Mitchell Robinson was blissful to speak concerning the dunk he threw with 24.2 seconds left in regulation Saturday to seal the Knicks’ morning win over the Nuggets.
Nonetheless, when the dialog turned to her latest social media posts, Robinson wished no a part of it.
“Depart me alone,” Robinson stated after the Knicks’ 116-110 victory. “I am not responding. It is the previous, brother. I am shifting on.”
Robinson, who completed the sport with eight factors and 9 rebounds in 26 minutes, indicated in a Snapchat story Tuesday that he was upset along with his position, writing that he was “simply there for cardio” and “losing my time and power.”
He wrote on Instagram Friday that the outburst was as a consequence of “household points” and that he ought to have dealt with it in a different way.
“If I weren’t [happy with my role]I would not be taking part in,” Robinson stated after Saturday’s sport.
When requested if he stated something to his teammates and if anybody had stated something to him, Robinson gave two one-word detrimental solutions.
Elsewhere within the Knicks locker room, Robinson’s social media antics did not seem to have ruffled the feathers.
“We’re all brothers, so we even joked about it a bit on the aircraft,” Immanuel Quickley stated. “Mitch, he is an awesome man off the courtroom. Clearly I believe everybody is aware of that. He is sort of a character. He may be enjoyable and a bit outgoing.
“So we perceive who Mitch is and we advised him, anytime we can assist you get the ball somewhat bit extra, we’ll attempt to try this. So we do not take it an excessive amount of. We would like everybody within the crew to be blissful and attempt to eat in addition to win.”
Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau billed Saturday as a comeback efficiency for Robinson, who had scored two, 4 and 6 factors apiece in his final three video games.
“When you’ve got a nasty day, decide your self up, have an awesome day,” Thibodeau stated. “Do not put something in the way in which of the crew. So I believe he understands that. … Everyone knows the soiled work he does for the crew. It is a massive half. He has an important position for our crew.”
Jamal Murray led Denver in scoring with 25 factors on 9-of-14 capturing.
Nikola Jokic was not far behind with 24 factors on 11 of 18.
“He’ll make you pay for errors and you are feeling like no benefit is definite,” Thibodeau stated of Jokic. “You do not pace it up. He performs the sport at his pace. I believed we made it work and that is what it’s important to do.”
Miles McBride did not play, with Jalen Brunson again within the rotation.
