Karl-Anthony Towns isn’t why the Wolves lost. So why does it feel that way?

Minnesota's versatile big man wasn't the reason the Timberwolves were demolished by the Mavericks in the West finals. But he makes for a uniquely convenient scapegoat

The space of a seven-footer is never refined, always an inch taller than normal". Everyone has one guy they know, taller than any other, six-foot-something but not seven-feet tall. That'd be ridiculous.

So we put em in shorts, teach the seven-footers how to shoot a basketball, and one seven-footer came out better than any other at shooting basketballs: Karl-Anthony Towns, self-assured to the point where he long ago pointed out which seven-footer shot basketballs best. It was him. Karl-Anthony Towns shot them best.