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Mitchell Robinson perhaps had the most important rebound in New York Knicks history, securing an offensive rebound with seconds remaining in Game 5 against the San Antonio Spurs.
Had the Spurs gotten that rebound, who knows what could have happened? While Robinson did what he had to do in the second half of Game 5, with Karl-Anthony Towns playing limited minutes due to being in foul trouble, I'd still go out on a limb and say that most Knicks fans, and the Knicks, can't really be too happy with how Robinson played in this series.
That doesn't take away from him being the longest-tenured Knick, New York finally getting over the top and winning a championship once again, or anything else, but if we're going by how he played, things were not great.
While I wasn't impressed with what Robinson did, and don't think the Knicks should re-sign him, as we've seen over the past few years that running back a similar team with all of the same core in the past hasn't worked, it doesn't sound like that's going to be a problem for New York.
In fact, it sounds like the Knicks are ready to re-sign Robinson, with Brian Windhorst saying they're trying to keep him.
“Mitchell Robinson, he is an unrestricted free agent in two weeks here, and the Knicks are going to definitely try to keep him,” Windhorst said Monday on SportsCenter. “[The Knicks] are about $8 million under the luxury tax line. They know they’re going over the luxury tax. They intend to make Mitchell an offer that will keep him. He might have some outside interest, but they’re going to make him a priority.”
Perhaps now that Robinson has a championship and delivered what many Knicks fans were hoping for, he feels his time with the organization can be done, and he doesn't need to stay around.
However, if continuity means anything to him, staying in New York might be the easiest outcome for him and the organization.
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