{"id":90811,"date":"2026-01-06T07:14:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T07:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/90811\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T07:14:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T07:14:05","slug":"karl-anthony-towns-blames-adjusting-to-knicks-different-system-after-another-poor-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/90811\/","title":{"rendered":"Karl-Anthony Towns blames adjusting to Knicks ‘different system’ after another poor performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

DETROIT \u2014 Over three months into the season, Karl-Anthony Towns is still often struggling and still adjusting to Mike Brown\u2019s system.<\/p>\n

The All-Star center produced just six points in Monday\u2019s 121-90 loss to the Pistons<\/a>, already the fourth time he failed to score in double digits this campaign. Last season in a much larger sample size, Towns only once scored fewer than 10 points.<\/p>\n

\u201cDifferent system,\u201d Towns said. \u201cIt\u2019s just different.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s \u201cdifferent\u201d and not good for Towns\u2019 numbers. He\u2019s taking fewer shots and converting at a much lower percentage than last season under Tom Thibodeau.<\/p>\n

\u201cBiggest adjustment is for me. Like Mike said, I make the biggest sacrifice,\u201d Towns said. \u201cWe\u2019re figuring it out. We\u2019ve got a long flight, a practice tomorrow, we\u2019ve got to sit down and figure out who we are and how we want to get back on track.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Karl-AnthonyKarl-Anthony Towns of the Knicks gets a seocnd half shot off around Isaiah Stewart #28 of the Detroit Pistons at Little Caesars Arena on January 05, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Following Monday\u2019s dud, Towns is averaging 21.5 points on 47 percent shooting overall and 35.6 percent from beyond the arc. Last season, he averaged 24.4 points on 52.6 percent shooting overall and 42 percent from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n

Still, Towns didn\u2019t have the worst game among Knicks starters Monday. That title went to OG Anunoby, who is losing hope for his first All-Star appearance. Anunoby scored just five points and the Knicks were outscored by 31 in his 29 minutes.<\/p>\n

Pistons fans have found an enemy in Jalen Brunson, forged in last season\u2019s playoffs. Brunson was booed every time he touched the ball Monday, and showered intermittently with chants of, \u201cF\u2013k you, Brunson,\u201d and, \u201cYou\u2019re a flopper.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Knicks point guard was also hounded by Detroit\u2019s top perimeter defender, Ausar Thompson, who took to the assignment with enthusiasm. Thompson picked up Brunson full-court. He darted around screens. He stripped Brunson twice in the second quarter.<\/p>\n

\"NewNew York Knicks forward Og Anunoby (8) dribbles defended by Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham (2) in the first half at Little Caesars Arena. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n

\u201cWith me and the turnovers I had, the turnovers we had as a team, not a lot is going to happen offensively that\u2019s going to be in our favor,\u201d said Brunson, who committed six of the 20 Knicks turnovers. \u201cSo we\u2019ve got to do a better job of not turning the ball over.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leon Rose, the camera-shy team president, isn\u2019t leaving the team any time soon, according to James Dolan.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs far as I know, Leon is with us long term,\u201d Dolan said Monday in a WFAN interview with host Craig Carton. \u201cWe don\u2019t talk about the end to this. We have a five-year plan. Right now we\u2019re more like on a two- to three-year plan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rose, the former agent, signed as team president just before the pandemic in 2020. The team has been successful under his watch, qualifying for the playoffs in four of his five full seasons \u2014 including the franchise\u2019s first run to the conference finals since 2000.<\/p>\n

Rose\u2019s contract status is unknown, but it was believed he originally signed a five-year deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DETROIT \u2014 Over three months into the season, Karl-Anthony Towns is still often struggling and still adjusting to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4777,1555,21,9,11,1104,10,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-90811","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-jalen-brunson","9":"tag-karl-anthony-towns","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-knicks","14":"tag-new-york-news","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}