Fans clown Mitchell Robinson for season-opening workload management day
The The New York Knicks are righteous two days from the start of the 2025-26 NBA season with a home game against Cleveland Cavaliers shorthand. The Knicks enter this year with the highest expectations in decades after reaching the Eastern Conference Finals a year ago and then seeing the conference hierarchy crumble in front of them due to injuries.
One of the question marks for the Knicks this year is their frontcourt depth behind Karl-Anthony Towns, and recently the team got bizarre status update for the first game of the season.
“Mitchell Robinson (load management) uncertain for Wednesday’s season opener,” NBA Underdog posted on X, formerly Twitter, citing a statement from Knicks head coach Mike Brown.
Knicks fans are understandably wondering how on earth a player could handle the workload in the first game of the season.
“WHAT A FEED IS THERE TO MANAGE,” wondered one fan.
“How do you need pre-season load management?” added another one.
Others talked about the recent trend of load management in the NBA as a whole.
“Nothing says NBA is back like pre-game workload management,” they wrote.
Big opportunity for the Knicks
Aside from the odd update on Mitchell Robinson’s status, the Knicks have no excuse this season not to at least return to the Eastern Conference Finals, if not beyond.
The Knicks front office has spent countless resources to build a viable contender around Jaylen Brunson, and with Jayson Tatum and Knicks killer Tyrese Halliburton now (probably) out for the season, New York will never have a better chance to make the NBA Finals.
Adding to the pressure is the fact that the Knicks’ roster isn’t exactly made up of spring chickens, with all of their key players at least 28 years old and seemingly not getting any better than they are right now.
The Knicks and Cavaliers will open their seasons against each other on Wednesday at 7:30 PM ET from Madison Square Garden in Manhattan.
2025-10-20 18:41:00
