Bad times for the Knicks pivots. While Mitchell Robinsonhit in the ankle then operated on, was nevertheless announced to be absent for eight to ten weeks, the New York franchise has just requested a “Disabled Player Exception” concerning its pivot, i.e. a recruitment envelope to compensate for the end of a player's season…
We don't know what happened but Tom Thibodeau's club no longer expects to see its starting pivot (6.2 points and 10.3 rebounds on average) during this campaign.
To make matters worse, Jericho Sims also joined the infirmary. It is less serious but the latter, holder in the absence of Mitchell Robinson, suffered a sprained right ankle during the match won Monday evening by the Knicks on the Lakers' floor, getting injured in the interval! He then came out after three minutes.
His absence was estimated at one to two weeks. Tom Thibodeau will still have to adapt, even if the New York franchise had the good idea to sign Taj Gibson last week. In the “Big Apple” derby of the night, the coach opted for a Randle-Hartenstein doublet with Taj Gibson as the only interior on the bench.
