Who Should I Draft?
Karl-Anthony Towns or Trae Young (2020)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Karl-Anthony Towns C - MIN  | Trae Young G - ATL  | |
Expert |
96% Recommended by 23 of 24 experts |
4% Recommended by 1 of 24 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 4 | # 9 |
| Best Rank | # 2 | # 5 |
| Worst Rank | # 6 | # 26 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 4 | # 9 |
| Best Rank | # 2 | # 5 |
| Worst Rank | # 6 | # 26 |
| Projections | ||
| Minutes | 33.8 | 34.0 |
| Field Goals Made | 8.8 | 8.2 |
| Field Goals Att | 17.2 | 18.3 |
| Field Goals % | .511 | .445 |
| Three Points Made | 3.0 | 3.2 |
| Three Points Att | 6.9 | 9.4 |
| Three Points % | .410 | .369 |
| Free Throws Made | 5.0 | 7.4 |
| Free Throws Att | 6.2 | 8.6 |
| Free Throws % | .812 | .863 |
| Offensive Rebound | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Rebounds | 11.3 | 3.9 |
| Assists | 3.7 | 9.2 |
| Turnovers | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| Steals | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| Blocks | 1.4 | 0.2 |
| Points | 25.5 | 26.9 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| # 2 | # 6 | |
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 3 | # 8 |
| Kevin Hanson EDSFootball | # 4 | # 10 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 4 | # 9 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 5 | # 10 |
| JMO FantasyPros | # 6 | # 8 |
| Site Projections numberFire | # 4 | # 8 |
| Michael Waterloo FantasyPros | # 4 | # 10 |
| Yahoo Staff Yahoo! Sports | # 2 | # 5 |
| Keith Lott Fantasy Six Pack | # 3 | # 13 |
| Blaine Blontz FantasyPros | # 4 | # 10 |
| Mauricio Castillo Yahoo! Sports | # 6 | # 8 |
| Tom FantasyPros | # 3 | # 18 |
| M. Starks Powell New Life Fantasy | # 4 | # 7 |
| Aaron Larson FantasyPros | # 3 | # 10 |
| Dave Kluge FantasyPros | # 6 | # 8 |
| Adam Koffler FantasyPros | # 6 | # 11 |
| Vaughn Dalzell FantasyPros | # 6 | # 8 |
| Ethan Masel The Fantasy Bulletin | # 2 | # 26 |
| Zachary Hanshew FantasyPros | # 2 | # 11 |
| Alex Burns FantasyPros | # 5 | # 8 |
| Dan Titus Sports Gambling Podcast | # 4 | # 8 |
| Shane Mosley FB-Ninja | # 6 | # 8 |
| Brad Camara FantasyPros | # 6 | # 5 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns C - MIN | Trae Young G - ATL | |
| 2019 Stats | ||
| Minutes | 1,187 | 2,120 |
| Field Goals Made | 316 | 546 |
| Field Goals Att | 622 | 1,249 |
| Field Goals % | .508 | .437 |
| Three Points Made | 114 | 205 |
| Three Points Att | 277 | 568 |
| Three Points % | .412 | .361 |
| Free Throws Made | 180 | 481 |
| Free Throws Att | 226 | 559 |
| Free Throws % | .797 | .861 |
| Offensive Rebound | 95 | 31 |
| Rebounds | 379 | 254 |
| Assists | 153 | 560 |
| Turnovers | 110 | 289 |
| Steals | 33 | 65 |
| Blocks | 42 | 8 |
| Points | 926 | 1,778 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns C - MIN | Trae Young G - ATL | |
| 2020 Projections | ||
| Minutes | 33.8 | 34.0 |
| Field Goals Made | 8.8 | 8.2 |
| Field Goals Att | 17.2 | 18.3 |
| Field Goals % | .511 | .445 |
| Three Points Made | 3.0 | 3.2 |
| Three Points Att | 6.9 | 9.4 |
| Three Points % | .410 | .369 |
| Free Throws Made | 5.0 | 7.4 |
| Free Throws Att | 6.2 | 8.6 |
| Free Throws % | .812 | .863 |
| Offensive Rebound | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Rebounds | 11.3 | 3.9 |
| Assists | 3.7 | 9.2 |
| Turnovers | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| Steals | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| Blocks | 1.4 | 0.2 |
| Points | 25.5 | 26.9 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns C - MIN | Trae Young G - ATL | |
| News | ||
| Karl-Anthony Towns amassed 28 points (8-19 FG, 4-9 3PT, 8-8 FT), 14 boards, three assists, three steals, and four turnovers in Saturday night's overtime loss to New Orleans. Shaan Hoda Sun, May 2nd | Trae Young scored 32 points (10-19 FG, 2-6 3PT, 10-10 FT) to go along with one rebound, four assists, and four turnovers in Friday night's defeat to Philadelphia. Shaan Hoda Sat, May 1st | |
| Karl-Anthony Towns registered 31 points (12-22 FG, 2-7 3PT, 5-7 FT), seven rebounds, five assists, one steal, and five turnovers in Tuesday night's victory in Houston. Shaan Hoda Wed, Apr 28th | Trae Young (ankle) is officially active for Friday's game versus the 76ers. Ross Jared Joswick Fri, Apr 30th | |
| Karl-Anthony Towns recorded 24 points (9-18 FG, 2-7 3PT, 4-6 FT), 12 rebounds, three assists, one block, and four turnovers in Saturday night's victory versus Utah. Shaan Hoda Sun, Apr 25th | Atlanta Hawks PG Trae Young (ankle) could return by end of the week after suffering a Grade 2 left ankle sprain, per Hawks' GM Travis Schlenk. Matthew MacKay Tue, Apr 27th | |
| Karl Anthony-Towns scored 26 points (9-17 FG, 4-9 3PT, 4-6 FT) with 18 rebounds, five assists, four blocks, and three turnovers across 36 minutes during Tuesday's win over the Sacramento Kings. Matthew MacKay Wed, Apr 21st | All Star PG Trae Young was diagnosed with a Grade 2 lateral strain of his left ankle after landing awkwardly in Wednesday's contest against the Knicks. Jack Mannis Thu, Apr 22nd | |
| Karl-Anthony Towns contributed 16 points (5-15 FG, 1-6 3PT, 5-5 FT), six rebounds, five assists, and three turnovers in Sunday night's defeat to the Clippers. Shaan Hoda Mon, Apr 19th | Hawks star G Trae Young had to be helped off the floor Wednesday night vs. the Knicks after rolling his left ankle. Adam Koffler Wed, Apr 21st | |
| Notes | ||
| Heading into his fifth season, Anthony-Towns is coming off career-highs in points (26.5) and assists (4.4). Although he saw a slight drop in his rebounds (10.8) he still finished seventh overall. You're betting on his health being better after he's seen an increase in missed games over the last two seasons. Hopefully, the midseason addition of his friend D'Angelo Russell will help Anthony-Towns to play through some of those nagging injuries that sidelined him in 2019-2020. Dave Kluge - FantasyPros | Trae Young exploded onto the scene last year and finished fourth in scoring (29.6 points) and second in assists (9.3) per game. His 205 made three-pointers were sixth-most in the league and he did it at a 36.1% clip. If he's able to improve his shooting heading into his third year, there's no reason to expect him to finish outside the top-three in scoring. Dave Kluge - FantasyPros | |
| Towns was on pace for a massive fantasy season last year before nagging injuries sidelined him for the majority of the winter and spring. He averaged career-highs in points per game (26.5), assists per game (4.4), and most impressively, three-pointers per game (3.3). He also adds enough blocks (1.2) and steals (.9) to be considered one of the best all-around contributors in the NBA, something that isn't easy to find at the center position. Aaron Larson - FantasyPros | The Atlanta Hawks spared no expense this offseason in putting an extremely formidable team around second-year All-Star PG Trae Young. By adding guys like Bogdan Bogdanovic and Danilo Gallinari, the Hawks are signaling to their young core that they are going all-in to surround them with the talent they need to succeed as early as this season. Last season, Young budded into a superstar right in front of our eyes, finishing fourth in scoring (29.6 ppg) and second in assists (9.3 apg), trailing only LeBron James in that category. While the scoring numbers could come down with a plethora of options to put the ball in the basket, it's not out of the realm of possibility that Young averages over 10 assists per game this season. He's also only missed a total of eight games in two seasons. In a world of "DNP-rest," Young is as safe as they come in the middle to later part of the first round in 2020-21. Adam Koffler - FantasyPros | |
| While fantasy managers might remember Towns' 2019-20 season primarily for his missed games, he actually had a monster season. KAT averaged career highs in points (26.5), assists (4.4), and threes (3.3) while pulling down at least 10 boards for the fifth straight season. As long as he's healthy for the 2020-21 season, he should be an easy top-5 selection in both points and category leagues due to his tremendous stat-stuffing abilities. Zachary Hanshew - FantasyPros | ||
