Karl-Anthony Towns, Austin Reaves, and the Challenge of Being the 2nd Best Player

Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers · Jun 8, 2026 · 21m

Karl-Anthony Towns is having a moment.

After years of being seen in some circles as not quite good enough to be a critical piece on a winning team, KAT has had an incredible postseason, as the Knicks continue a pretty historic run of playoff dominance. It's not that he's never been good in the postseason before (he has) but he's never been THIS good. And who knows, may never be this good again.

And it puts things in perspective, showing not only the bar you often need your 2nd guy to clear -- Jalen Brunson has scored 25 points a game in the Finals but with horrible efficiency -- but how often…