{"id":568266,"date":"2026-01-29T10:01:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/568266\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T10:01:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:01:22","slug":"knicks-karl-anthony-towns-shrugs-off-trade-talk-swirling-around-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/568266\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks’ Karl-Anthony Towns shrugs off trade talk swirling around him"},"content":{"rendered":"

TORONTO \u2014 Karl-Anthony Towns, the subject of persistent trade rumors ahead of next week\u2019s deadline<\/a>, said he\u2019s unconcerned with the chatter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I\u2019ve been in trade rumors a lot for a lot of times, for a year damn near. That don\u2019t matter to me,\u201d said Towns, who was traded from the Timberwolves to the Knicks before last season. \u201cI don\u2019t look at social media or none of that stuff. I focus on the job on hand which is trying to get wins every single night. As long as I do that, I do my job, I go home happy and I feel accomplished. I\u2019m not worried about what anybody got to say or people write or anything like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

At least as of earlier this week, the Knicks were not talking to other teams about trading Towns, according to sources. But his struggles have compelled speculation about his availability and that will intensify with recent news that Giannis Antetokounmpo is available.<\/p>\n

\"Karl-AnthonyKarl-Anthony Towns grabs one of his season-high 22 rebounds during the Knicks\u2019 119-92 blowout win over the Raptors on Jan. 28, 2026 in Toronto. John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Towns has a longstanding relationship with Knicks president Leon Rose, who once represented the center as a longtime agent at CAA. Still, Towns said he hasn\u2019t discussed the trade rumors with Rose.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe only worry about one thing. That\u2019s winning. So I got no reason to go into depth on anything else,\u201d said Towns before the Knicks\u2019 119-92 blowout win over the Raptors<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s just at the end of the day the conversations revolve around one thing and one thing only every single day, 24 hours a day \u2014 is winning. How can we win? How can I help this team win? The sacrifices I\u2019ve got to continue to make every single night for us to be the best version of ourselves. I\u2019ve been willing to do that every single night, regardless of what anyone talks about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Towns, an All-NBA selection last season, became eligible for a contract extension before the season but there was no traction toward an agreement. <\/p>\n

He is shooting career lows this campaign and continued those struggles Wednesday (3 for 11 from beyond the arc), but he also grabbed a season-high 22 boards.<\/p>\n

The Knicks had a case of the back-to-back blues.<\/p>\n

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Two players \u2014 Miles McBride and Mitchell Robinson \u2014 were ruled out of Wednesday\u2019s win for \u201cankle injury management,\u201d one day after both played in a victory at MSG versus the Kings.<\/p>\n

Josh Hart (ankle injury management) and Jalen Brunson (illness) were also questionable Wednesday before playing. <\/p>\n

Hart scored 22 points and Brunson had a rare off night offensively, scoring just 13.<\/p>\n

With the depth compromised, Tyler Kolek went from consecutive DNPs to 20 minutes on Wednesday, collecting 10 assists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 Karl-Anthony Towns, the subject of persistent trade rumors ahead of next week\u2019s deadline, said he\u2019s unconcerned…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3768],"tags":[7,288,327,563,304,2715,1247,6,1136,191,3810,3806,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-568266","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-knicks","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-jalen-brunson","10":"tag-josh-hart","11":"tag-karl-anthony-towns","12":"tag-knicks","13":"tag-miles-mcbride","14":"tag-mitchell-robinson","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-new-york","17":"tag-new-york-knicks","18":"tag-newyork","19":"tag-newyorkknicks","20":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115977813881639478","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}