The New York Knicks used an image of rookie center Mitchell Robinson playing alongside Golden State's Kevin Durant in a pitch to season-ticket holders, then later deleted the picture to avoid the perception that the organization had an ulterior motive in including Durant, a 2019 free agent, in the pitch.
"Game action photos are used all the time for marketing purposes, but given everything going on, we took the precaution of taking the photo down," the Knicks said in a statement Sunday night. "To be clear, it was one of several rotating photos on the website.