Shams Charania: Mitchell Robinson will make his Knicks season debut tonight in Memphis, league source tells ESPN.
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Shams Charania: New York’s Mitchell Robinson has been upgraded to questionable to play and will make his Knicks season debut as early as Friday against the Memphis Grizzlies, league sources tell ESPN. Robinson plans to return during team’s trip in Memphis and Miami on Sunday. pic.x.com/ydOFKJWxga -via Twitter @ShamsCharania / February 27, 2025
New York is hoping the return of Mitchell Robinson helps, but can he be enough to dramatically impact the Knicks’ biggest area of concern: defense? In particular, transition defense. “KAT (Karl-Anthony Towns) isn’t in the kind of shape he needs to be to deal with Cleveland and Boston,” one league scout told Heavy Sports. “But this isn’t all on him. New York just doesn’t have enough good defenders. You know where you see it? (Jalen) Brunson’s out there working his ass off even though he’s got the size problem, and then you see other guys just getting beating up the floor and off the dribble. -via Heavy.com / February 27, 2025
Robinson is not playing Wednesday against Philadelphia but there was optimism earlier this week about him returning against Memphis on Friday or Miami on Sunday. It all depends on how Robinson feels after workouts. He presumably has to get through a few more workouts before he gets cleared to play. But there has been optimism that he can get cleared and return this weekend. -via SportsNet New York / February 26, 2025