"Mitchell Robinson's absence to start the season has extended longer than anyone would have thought after it was initially described as load management. But what really is a considerable enough ankle injury to keep him out of the first four games of the 2025-26 season has thrown his availability for the entirety of the Knicks' first road trip into jeopardy even after head coach Mike Brown brought him with the team with full expectations of a season debut."
"The 27-year-old was poised to start the year as the Knicks starting center, providing stellar defense and immovable board control that would allow the defensively incapable Karl-Anthony Towns to settle in as the team's power forward. That has not been the case through the first four games of the season, and the starting lineup's shortcomings without Robinson were never more clear than on Tuesday night in Milwaukee against the Bucks, when Giannis Antetokounmpo mopped the floor with Towns"
Mitchell Robinson's ankle injury has delayed his season debut beyond initial load-management expectations and jeopardized his availability for the Knicks' first road trip. He traveled with the team and practiced fully but remains a game-time decision for the final trip game in Chicago. Robinson was expected to supply rim protection and rebounding that would allow Karl-Anthony Towns to play power forward. The starting lineup struggled without him, highlighted by Giannis Antetokounmpo's dominant outing against Towns in Milwaukee. Gerschon Yabusele has underperformed, and Robinson's limited durability — 48 games over the past two seasons and just one 70-plus game season in seven years — makes long-term reliance risky.
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