The Knicks’ Mitchell Robinson strategy — a critical layer of Mike Brown’s first season as head coach — has started to come into focus.
They anticipate monitoring the minutes of Robinson, who reportedly didn’t practice Wednesday due to workload management, and keeping him out of some games as a precaution during the regular season, according to SNY.
He was limited to just 17 contests during the regular season last year before logging another 18 in the playoffs, and even returning to the starting lineup for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals.
After debuting Feb. 28, the Knicks would often limit his minutes, wouldn’t let him play both games of a back-to-back and operated with the caution necessary to keep Robinson in their lineup.
When healthy, Robinson established himself as one of