Mitchell Robinson served as a great shocking body and a tire protector from the bank for the Knicks in the playoffs last spring before suffering an ankle injury of the season at the end of the first round against the 76ers.
It cost the former starting center more than four months to start the 2024-25 campaign after undergoing surgery in May, but the physical contributions of Robinson’s physical aptitude of 7 feet are needed again in the next series of the Knicks against the Pistons, and their great and great physical jalen duran and Isaiah Stewart.
Robinson, 27, registered 17.1 minutes per game in 17 appearances after his last absence of injuries.
He and the Imported Karl-Anthony Towns center played 47 minutes together with a two Big-Big alignment with some success, surpassing the opponents of 9.2 points per 100 possessions.
Duran and Stewart only played eight minutes together throughout the season for Detroit.
“It is a small sample size. But we have had some good minutes with them, particularly in the section here, since Mitch has been able to obtain more rhythm. It’s good,” said Tom Thibodeau after Tuesday’s practice. “It depends, much on that depends on who they have on the floor, but I like it a lot.”
Much of the Knicks defensive approach will be in contain Also connected in the best 41.6 percent of his career this 3 -point land season, including seven treys and 23 points dec. 7 against the Knicks.
“He has always been able to shoot. I’ve seen him first hand,” Towns said, a former Beasley teammate with the Timberwolves. “When he was with us in Minnesota, I think he broke the 3 -point score record and Anthony [Edwards] I just break it now.
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“I have always known that it is a tremendous shooter, one of the best shooters that this league has to sacrifice. And the way it shoots, the different types of 3s that shoots, it only demonstrates its level of talent level.
“It’s a hard guard obviously. We have some that I know well, we definitely have to find a way to limit its 3s.”