At this point, it just seems as though the Knicks are hiding Robinson’s injury diagnosis. He’s clearly not fully healthy, because if he were, he would be active for the first game of the season.
Load managing during the very first game of a new season doesn’t make any logical sense.“They will begin their season without two key pieces, as Josh Hart and Mitchell Robinson are out for Wednesday’s opener against the Cavaliers at Madison Square Garden. Neither practiced on Tuesday. Hart’s absence — he is dealing with lumbar spasms, per a league source — makes sense,” Scwartz wrote. “But Robinson’s lack of availability raises plenty of questions. The Knicks publicly maintain that Robinson, who was set to move into the starting lineup with Hart going to the bench to lead the second unit, is not hurt, but rather that it is load management.”
“If we deemed it necessary, could he possibly go? Yeah, he could possibly go,” coach Mike Brown said Tuesday. If Robinson can play… why isn’t he? It’s not as if the Knicks have a back-to-back looming or are coming off a heavy period of action. What is the load that is being managed before playing a single regular-season game?”
As the New York Knicks get set to begin the 2025-26 campaign, Mitchell Robinson is technically not hurt, but according to Jared Schwartz of The New York Post, he’s going to be load-managed from the very start of the season. He won’t be available for Opening Night. At that point, how is Robinson not hurt? He has to be. Healthy players aren’t going through load management.As the New York Knicks get set to begin the 2025-26 campaign, Mitchell Robinson is technically not hurt, but according to Jared Schwartz of The New York Post, he’s going to be load-managed from the very start of the season. He won’t be available for Opening Night. At that point, how is Robinson not hurt? He has to be. Healthy players aren’t going through load management.
