One of the big discussions around the New York Knicks this offseason was whether or not Karl-Anthony Towns would continue starting at center. He started at the position for all of last season but struggled mightily on the defensive front.

Knicks’ Karl-Anthony Towns dropped weight in the offseason

It wasn’t until the playoffs that the Knicks decided to make a change, when they demoted Josh Hart to the bench and put Mitchell Robinson in the starting five, moving Towns to the power forward position.

It appears that the lineup might stay that way moving forward. According to Newsday’s Steve Popper, Towns dropped weight this summer, anticipating that he will be playing power forward this season.

“[Towns] said that he did drop weight this summer to prepare for time at power forward, somethin

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