LAS VEGAS — No rust?
Fourteen months is a long time not to play a 5-on-5 basketball game, unless you are Mitchell Robinson. The Knicks’ 7-foot center project has floored Knicks coach David Fizdale.
“Ma-a-a-n, is he athletic,” Fizdale said of Robinson, whom they selected with the 36th pick of the draft.
After two days of summer-league practice, Fizdale is more impressed with his sharpness.
“You would’ve thought he was playing the whole time,” Fizdale said. “That’s how solid he’s been.
“No, I have not seen rust.