Knicks Players, Coaches Had Major Karl-Anthony Towns Complaints During Season originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The New York Knicks traded for Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges last offseason with the hopes that they could, after 26 years, finally make the NBA Finals.

In a postmortem on New York's season following its elimination at the hands of the Indiana Pacers on Saturday, The Athletic's Fred Katz and James Edwards reported that over the course of the season, the Knicks grew increasingly frustrated with Towns' defensive habits.

According to reports from James L. Edwards III and Fred Katz of The Athletic, there was growing frustration within the Knicks locker room regarding Towns' defensive play. Both players and coaches reportedly felt he was missing assignments and misreading coverages without offering any clear reasoning behind the lapses.