Right here’s the New York Every day Information with some optimistic phrases on Knicks middle Mitchell Robinson:
Mitchell Robinson started this marketing campaign nonetheless recovering from a fractured foot, having added an excessive amount of weight throughout a longer-than-expected rehab. The Knicks handed on giving Robinson an extension within the offseason, as an alternative handing $30 million to the opposite middle — Nerlens Noel — who completed final season because the starter.
Robinson’s poor conditioning left him benched in early December, with Noel stepping again into the lineup.
Now?
Robinson is registering the most effective and most constant basketball of his profession, changing into a tour de power on the offensive glass as Noel devolved to unreliable. His power and basketball IQ is lastly catching as much as his athleticism, and the event is mirrored in his rebounding numbers: Robinson, 23, is second within the NBA in complete offensive rebounds, behind solely his opponent in Friday night time’s recreation, Memphis’ Steven Adams. He’s taking pictures a ridiculous 77% from the sector, with an equally ridiculous 42.5% of his discipline objectives coming from putbacks off rebounds.
