The Knicks kick off a post-Mitchell Robinson era tonight with a game against those dreaded IP thieves, the Toronto Raptors. Jericho Sims will be taking Mitch’s spot in the starting rotation, as Thibs clearly has some strict views about roles, and he prefers iHart to remain in his bench role. Of course, iHart will get most of the minutes at center in Mitch’s absence, so starting really doesn’t matter much beyond Thibs wanting some consistency at the start of the game to the way the Knicks normally play.
In possibly even bigger bad news for the Knicks, IQ will miss tonight’s game with knee inflammation.