A year ago, Karl-Anthony Towns was being heralded as the missing piece who was going to push the Knicks to the next level.

Towns, traded to the Knicks at the start of training camp last season, didn’t waste much time figuring out his role in Tom Thibodeau’s offense. He had one of the best seasons of his career, averaging 24.4 points, 12.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists.

After the Knicks lost to Indiana in the Eastern Conference finals, they replaced Thibodeau with Mike Brown with the intention of supercharging their offense and taking the team to the next level. However, on Monday, two days before the 2025-26 season opener, Towns sounded more than a little lost when asked about his role in the new offense.

“Honestly, I don’t know,” he said about his fit in Brown’s system. “We’re figuring it

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