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Mitchell Robinson

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.