It’s the final weekend before the NBA regular season begins, which means you’re coming here for your fantasy basketball drafts.
Should you draft Karl-Anthony Towns this season? Here’s the latest outlook, projections, and rankings for the New York Knicks Power Forward.
Should You Draft Karl-Anthony Towns in Fantasy Basketball?
Fantasy first rounders are supposed to be the bedrock of your roster and Karl-Anthony Towns is about as stable as it gets. He enters 2025-26 on a run of six straight seasons averaging multiple made triples from the front court slot and when you combine it with 11.1 rebounds per game for his career (12.8 last season), he checks uncorrelated boxes.
The block numbers aren’t great (under 1.0 in three straight campaigns) and we could see his impact in that regard drop even further if KAT’s minutes trend to the low-30’s as opposed to the 35.0 he averaged under Thibs a year ago. That’s nitpicking and if we are going to drill down, what he brings to the table via FT% and an improved turnover rate are far more noteworthy when looking at this profile for our game.
Towns comes preloaded with such a high floor that carries statistical versatility: you’re unlikely to lose your league because you added the soon-to-be 30-year-old to your roster in the back-half of Round 1.
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What Are Karl-Anthony Towns’ Fantasy Basketball Projections This Season?
Based on our proprietary metrics here at PFSN, we project Towns to score 3,437.5 fantasy points this season, with him averaging 23.4 points per game.
This includes 8.4 field goals per game, 2.2 three-pointers per game, 4.5 free throws per game, 10.8 rebounds per game, 2.5 assists per game, 1.1 steals per game, and 0.7 blocks per game.
Where Does Karl-Anthony Towns Rank in the Upcoming Fantasy Basketball Season?
Towns is ranked 11 overall and third at his position. The five players ranked ahead of him overall include Paolo Banchero, Alperen Sengün, Domantas Sabonis, Jaylen Brown, and LeBron James.
The five players ranked behind him overall include James Harden, Anthony Edwards, Pascal Siakam, Trae Young, and Anthony Davis.
The two players ranked ahead of him at his position include Giannis Antetokounmpo and Paolo Banchero.
The five players ranked behind him at his position include Pascal Siakam, Victor Wembanyama, Jaren Jackson Jr., Julius Randle, and Evan Mobley.
