One of the biggest problems the Minnesota Timberwolves have faced since drafting Karl-Anthony Towns is their inability to give him more opportunity on offense. After the loss to the Utah Jazz, does Anthony Edwards have a point about KAT’s game?

Teams have guarded Towns with a smaller forward or they send the double-team. This has been the trick if you want to slow down the All-Star center. If KAT is matched up with a bigger center, he simply bullies them out of the rotation with his speed.

The Jazz outplayed the Timberwolves in the 130-106 loss on Wednesday night. Utah defended Towns with Bojan Bogdanović, and he actually did a pretty good job. Towns was relatively quiet in the first half, but he finished the game with 22 points and seven rebounds.

Here’s what Edwards had to say after the game:

I told him it’s disrespectful for them to put NO. 44 on you, bruh. That’s disrespectful. He know he gotta kill all of them. He’s the best player on the floor every night. He’s gotta kill em.

Towns slimmed down a lot this offseason, and because of that, it’s allowed smaller forwards to have some success when guarding him. However, if he kept the weight, then it would have the opposite effect.

Edwards went on to say that Towns needs to be more like Joel Embiid on offense. Instead of waiting for the double, he should move quicker.

Towns doesn’t always make the right decision when he gets doubled, but he’s improved in those scenarios. He just needs to stop doing those damn sidearm skip passes.

The issue is that the Wolves roster is imperfect. If they played a power forward next to Towns who can shoot, then this would be a whole different scenario. For instance, against a team like the Jazz, they’ll put Bogdanović on Towns and Rudy Gobert on Jarred Vanderbilt. This allows the Jazz to use Gobert as a double teamer or as the rim protector in the painted area.

As incredible as Vanderbilt has been for the Timberwolves, he does have his limitations on offense.

If Towns moves quicker, the defense is unable to double team him or get settled on D.

When it comes down to it, Edwards is correct in telling Towns to be more aggressive with the ball. The longer KAT waits, the harder it is on himself and others. He can be just as dominant on offense as Embiid and Nikola Jokic, and the quicker he moves offensively, the more lethal this Timberwolves team can be.