Kevin Knox stole the show in Las Vegas, immediately wowing his new Knicks teammates with his shot-making prowess and athleticism in the NBA’s summer league. The team’s other rookie, raw big man Mitchell Robinson, has stood out in fall workouts, drawing through-the-roof praise from potential starting point guard Trey Burke.
How impressive has Robinson been? Burke compared the 7-foot-1 second-round pick, who spent the year before the draft training instead of going to college, to a thin Shaquille O’Neal, of all players.
“I got a chance to play with him in open gym, and I was shocked a little bit,” Burke said Monday at media day at the MSG Training Center.