Mitchell Robinson took to Instagram on Friday to clarify his latest public frustration concerning his position with the Knicks, writing that he was “going by means of the proper storm” and snapped following the win over the Path Blazers on Tuesday.
“I acquired a child on the best way, I acquired household points, I simply acquired to determine [out] a solution to get again underneath management when my thoughts was free,” Robinson wrote. “I used to be good after I had three unhealthy video games I simply began fascinated about all of the stuff I had occurring and stored going.
“I’ll determine it out tho, I’ll be wonderful, my unhealthy, ought to’ve dealt with it in another way and didn’t need no unhealthy blood, simply gotta discover myself.”
Robinson additionally addressed criticism concerning the notion that he’s injury-prone, saying “I hand over by physique for this s–t” and that he will get injured because of enjoying onerous.
Robinson has performed simply 49 video games this season and handled a fractured thumb in mid-January.
“Let me not play protection like I do know I can and never play this difficult, I’ll by no means damage once more,” Robinson wrote, “however I really like this s–t to a lot to not danger getting damage … I simply bounce within the hearth and no matter occurs occur, f–okay it and play ball if we being actual about it, so although most of y’all say [I] must play higher, I play the best way they need me to, been doing for 5 years now.”
Robinson, who was not made out there to reporters on Friday, wrote in a Snapchat story on Tuesday that he was, “Drained asf of simply being on the market for cardio fam, like I need to play basketball to actually simply losing my time and vitality.”
“We’re all nonetheless collectively,” Isaiah Hartenstein stated. “It’s not like he’s coming into observe and b—hing. He comes up there and he’s all the time interactive, he’s all the time been teammate round us.
“He’s entitled to get pissed off, however he’s an amazing teammate.”
Requested if it was disappointing to see Robinson publicly complain about enjoying time, Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau stated, “Nah, as a result of he’s been wonderful.
“There’s gonna be some frustrations over the course of a season, however he’s performed very effectively. So simply focus, generally frustration can creep in. You gotta repair it and transfer ahead. That’s it.”
Hartenstein, Robinson’s backup at heart, performed a hair greater than Robinson over a four-game West Coast journey, and Thibodeau admitted that Robinson hasn’t had one of the best few video games.
“Nobody’s enjoying nice for 82 video games,” Thibodeau stated. “You have got to have the ability to cope with that, so should you’re not enjoying nice, discover one thing that you simply’re doing effectively, assist the workforce win.”
The Knicks didn’t face Nikola Jokic of their first recreation towards Denver, a 106-103 victory at Ball Enviornment on Nov. 16. They won’t be so fortunate on Saturday afternoon when the Nuggets come to the Backyard.
“We simply gotta play workforce basketball,” Jalen Brunson stated. We are able to’t let one man guard him.”
