Despite regression pretty much across the board, Karl-Anthony Towns is still an All-Star.
He was named an All-Star reserve Sunday, joining Jalen Brunson, who is a starter, as the two Knicks representatives.
Towns entered Sunday averaging 20 points, 11.8 rebounds and 2.9 assists — all down from last season.
His efficiency is down as well; he entered Sunday shooting 46.1 percent from the field and 36.1 percent from 3-point range.
Reserves are determined by the league’s head coaches.
Evidently, they still see Towns as an All-Star caliber player.
“I’m a firm believer that winning should be a big factor in it,” coach Mike Brown said before the Knicks’ 112-100 win over the Lakers on Sunday. “We’re sitting second or third in the East right now, so we should have multiple guys on the team. Jalen, definitely, he’s in the MVP conversation, but we’ve got other guys on this team that have stepped up and helped in a lot of different ways.
Karl-Anthony Towns drives to the basket during the Knicks’ Jan. 7 game. Charles Wenzelberg
“KAT, he’s leading us in rebounds, he’s second in scoring. I don’t know how many double-doubles he has, but that’s impactful when you’re talking about doing it in a winning situation. … We should have, in my opinion, two or three guys, at least, on this All-Star team based on what our record is. Not only that — we were NBA Cup champions, so there are a lot of positives, in my opinion, that point for that to happen.”
It’s Towns’ third straight All-Star nod and sixth total.
Last year, he was a starter.
The Knicks continue to claim Miles McBride has not suffered a new injury.
That’s despite him missing his third straight game Sunday, when the Knicks hosted the Lakers at the Garden.
They have listed it as left ankle injury management.
McBride missed eight games earlier this season with a sprain to that left ankle.
Load management usually involves players missing one, maybe two games.
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Sitting three straight games for load management is rare.
But Brown said he’s being held out for precaution and that McBride is just dealing with some soreness.
It is similar to the Knicks messaging with Mitchell Robinson and his own left ankle injury management.
He sat out the first four games of the year and then three straight games at the end of December into the start of January for load management, with the Knicks adamant that he did not suffer any new injury.
Guerschon Yabusele, whom The Post has reported the Knicks are looking to trade, and Jordan Clarkson, who has tumbled out of Brown’s rotation during this win streak, were the only Knicks not to play on Sunday.