Los Angeles Lakers: Pros & Cons Of Karl-Anthony Towns

Los Angeles Lakers: Pros And Cons Of Karl-Anthony Towns At No. 2

Mar 21, 2015; Louisville, KY, USA; Kentucky Wildcats forward Karl-Anthony Towns (12) drives to the basket against Cincinnati Bearcats forward Octavius Ellis (2) during the first half in the third round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament at KFC Yum! Center. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports /

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Apr 4, 2015; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Kentucky Wildcats forward Karl-Anthony Towns (12) dunks the ball over Wisconsin Badgers guard Bronson Koenig (24) in the second half of the 2015 NCAA Men’s Division I Championship semi-final game at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports /

Pro: Franchise Center

Wilt Chamberlain. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Shaquille O’Neal. Dwight Howard. You can even throw in Andrew Bynum, Pau Gasol and Vlade Divac on this list too.

If there’s one thing that’s certain about the Los Angeles Lakers’ history, it’s that they will always bring in a quality game-changing center.

If the Lakers can manage to draft Karl-Anthony Towns in the 2015 NBA Draft, they are banking that he’ll become one of the next great centers that the franchise has ever seen.

Thankfully, because the management understands that they’re in rebuilding mode, they’ll let Towns play through his rookie mistakes in order to reach his potential.

There must be something in the water in Los Angeles, because for some reason when centers play for the Lakers they normally play to their potential. If Towns can even have half of the career of the four Hall of Famers mentioned before, then he’ll put himself on the correct path for his professional career.

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