The Knicks in general haven’t really been good in any stretch, no matter who has been on the floor for them so far this season. However, the stark difference in the drop-off in production in the minutes with Karl-Anthony Towns on the floor compared to him off the floor with one of the team’s bench centers has been an eyesore to start the season.
With KAT on the floor, the Knicks have a 110.5 offensive rating (55.4% TS%), 111.2 defensive rating, and -0.6 net rating across 190 possessions. With KAT off the floor for the Knicks, the offense craters even more, dropping to a 93.1 ORTG (43.8% TS%), with a -17.4 NETRTG.
Of those 102 non-KAT possessions, 80 have been played with Andre Drummond, who was signed in the offseason to replace Mitchell Robinson.…