The Most Passive NBA Star You've Ever Seen... 

Jimmy Butler knew the problem with the Timberwolves before we all knew

Die-hard Wolves fan here. Been through the darkest of time with this cursed franchise. KAT picked up this franchise when it was a flamming bag of dog poo, and he was the reason I became super invested again. That said- it's time to move on from him. Everything said in this video is true, and I don't see a way to ever fix him. He has a serious weakness that no one ever talks about- lack of lower body strength. It's why he struggles to post up even Point Guards, and why he can't create his own shot. Weak in addition to being slow-footed. But oddly, blessed with a ton of skills. It could work.......if you were a 3rd option on a championship team and not getting paid the super max. So yeah- tough choice, but the faster the Wolves move on from him, the better. Also, thanks for bringing up his battle with COVID. It's sensitive stuff, so I hope fans understand it's been rough for him.

When KAT got boxed out by a point guard there was no defense for him.

After the play in win this year, Mike Connelly talked about how professionals will go home and work more on film and study, and that you can't just go home and play video games. The interview that night, Towns said after the game he was gonna play video games with Ant. And yeah I remember the comment about video games from Butler. This is still going on...

Looking back, his undefeated Kentucky team losing to my Badgers in the Final Four was a sign of what was to come. He’s just a regular season type of guy

after 6-7 seasons we’ve seen how far we can go with towns. we NEED more but we all know we’re not gonna get it. cut your losses and trade him

You may not have meant to, but you basically said the same thing about every single one of KAT’s playoff series, and you were absolutely right. He shits the bed the first few games, and then turns it up after it’s too late and after Minnesota has lost momentum.

The Grizzlies exposed him in that series last year. Whenever they doubled and Towns had to give the ball up, he'd be mentally out of the play. Wouldn't try to space out and get open, doesn't re-establish himself in the post, doesn't look to crash the glass, just pouted like a kid who dropped his ice cream cone.

The Wolves have MASTERED at finding/developing “Beta-level” stars. KAT, Dlo, Wiggins. All 3 of these guys can’t take their teams far by themselves, but as that 3rd/4th option, they fit in perfectly well.

Agreed. On paper the Timberwolves have plenty of talent, almost enough to rival teams like the Sixers or Nuggets. However, KAT has fallen off and it’s wild that he was supposed to be one of the best players in the league just a few years ago.

I’m always gonna remember that rocket series in 2018 where he was afraid to shoot while Wiggins who was the scapegoat then and remained so till he got traded to GS was not afraid to shoot now a lot of them didn’t go in but he wasn’t afraid. KAT has always seemed like a guy who doesn’t want to be that number 1 he doesn’t want that pressure and doesn’t want to be that guy. Also Jimmy’s problem was never with Wiggins it was KAT and now we are starting to see that even more

Jimmy said it best Wiggins and KAT were never concerned with winning and just satisfied with being the faces of an NBA franchise. If you know Butler's story and how he had to scratch and claw for every minute of playing time he got in college and the NBA and you understand why it was never going to work

It’s hard for me to get down on a dude who lost so many family members in such a short time. I’ve gone through that too and it takes a huge toll on you. And I admit he’s been underperforming too but ngl I give him a pass. I just hope he can carry out his career make his money and retire peacefully.

KAT is what happens when a 7ft'er focuses on 3pt shooting instead of post-moves, boxing out, blocking shots, jump-hooks, setting screens, put-back layups, finishing through contact, rim running, catching lobs, passing out of double-teams, etc etc. You know, all the things 7ft'ers "need" to be capable of. The only exception is Kevin Durant, but KD can already do alot of these things.

He’s a regular season star but in the playoffs he plays like a role player

What I don’t understand is why the Timberwolves never even attempted to trade KAT after they traded Gobert when it was clear the two couldn’t really play together on the court at the same time and win (aka contend).

wonder if his career will play out like a bosh/love type. insanely talented dudes that balled out on bad teams early in their career and later took a backseat on good teams to win championships

Great video!

I wonder what a Wolves roster would have looked like had we kept Butler and still somehow drafted ANT. Those two would have been a real pain to play against. Butler definitely would have molded him defensively into a beast

He’s the prototypical new NBA star. A lot of young guys are like him. They’re too content.

Flash back to 2016 and KAT was looked at as the best young player in the league , a poll before the 16-17 season had KAT winning a poll where GMs voted on what player they would start their franchises with , and he beat out Bron, KD, Steph and AD , he was supposed to be an alltime great , sad to see this much talent being wasted

That was a good video i enjoyed it thank you

andy always coming through, love your content

who else is here after a hyper efficient 20/10 + elite defense & 53/53/89 shooting splits?😂 played his role perfectly & wolves swept the suns

glad they didnt end up trading him hes playing amazing this season

Passive is a great word to describe him

It’s nice to hear someone finally saying the same thing I’ve been saying for 6 years

KG was on the Wolves the year KAT got drafted. The hope was that he would be able to guide him in that rookie year. I think that KAT got a lot out of that, I just wish that included more of KGs mentality.

No wonder why Jimmy left him. It's time for KAT to start taking basketball more seriously.

That photo of KAT trying to post up Boogie was all i needed to see

crazy how wiggins won a ring before KAT and Himmy

I’ve never seen somebody have their team taken so smoothly

picture of him trying to push of Cousins is best sum up of his game

Andy i like your videos. Yours, Stefan's, Profesor's and BTM'S. All others are nothing comapre to yours.

If your team is ever up against this dude, you can sleep well at night knowing you have a punching bag as an opponent

As a wolves fan, it's good to see someone look past the empty stats and see the REAL type of production KAT brings to table. Crazy to see different between his play I. First and second year to know

THANK YOU!! He’s such a SOFT ASS KITTY KAT!! Been did this in ‘17-‘18! Still love my wolves! ❤❤

THANK YOU FOR FINALLY SAYING IT! This guy disappears when it matters most and that frankly isn’t a franchise player.

My oh my...lmao The timing

Lol Andy comin after KAT’s here. I felt so bad for when KAT lost his mom and other family members to Covid. That was so tough for him. But I also do wish he could play to his full potential. He still has a lot to offer in this league. May I also mention BEN SIMMONS???

Still waiting for the pre-LeBron Cavs and new CBA videos. Oh can you make a video about the Grizzlies and what's next for them after they got trounced by my Lakers?

There have always been NBA players like this since I can remember. Joe Barry Carroll definitely comes to mind.

I'm a long time Wolves fan, too, which, historically is a painful activity. I also was initially optimistic about KAT, who, offensively at least, is exceptionally talented. I've often felt that for a big, he should rebound better, and I agree with your statement that he often disappears in high pressure moments. His defense has always been mediocre at best, and his attitude and demeanor is whiny and negative. I think that the officiating crews are pretty fed up with his nonstop whining. If he played harder, and brought it when it mattered, he'd get more favorable calls. Unfortunately, this spills over to the team as a whole, and even Ant, who plays twice as hard, often doesn't get calls. He talks a good game, and usually says all the right things to the press, but the walk often doesn't match the talk. At this point in his career, he's an established veteran, but he doesn't act like one. His teammates don't respect him as a leader, because his inconsistent play doesn't warrant that kind of respect. He gets max contract pay, but doesn't deliver max contract performance. If his effort matched his talent, he'd be right up there with Jokic and Embiid. As it is, he's not anywhere near their level. Maybe it is time to move on. Ant has clearly surpassed him as the Wolves best player.

he fits the moniker KAT as he doesn't have the DOG in him.

Can you make make a video on alperen sengun, am interested on your opinion on him 💪🏻✌🏻

If Anthony Edwards is smart, he will demand a trade next year or eventually demand to leave-the Timberwolves simply don’t know how to handle stars.

Damning video Karl towns

I seen Ant taking the team over his rookie year his game reminds me of young Kobe once he gets more consistently aggressive in the lane and lock all the way in and meet his full potential as a defender he’s gonna be one of the faces of the league

While a lot of the points are true, we must defend Towns to some extent. He missed 52 games this regular season due to injury, while learning how to play the 4 with Rudy Gobert, while ALSO learning how to be a 2nd option behind Edwards. Life has also been extremely rough on him after position so much of his family from COVID. As a Minnesota fan, I don't think we get a great return for him at the moment. That + his offensive ceiling being stellar tells me that he deserves more games to integrate into our new system given everything.

Agree with everything except, "a healthy Towns could have led to a 50+ win season." Yhe West is far to competitive this year. Only the Nuggets and Grizz had 50 wins, and that was just barely. But I agree, he's kinda at his ceiling. Too much settling for 3s.

Thé story by Jeff Teague explain it all, plus being fun as hell 😁

Wiggins maybe not lived up to his draft position but at least now he become a productive 3 and d player and even the second best player on championship team on last year final. I dont know how KAT gonna progress after this, maybe he also need a change of scenery?

I think just like wiggins, he'll benefit from a change of environment. He'll need coaches and teammates that will push him and be a member of a good culture. KAT is not a batman. Hes a robin or even a batgirl. He can be a star player but hes a 2nd or 3rd star instead of the 1st.

To be honest, as a very very die hard Timberwolves fan. I love this team, born and raised in MN. I’ve been very very mean towards KAT. The truth is, I actually really respect KAT for all the things he’s endured while he’s here. I mean we were 16-66 the year before we drafted him and I was really banking on LaVine and Wiggins, KAT got me so excited. Even when we traded LaVine I just figured KAT was that guy. After all the injury history and all the COVID shit, I really would like to see just one more opportunity for KAT to be able to prove he can bring us to a 50 win season and a deep playoff run on the Wolves. If we are like a 6-8 seed or god forbid worse then I’d suggest trading him at the deadline and ripping the bandaid off while you can. I love KAT but that’s the honest truth. Btw, I think the Wolves will win 50 games and surprise a lot of people this year.

Can't wait for the Mitchell video

Finally someone else realizes something I've been seeing for years and has made a video about it to bring to light

Kat is basically Simmons. Insanely talented and gifted. But had zero drive

He's basically a 7ft tall Seth Curry.

An academy coach who has spawned quite a few pros once told me that talent alone isn't enough, you need three things to maximize it. He then pointed to his temple, to his heart and his balls. Kat has offensive talent.

I'm so happy to have Ant; like the #1 glimmer of hope

Towns is following the same trajectory as KG did save for losing 7 family members in one year. He'll get hard soon enough and when he does, look out.

This video could have swapped in DeAndre Ayton. Same problems.

The Wolves honestly need to find a sleeper in the lack of picks era of the future to help this team get to the next level.

I see KAT fitting a similar model as Ben Simmons

KATs been our second most exciting player since KG, behind Ant. Generational talent, just a basket case mentally in the playoffs. So frustrating

if the wolves didn't push Jimmy away they would be a top contender right now

The #1 issue with KAT not being aggressive on the offense is that he offers very little on the other end. He also hasn't really improved all that much over the years and tape shows it. So when playoffs come around and teams look to take away his first couple hotspots and he just collapses and does nothing it's usually a "well, that was easy" moment. He's basically coach Bud on the court. Edwards is taking steps towards becoming a star player, yes. Problem for me is that he himself is dealing with immaturity issues(it may or may not be the front office being incompetent or KAT's lack of work ethic spreading, no one will know). Last year he showed up 30 pounds overweight. There are problems and I wouldn't give him the keys to the franchise just yet but we saw he can play like a superstar throughout a series when his body is right and mind is focused on basketball. Can he keep his focus throughout the entire season? I don't know what they do going forward. Gobert is a band-aid for them defensively that they desperately needed but as a result KAT is playing out of position and goes from being one of the better centers in the league to fringe top 20 big. That's not good enough from your 2nd best player. Do you trade him? Try bringing him off the bench? Maybe he puts in the work this summer, trims down and works on his jump shot but... yeah, about his work ethic...

he’s so passive i found the vid 3 months after it came out 😂

There was no reason why he should've struggled in this year's playoffs, he was guarded by Aaron Gordon most of the time and he got outplayed smh. He's soft and only wanted to shoot three's, if you watched him play, there was a significant amount of times where he was guarded by a smaller defender and decided to settle for long jumpers instead of back then down to the post. It's really frustrating to watch him play because he's got the talent but doesn't have that killer instinct, it's time to trade him and build around Anthony Edwards.

He needs a hard nosed coach. KAT doesn't care that much about basketball, it's just a job for him

Bros jump shot is beautiful

As a Twolves fan. Just going to leave it there. Been a fan for 21 yrs. First two years were the peak. Says all you need to know

Kat will do better at another team. Like how Wiggins became better with vets around, Kat needs to be in a different team with vets leading.

When your own teammate is outplaying you, you know you have a problem.

Yes indeed Jimmy Buckets!!!

He'd be great as a 2nd option to edwards. They choose either gorbert or towns tho. Towns even said he's more comfortable playing the 5 spot as the only big man

Jimmy saw it all coming from a country mile and got painted as a villain for it

I’m honestly really interested to see the results of those Jazz picks over the next couple years

I think KAT is a trainer or a team away from his leap, but I don't know when, or if, that will happen. If he builds his lower body and core, he will be less susceptible to injury and spend less energy on offense and on defense. Confidence can be built through the easy buckets that leads to. Right now going inside is taxing, he can't bang with bigs, and if he tires or gets hurt, his legs aren't behind his perimeter shots.

Its not a Minnesota Timberwolves issue, it’s a *Minnesota* issue. None of sports teams have that winning mentality or pedigree. They all have playoff potential but not that X factor to be title contenders

i seriously don't why the Timberwolves never even attempted to trade KAT after they traded Gobert when it was clear the two couldn’t really play together on the court at the same time and actually win, it even made them more worse than actually good

No doubt that KAT will leave the T-Wolves anytime soon and go to a competitive team like Heat, Knicks or Grizzlies.

As a timberwolves fan, I don't want others to see this video because we're ready to let KAT go, despite him being very loyal. P.S. your statement on him is very accurate

Fighting for Play-In Versus Lakers (3-31-23); never seen a Team look more like; no one wanted the ball!

Gobert is too goofy and makes dumb mistakes while KAT just doesn’t seem like he cares if the team wins or loses. He seems to be too concerned with taking selfies with his girlfriend, COD, and going on vacations with his girlfriend. He probably couldn’t wait to get the season over so he could take his girlfriend on vacation. Minnesota should have been traded him or they should be on the phones right now. The only way to semi fix this Gobert trade is to send KAT out. And they need to get that whole front office out everyone who goes and works for that organization automatically goes into dummy mode. They need Kevin Garnett there in some capacity maybe his energy would rub off on the organization.

To be fair to Karl Anthony Towns, he is the "franchise player" of arguably the NBA's smallest market and the Wolves have never truly had real championship aspirations. So, him being dubbed as "passive" and "soft" are almost excusable when the Wolves are never expected to make a real push and you're financially compensated. It's almost like why Damian Lillard will never leave Portland: it's much more comfortable to sit at your own pace, avoid mass scrutiny and make top dollar. Not every player wants to win a championship.

Imagine if KAT had half the dawg that Anthony Edwards has in him

Two or three years ago german sport television insisted on the celtics should trade for him. They wanted them to give away Tatum and (!) Brown to pair Kat with Kemba Walker. When I asked if they completely lost their minds they asked back, if I’d really believe Tatum let alone Brown could become half as good as Kat one day. Now Kat sits at home watching Tatums and Browns deep play off runs as the star players on their team year after year after year. It‘s still the most hillarious take I ever heard.

KAT is the guy who invents an award and hands it to himself to win something. Butler is the guy who sits out an allstar game because he only cares about real games. I think that says it all.

It is not Karl Anthony-Town's team no more it is Anthony Edwards team now I'd trade Karl for either another star player or for draft picks or both

Jimmy Butler knew what we just guessed KAT is as a player. Go heat! Go Kings! I want to see that final!

This is true. Coming from a MN Wolves fan.

Edwards is leaving the first chance he gets

“Go get ‘em….just go get ‘em”

I think decision making is his biggest problem, and I'm not sure that's going to improve much. Maybe Conley (who seems both savvy and patient) can teach him some stuff?

I really expected them to go further, Edward's showed why he's 1 of my favorite new players tho. Wish he was on a better team 😂

In the trade with Gobert you forgot the most important trade piece, the Vandalorian. (Jarred Vanderbilt) He is an important piece of the excellent Lakers defense now.

Jeff Teague just came out on the podcast for more of the butler story. He came in, said he refused to play with starters, played with the g league, beat the starters, took off his warmup clothes and showed he cut out the t wolves logo from shirt and pants, then beat the bench with the g league, then left right after and did an interview with ESPN about how he beat all the starters. Jimmy was Wildin but that team needs to stop babying the players or they'll never be more than a first round exit.

Butler took his girl to the bar and FaceTime him 😂

crazy how huge butler's impact is on any team he has been since the Bulls. broke Timberwolves' playoffs drought, led 76ers to the ECF and almost to the finals, led the Heat to the finals not too long ago