Karl-Anthony Towns flashes his Knicks potential in mixed preseason debut
NY Post
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tom Thibodeau’s centers didn’t do that before.
On his second shot in a Knicks uniform Sunday, Karl-Anthony Towns pulled up from 27 feet and buried a 3-pointer, the first glimpse at both the range and confidence of New York’s star 7-footer.
However, Towns struggled with his shot after that conversion.
He missed 4 of 5 3-pointers and finished with 10 points in 15 minutes as the Knicks beat the Hornets, 111-109.
More noteworthy was Towns being outrebounded by Charlotte center Nick Richards, 8-4, before sitting the second half.
Towns will bury his treys and space the floor — as he’s done at a high clip his entire career — but protecting the rim and paint, both Thibodeau staples, are question marks.
The fog on the glass belonged to 9-year-old Alice Commans.
Even after a flurry of activity over the past week, the Yankees roster has plenty of question marks, perhaps the biggest at first base — if Cody Bellinger doesn’t end up there — and second base — if Jazz Chisholm Jr. doesn’t get shifted from third.
Donte DiVincenzo already has been back once to the Garden, jawing with the Knicks bench and needing to be separated from assistant coach Rick Brunson at the conclusion of a preseason game in October.
Sunday’s game in his native Ohio was “surreal” for star Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
Since the Rangers’ conference final Game 6 elimination in Sunrise on June 1, general manager Chris Drury:
If you were brave enough to watch the Jets play the Jaguars on Sunday and you had the stomach to make it to the end of the game, you may have noticed something different about the game.
The Knicks’ pending visit to Minnesota obviously marks the return of Karl-Anthony Towns to Target Center, but it also will be the first time Julius Randle faces his former team following the blockbuster September trade with the Timberwolves.
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Islanders’ belief that they can turn the season around is running into the hard reality of what it looks like when they get out onto the ice.
The last time Clay Holmes started a major league game came at the end of the 2018 season, his rookie year with the Pirates.
Clyde Edwards-Helaire’s rollercoaster career with the Chiefs is over.
