3 FULL seasons in Minnesota - relationship questions aside, these are Towns best years statistically in the NBA and he finished in the top 7 in rebounding in each of the years:

http://bkref.com/pi/shareit/HT57m

He also averaged ~1.5 blocks per game in these 3 years. I'm not saying he's a beast defensively, but placement and position within Thibs defense will dictate a lot of what he produces. Playing next to Gobert and further from the basket, while guarding 4's, he's not being asked to rim protect. He's still a 7 footer with a lot of length and can be a viable basket deterrant/help over the top, especially with the wing defense we have with OG and Mikal.

"Towns under Thibs" sounds like a great title to a NYT best seller booklist of the month club extravaganza night for the granny ladies who will undoubtedly bring the expensive tea's to gab about how good the Knicks gonna be but still also get a bit prickly when the topic of Randle and January and lack or rim protection comes up. They will end the night at Black Silk's underground Chipendale 3 drink min night cause they excited about the season too and wanna celebrate like it's the 70's when they used to hang with Clyde and the gang.

With Thibs, EVERYONE has to play defense.
Thibs talked about how he loves to play 5 out and open up possibilities for offensive rebounds.
He also mentioned how he is looking forward to Mitch getting back.