 7/17 on final shots, including 2/6 from 3-point range, as well as a missed free throw (5/6), he slightly lowered his skill percentages over the season.
Who are excellent: 51.5% overall success, 42.1% behind the arc (tied career record) and 89.6% on free throws (also career record). Enough to allow him to aim for the famous “50/40/90” club.
“ It's always a goal. It's a personal goal to be able to reach such a mark over an entire year, but more importantly it's a goal for us to try to be the best NBA team possible by the end of the season. “, refocuses the “KAT”.
Nine players in the club
A minimum of 50% shooting, 40% 3-point shooting and 90% free throws? To date, only nine players have achieved this feat over a season, and not the least: Larry Bird (1987, 1988), Mark Price (1989), Reggie Miller (1994), Steve Nash (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010), Dirk Nowitzki (2007), Kevin Durant (2013, 2023), Stephen Curry (2016), Malcolm Brogdon (2019) and finally Kyrie Irving (2021).
“ His superpower is undoubtedly his efficiency. He's always been a very efficient player, the way he draws fouls, the 3-point shots, the way he can finish near the rim. For him, it's all about patience and choice, but also aggressiveness, letting the game come to him and not forcing things », summarizes Chris Finch, whose interior had nevertheless had a mediocre start to the year (17 points on 37% shooting over the first four matches).
To explain these levels of skill, the technician evokes his best understanding with Rudy Gobert, and the offensive balance found with the team's first option, Anthony Edwards.
” (Previously) he felt like he was chasing scoring opportunities. Today, with the composition of our squad, it’s a little different” says Chris Finch. […] “He is much calmer about spacing and he knows how to position himself in relation to Rudy and Ant. It's getting better and better. »
Many candidates
A speech confirmed by the interior itself, which says it is content to take “ what the defense [lui] given » : « There have already been games this year where I've taken a lot of 3-pointers, and others where I've taken almost none. »
While he has the best 3-point percentage on the team (44.6%), Mike Conley considers his teammate to be the Wolves' best shooter.
Consequently, ” we want him to shoot as much as possible. […] He's an interior that sometimes plays like a guard, and when you have interiors trying to defend him in different situations like that, it allows him to be open and he doesn't have to work to get a shot », Judges the veteran.
His teammate is not the only one who can invite himself to this very exclusive club. Tyrese Haliburton, Kawhi Leonard, Derrick White and Grayson Allen are getting close. Kevin Durant could absolutely create a club on his own (50/50/90), even if his percentages have dropped in recent days.
| Karl-Anthony Towns | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Party | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2015-16 | MIN | 82 | 32 | 54.3 | 34.1 | 81.1 | 2.8 | 7.7 | 10.4 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 18.3 |
| 2016-17 | MIN | 82 | 37 | 54.2 | 36.7 | 83.2 | 3.6 | 8.7 | 12.3 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 25.1 |
| 2017-18 | MIN | 82 | 36 | 54.5 | 42.1 | 85.8 | 2.9 | 9.4 | 12.3 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 21.3 |
| 2018-19 | MIN | 77 | 33 | 51.8 | 40.0 | 83.6 | 3.4 | 9.0 | 12.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 24.4 |
| 2019-20 | MIN | 35 | 34 | 50.8 | 41.2 | 79.6 | 2.7 | 8.1 | 10.8 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 26.5 |
| 2020-21 | MIN | 50 | 34 | 48.6 | 38.7 | 85.9 | 2.7 | 7.9 | 10.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 24.8 |
| 2021-22 | MIN | 74 | 34 | 52.9 | 41.0 | 82.2 | 2.6 | 7.2 | 9.8 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 24.6 |
| 2022-23 | MIN | 29 | 33 | 49.5 | 36.6 | 87.4 | 1.7 | 6.5 | 8.1 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 20.8 |
| 2023-24 | MIN | 27 | 33 | 51.5 | 42.1 | 89.6 | 1.6 | 7.9 | 9.5 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 22.2 |
| Total | 538 | 34 | 52.5 | 39.6 | 83.8 | 2.9 | 8.2 | 11.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 23.0 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; Pts = Points.
