Karl-Anthony Cities 'Feels Like a Higher Model of Himself' in NY

Karl-Anthony Cities appears to have discovered a house on the Knicks and it’s mirrored in his spectacular stats this season.

He had certainly one of his finest video games as a Knick on Friday evening after scoring 27 factors within the first half – and 32 total – in NY’s Madison Sq. Backyard win over Milwaukee.

After the sport, Cities was giving all of the credit score to Jalen Brunson, after he assisted eight of Cities’ 12 made photographs.

“Yeah, simply it begins with cap’. Cap’ put us in positions to succeed. The gravity he was making along with his expertise, placing us all in spots to succeed,” Cities stated, by way of SNY.

“He put me in spots to make the most of my expertise… so shoutouts to cap – and all of us — collectively simply doing what we have to do to win the sport.”

Cities is averaging 24.9 factors, 12.3 rebounds and hitting 53.3 p.c of his photographs from the sphere and 53.7 p.c of photographs from three throughout 9 video games.

What appears to be serving to is the truth that he’s taking part in on the 5 constantly for the primary time in two seasons, within the absence of the injured Mitchell Robinson, and he’s appears to be loving it.

“I don’t simply lose the power to play the 5,” Cities stated, after taking part in on the ahead place 95 p.c of the time on the Wolves, because the franchise had Rudy Gobert.

Cities put his robust begin of the season right down to ‘with the ability to do what I did loads of years on the 5.’

“I really feel I’m a greater model of myself,” Cities stated. “I’m smarter, extra skilled, I feel I’m extra proficient than I’ve ever been. So with the ability to make the most of that for our workforce is what I wish to do each single evening so it will possibly translate to wins.”