Sometimes, a player’s value becomes even more powerful when they’re not around to provide it. The New York Knicks just discovered this with Mitchell Robinson.
As part of the team’s plan to manage his surgically repaired left ankle, the 27-year-old sat out Monday’s road tilt against the New Orleans Pelicans. Though the Knicks picked up the victory, it didn’t come easy, in large part because they didn’t have Robinson at their disposal—whose absence was felt at both ends.
New York missed their big man most on the offensive glass. It grabbed 28.6 percent of its own misses, a mark that significantly trails the 33.