PG Knicks vs Celtics: Money Mitch is your Father Edition

[MaseInYourFace]

Something I see a lot of people not talking about is Mitchell's strength. He's looks rail thin, but he's far from a weakling at 223. I don't see him getting pushed around out there on the blocks. He holds his ground and gets to where he needs to go. If only KP had those genes.

I’m very happy to see Mitchell (Money Mitch?) is not gawky. He looks like he won’t be easily injured. I think we all worry about KP’s tendency to get injured. But Mitchell probably not in that boat.

He has wirey strength a la Garnett. He's stronger than he looks. Does need to build some trunk strength but not too much. Wouldn't want him to lose those hops.

[Juco24]

Saw Knox struggled a bit in this one. They defended him better and he forced some bad shots as well as struggled hitting some good open shots. He's gonna have some reg season games like that and the fans need to give him a break and be patient.

Coupla things about this statement... and I do agree with it.

1. This is where a GOOD PG will help so much!!! Someone who will A - calm him down. B - get him in spots where he's most comfortable. C - take the pressure off of him

2. Absolutely he will have games like this and those who have annointed him as the 2nd coming hopefully understand that this kid is only 18 and still learning.

[thebuzzardman]

this will be so controversial, if kanter opts in mitchell should be by his hip and learn all his post moves.

hate on kanter but his footwork is a thing of beauty, he's very good at creating space just with a single pivot.

Yeah it's the one thing he does extremely well. Robinson naturally has excellent feet and hands so he could pick it up.

Kanter is also a good P&R big. MRob shows good instincts there already, but I'm sure Kanter can help to polish that up as well.

[thebuzzardman]

Something I see a lot of people not talking about is Mitchell's strength. He's looks rail thin, but he's far from a weakling at 223. I don't see him getting pushed around out there on the blocks. He holds his ground and gets to where he needs to go. If only KP had those genes.

I’m very happy to see Mitchell (Money Mitch?) is not gawky. He looks like he won’t be easily injured. I think we all worry about KP’s tendency to get injured. But Mitchell probably not in that boat.

He has wirey strength a la Garnett. He's stronger than he looks. Does need to build some trunk strength but not too much. Wouldn't want him to lose those hops.

Young Camby was skinny but had some strength. Not every C is going to be 260 to 300 lbs. Sure, he needs to get stronger and he will, but especially as a 1st and 2nd year player, his thing is going to be his mobility and hops. I'm not in a hurry to make him something he's not either.

[MaseInYourFace]

The motor on Mitch tho... guy plays so hard.

Not sure how so many teams missed on this gem. You would think with the resources that NBA teams have, they would know everything about this kid before the draft. It's not like there was much digging necessary. Good kid that got bad advice with very rare talent. You don't have to see the guy play college ball to notice that.

Teams really out here picking the likes of Landry Shamet, Jalen Brunson and Devonte Graham over this freak. I love it.

It looks like he had some valid beefs with Western Kentucky (believe that was name of school). We all know college system can be exploitative. Not sure he necessarily took a bad route. He would have had to wait to transfer to another school and to play. In the end it seems like it worked out for well him and we got a gem.

[MaseInYourFace]

The motor on Mitch tho... guy plays so hard.

Not sure how so many teams missed on this gem. You would think with the resources that NBA teams have, they would know everything about this kid before the draft. It's not like there was much digging necessary. Good kid that got bad advice with very rare talent. You don't have to see the guy play college ball to notice that.

Teams really out here picking the likes of Landry Shamet, Jalen Brunson and Devonte Graham over this freak. I love it.

It looks like he had some valid beefs with Western Kentucky (believe that was name of school). We all know college system can be exploitative. Not sure he necessarily took a bad route. He would have had to wait to transfer to another school and to play. In the end it seems like it worked out for well him and we got a gem.

[Juco24]

The announcer said that MR would have been a top 5 pick!! Had he gone to college

[Spree2Houston]

The more talent we're able to accumulate, the better guys like Frank and Timmy will look. Frank can now focus on what he does best and bring his elite intangibles and defense. Timmy will eventually become our 6th man after we've drafted our future SG and he will thrive in the 6th man role where he always belonged.

[Capn'O]

The motor on Mitch tho... guy plays so hard.

Not sure how so many teams missed on this gem. You would think with the resources that NBA teams have, they would know everything about this kid before the draft. It's not like there was much digging necessary. Good kid that got bad advice with very rare talent. You don't have to see the guy play college ball to notice that.

Teams really out here picking the likes of Landry Shamet, Jalen Brunson and Devonte Graham over this freak. I love it.

It looks like he had some valid beefs with Western Kentucky (believe that was name of school). We all know college system can be exploitative. Not sure he necessarily took a bad route. He would have had to wait to transfer to another school and to play. In the end it seems like it worked out for well him and we got a gem.

Very valid. From what I heard it sounded like his uncle had been promised a gig there. Then, as soon as Mitchell had hit his requirements so he couldn't transfer they rescinded the offer. So Mitch just said **** you and left.

A lot of speculation in this story but I believe it with all the skullduggery that happens in the recruiting process.

[F N 11]

Saw Knox struggled a bit in this one. They defended him better and he forced some bad shots as well as struggled hitting some good open shots. He's gonna have some reg season games like that and the fans need to give him a break and be patient.

Coupla things about this statement... and I do agree with it.

1. This is where a GOOD PG will help so much!!! Someone who will A - calm him down. B - get him in spots where he's most comfortable. C - take the pressure off of him

2. Absolutely he will have games like this and those who have annointed him as the 2nd coming hopefully understand that this kid is only 18 and still learning.

[CharlesOakley]

I honestly can't think of a center who routinely blocks 3-pointers when closing out. I can't believe how effortlessly this kid moves around the court. He is a special talent, built for the modern nba. I cannot wait to see Frank, KP and Mitchell on the court together just shutting fools down.

[Adelheid]

Kudos to the scouting dep for this sleeper pick. There may be hope after all.

[Juco24]

Another takeaway from MR was when one of the Celtics players tried to make him go for the fake but he stayed grounded... I think it was in the 3rd qtr. Anyways, it shows that he's a fast learner. The more experience he gets... All of that will improve more

[Clyde_Style]

I’m very happy to see Mitchell (Money Mitch?) is not gawky. He looks like he won’t be easily injured. I think we all worry about KP’s tendency to get injured. But Mitchell probably not in that boat.

He has wirey strength a la Garnett. He's stronger than he looks. Does need to build some trunk strength but not too much. Wouldn't want him to lose those hops.

Young Camby was skinny but had some strength. Not every C is going to be 260 to 300 lbs. Sure, he needs to get stronger and he will, but especially as a 1st and 2nd year player, his thing is going to be his mobility and hops. I'm not in a hurry to make him something he's not either.

He's a player you don't want adding bulk, just lots of core strength exercises, yoga, pilates, isometrics and targeted strength training, but not too much lifting. He's going to keep getting stronger just by playing, because that's his natural design. He's already pretty damn strong with that explosive power being generated by his base.

[stuporman]

I'm impressed how he shows up every game, it's less difficult when a player is not expected to carry the scoring load like Knox has been tasked with this SL but so far Mitchell has produced in each game he's played in.

[Kampuchea]

[blueNorange]

magic johnson screwed up by not drafting mitchell robinson, him and lonzo would've been a fun duo.

[DrCoach]

Ummmm, why is Mitchel leading the entire SL in PER????


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[Clyde_Style]

Such an incredible sight in Knicks uniforms.

With KP you have could have three jammers lobbing to each other. This board will be delirious when that starts to click

Mitch is going to make drives by all of our guys so hard to defend when all you have to do is just throw it up in the air for him to jam. That's the Capela factor that helps Harden that Fiz was thinking of

[Capn'O]

I honestly can't think of a center who routinely blocks 3-pointers when closing out. I can't believe how effortlessly this kid moves around the court. He is a special talent, built for the modern nba. I cannot wait to see Frank, KP and Mitchell on the court together just shutting fools down.

My favorite was when he blocked the end of quarter heave. Because **** you, guy.