Official Mitchell Robinson Thread

[Clyde_Style]

I love the facts Knox and Trier not happy about being left off. Knox said “exactly what I want” on his story.

He's delusional. He probably wouldn't be on the 3rd or 4th team either. Is he really that unaware of how terrible he was all year?

knox was Doo Doo. matter of fact not even that much, man's was doodoo stains last season

never realized until now that doodoo has levels

[G_K_F]

Actually Knox would've gotten on the 3rd team with his 22 votes. He showed flashes, and it's easy to struggle on a dysfunctional team. Give him time he's still 19.

Flashes of what?

Statistically it was one of the worst rookie years ever for a guy in the starting rotation.

He showed flashes like all promising rookies. Stop hating.

My original point remains.

[G_K_F]

I was talking about Mitch with a fellow fan and friend the other day.

Surprisingly this friend was down on Robinson. He said he had bad hands and a low basketball IQ.

Defensively he needs to improve his IQ when it comes to fouling but I don't know if that means he's Javale McGee reincarnated.

Regarding his hands - I have noticed he is not the most adept at catching passes at times but he's not Kwame Brown either.

It was just funny to ind a guy who was not high on Mitchell Robinson since most Knick fans are. Maybe it had to do with him attending multiple 40 point blowouts during the year.

[Jeff Van Gully]

I was talking about Mitch with a fellow fan and friend the other day.

Surprisingly this friend was down on Robinson. He said he had bad hands and a low basketball IQ.

Defensively he needs to improve his IQ when it comes to fouling but I don't know if that means he's Javale McGee reincarnated.

Regarding his hands - I have noticed he is not the most adept at catching passes at times but he's not Kwame Brown either.

It was just funny to ind a guy who was not high on Mitchell Robinson since most Knick fans are. Maybe it had to do with him attending multiple 40 point blowouts during the year.

very strange assessment, as i think mitch is a highly intelligent player. he adjusted to the NBA really nicely over time -- especially for not having played since high school.

[thebuzzardman]

I was talking about Mitch with a fellow fan and friend the other day.

Surprisingly this friend was down on Robinson. He said he had bad hands and a low basketball IQ.

Defensively he needs to improve his IQ when it comes to fouling but I don't know if that means he's Javale McGee reincarnated.

Regarding his hands - I have noticed he is not the most adept at catching passes at times but he's not Kwame Brown either.

It was just funny to ind a guy who was not high on Mitchell Robinson since most Knick fans are. Maybe it had to do with him attending multiple 40 point blowouts during the year.

very strange assessment, as i think mitch is a highly intelligent player. he adjusted to the NBA really nicely over time -- especially for not having played since high school.

Yup. I wonder if the friend should be asked if he either formed the opinion early and stuck to it, or based the opinion on games up to around the halfway mark of the season and then stopped watching.

Because Mitch DID do some supposedly "low IQ" stuff early on, but that's if a person disregarded he was someone who played ZERO college ball and was off from organized basketball for a year AND a rookie and really young. Also, his hands were a little shaky at times early and I was starting to wonder if it was going to be a "thing" but around mid season that just went away and I never found concerned about it. Also, his play went from "he's a little lost" to "not really lost at all" to "actually doing some really smart things out there".

I mean, if accentuating the negative, I think he could improve on things like timing and spacing on offense - I'm just pointing out supposed "IQ" things here - but none were egregious, just looked like they could get better. Again, rookie, young guy - those are things that would obviously improve over time with experience.

[awy]

your friend is pretty clueless.

mitch played two years of hs ball in a basketball backwater catholic school circuit and went into the nba. thats the baseline he should be judged by. the amount of improvement and instinct he’s shown in the first season is pretty special.

the bad hands thing is just overreacting to a few plays doesnt show up in any numbers. he has a very low turnover ratio and dunked everything around the rim, often in traffic. had many crafty finishes in traffic as well.

just to compare turnovers per 100 possessions in rookie seasons, mitch 1.2 DAJ 2.8 capela 2.8 mitch had ball security technique issues but that's something he can improve upon

he’s still too jumpy on defense but going from having no clue what he is doing to an 80 percentile defender vs many play types is just amazing. the jumpy thing is easier to notice but mitch also has head on swivel and really applies a mental motor on top of his physical motor. it’s not just pure dumb reactions but a guy trying hard to make reads and communicate. all areas he still has room to improve upon but theres already tremendous growth in place to project forward.


maybe your friend is mudiay who somehow managed to throw bad lobs to mitch. he should talk about his bad passing instead of mitch hands.

[B8RcDeMktfxC]

yeah - that HoF friend view is craptastic.

awy and buzz touch on most of the salient points. the only thing I think I can throw in here is, again, that Mitch is probably super-smart for an nba player. now that doesn't make him, per se, likely to become far better than what we already see. but it is a thing.

[TheGreenArrow]

Read on Twitter

looks like he's expanding his game.

[Clyde_Style]

Mitchell "GTFO" Robinson really should be his nickname

[Juco24]

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looks like he's expanding his game.

This is why you don't just trade a talent like money Mitch... he's only going to get better and better. Him and RJ will lead us back

[Clyde_Style]

Read on Twitter

looks like he's expanding his game.

This is why you don't just trade a talent like money Mitch... he's only going to get better and better. Him and RJ will lead us back

If they traded Mitch, Cap and I would hunt Pills down and do unspeakable things to them

[Clyde_Style]

Mitch is easily one of the top 3-5 players from last year's draft, not just top 10

[blanko]

Mitch's defensive ability and potential are undeniable.. if he can develop a jumper, that's 7 foot anthony davis territory right there. But hey I will be content cheering for him for the next 15 years if he is just a defensive juggernaut.

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[Clyde_Style]

Mitch's defensive ability and potential are undeniable.. if he can develop a jumper, that's 7 foot anthony davis territory right there. But hey I will be content cheering for him for the next 15 years if he is just a defensive juggernaut.

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He is already an offensive weapon solely by virtue of putbacks, back doors, alley oops and PnRs. He can easily score 12-18 points a game on those alone on an upgrading team. I'd look for him to average 16-20 when he adds a jumper + mucho blocks and boards.

His defensive presence won't all show up on the stats line either, but we'll know from watch him intimidate teams. We saw it happen last year when sometimes the opponents stopped coming into the lane when Mitch was on the court.

[Juco24]

Mitch is easily one of the top 3-5 players from last year's draft, not just top 10

What's funny to me Clyde is that the media and others would have you to believe that the Knicks are devoid of talent and couldn't have put together a trade for Davis when the fact is that N.O. BADLY wanted to trade up for RJ and thought high of Mitch! I don't believe for one second that we couldn't have gotten Davis but Perry like many here see a bigger picture here. In about a coupla years I have a feeling that this tandem will be very very good!

[Clyde_Style]

Mitch is easily one of the top 3-5 players from last year's draft, not just top 10

What's funny to me Clyde is that the media and others would have you to believe that the Knicks are devoid of talent and couldn't have put together a trade for Davis when the fact is that N.O. BADLY wanted to trade up for RJ and thought high of Mitch! I don't believe for one second that we couldn't have gotten Davis but Perry like many here see a bigger picture here. In about a coupla years I have a feeling that this tandem will be very very good!

Preach. EVERY damn team in the NBA wants Mitch. The media is horrific these days, but thank god I'm not feeding off those succubi like some here who actually spend time listening to SAS and watching SportsCenter. I hear about those dix here, otherwise I'd never know what the sports media cabal is saying about the Knicks. Seriously, eff em all.The age of clicks has turned them all into bait mongers

Mitch is a phenomenal talent. We've been blessed. We''ll be in the mix much sooner than many here believe. The dough needs to rise first and then it only takes a little time to bake the bread.

[Cookies4Life]

These talking heads on ESPN/FS1 obviously don't follow the Knicks. Even the so called NY knick fan Stephen A Smith probably only watched a handful of games at the most last season.

They never mention Mitchell Robinson as part of our young talent. They usually only mention Knox and Dennis Smith when every Knick fan knows Robinson is by far and away the best prospect we have on this team.

If there was a redraft, I have a hard time believing Mo Bamba would've been selected over Money Mitch. I can't think of anything Bamba does better than him (maybe shoot from the perimeter?)

I expect Mitchell to garner consideration for one of the All NBA defensive teams next season and I fully expect him to be in contention for DPOY before he's 25. This kid's ceiling is whatever he wants it to be.

[Capn'O]

I'm so glad we still have Mitch and Barrett to build with.

[Capn'O]

These talking heads on ESPN/FS1 obviously don't follow the Knicks. Even the so called NY knick fan Stephen A Smith probably only watched a handful of games at the most last season.

They never mention Mitchell Robinson as part of our young talent. They usually only mention Knox and Dennis Smith when every Knick fan knows Robinson is by far and away the best prospect we have on this team.

If there was a redraft, I have a hard time believing Mo Bamba would've been selected over Money Mitch. I can't think of anything Bamba does better than him (maybe shoot from the perimeter?)

I expect Mitchell to garner consideration for one of the All NBA defensive teams next season and I fully expect him to be in contention for DPOY before he's 25. This kid's ceiling is whatever he wants it to be.

Two way Amare

[Newyorknick94]

These talking heads on ESPN/FS1 obviously don't follow the Knicks. Even the so called NY knick fan Stephen A Smith probably only watched a handful of games at the most last season.

They never mention Mitchell Robinson as part of our young talent. They usually only mention Knox and Dennis Smith when every Knick fan knows Robinson is by far and away the best prospect we have on this team.

If there was a redraft, I have a hard time believing Mo Bamba would've been selected over Money Mitch. I can't think of anything Bamba does better than him (maybe shoot from the perimeter?)

I expect Mitchell to garner consideration for one of the All NBA defensive teams next season and I fully expect him to be in contention for DPOY before he's 25. This kid's ceiling is whatever he wants it to be.

When espn said the Knicks needed “everything” during the draft I was like what’s wrong with our center dude was second in the league in blocks last year as a rookie did y’all forget?