Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns grew up and went to high school in New Jersey, looking up to other local legends like Derrick Character.

Big KAT — as the New York Knicks new star Karl-Anthony Towns is known — came to the Big Apple dragging an unearned reputation of being a little bit “soft.” It’s a label that follows every 7-footer who likes to shoot 3-pointers,

Karl-Anthony Towns had his back to the basket on the left block with big-bodied Andre Drummond nestling in behind him, when he flipped a no-look pass to cutting teammate Mikal Brides for an uncontested layup during Tuesday’s victory in Philadelphia.