New York Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns has been a late addition to the NBA’s naughty list this year.
Amidst the Knicks’ active six-game winning streak, one that continued on Friday in Orlando, Towns owned up to his festering foul problem. Towns has been charged with at least four fouls in each of the last four games and 11 of the past 14, which have placed him on a subtle minutes restriction amidst the recent success.
“Let’s start with the man in the mirror,” Towns said of the foul trouble, per Stefan Bondy of the New York Post. “Maybe I’ve got to make better decisions. I give up possibly one to two [bad fouls]. So do my job first. Take out the ones that I can handle.”
Towns was charged with three in the first half of Friday’s game and picked up a fourth early in the third. Similar woes relegated him to the bench during Victor Wembanyama’s visit on Christmas Day. Towns has played less than 30 minutes in two of the last four games after doing so only five times in the first 27. The holiday instance brought about the end of Towns’ streak of consecutive double-doubles at 18…