Aside from what he’s done individually, Towns’ skill set and presence has helped create one of the best offenses in basketball. It’s not just his shot making, it’s his passing. It’s not just his size, but the gravity he provides as a shooter at his size.

Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns will take the floor alongside the game’s elite, an achievement that highlights just how far this Knicks team has come. The last time the franchise sent two starters to an All-Star Game? In 1975, when Walt Frazier and Earl Monroe suited up.

The New York Knicks enter the All-Star break on a hot streak that has brought them up to third in the Eastern Conference, but there's one big concern with their roster that could keep them from being a true title contender.