Knicks Hiding SERIOUS Injury - This is TERRIFYING...

The New York Knicks are hiding a very serious injury to one of their star players and this is absolutely terrifying for the Knicks going into this season where health was such a big thing considering the injuries in the Eastern Conference and now with multiple injury updates we're seeing the Knicks do something that nobody saw coming just a couple of days ago and we're going to break all this down. What exactly the Knicks recoil of a plan is as they're very clearly hiding an injury that's more serious than meets the eye something we've seen before with Leon Rose and this New York Knicks front office we're going to break down exactly what these injuries are what the Knicks are dealing with right now and how they are planning to rectify this situation there's a lot to go over on the Knicks tonight guys and we're going to waste no time jumping right into it but real quick if you are part of that 57 that's not subscribed to Knicks Digest make sure to subscribe so you don't miss a single Knicks update all year long obviously there's a ton of stuff going on with the Knicks and we are not slowing down with all the great videos guys But let's jump right into it. There's a lot to go over on this team. As Mike Brown was discussing the New York Knicks injuries, going into tomorrow's game against the none other than the Cleveland Cavaliers, the team who is also dealing with some injuries, and like the Knicks, is at the very top of the expectations for the Eastern Conference. With that being said, the Knicks, we knew that Josh Hart was dealing with an injury for a while. He fell on his back, and that was a whole issue, and we're still waiting to hear back from Josh Hart, who is out. But now also on top of this, Mitchell Robinson will be missing tomorrow's game as well. as we already have seen it begun with Robinson and this injury-concerned situation. As it was mentioned by James Edwards, that the situation involving Mitchell Robinson is a bit peculiar. The often-injured big man who played a pivotal role in the Knicks' run to the Eastern Conference Finals last season after not making his debut until late February played in the Knicks' first three preseason games before exiting in the middle of the third game when the rest of the starters kept playing. Robinson didn't end the last regular season injured, nor has the team said he was injured during training camp. Mike Brown has continued to say that Robinson hadn't practiced in two weeks due to workload management on top of that Brown said there's probably a chance that I'll try to duplicate the lineups whatever duplication means just to try to keep everything else consistent and I feel we have especially early on you want to give guys opportunities so you can see if guys can really handle it or not and so I think we feel pretty deep time will tell and so I will probably duplicate the lineups more than change it. But don't hold me to that. And that's in regards to what the starting lineup is going to be. So not only are we seeing that Mitchell Robinson is injured, and apparently it's because of load management. It's the first game of the year. I don't know how it's load management that Mitchell Robinson has not been practicing for two weeks. Clearly, Mitchell Robinson hurt his ankle, because it did say left ankle load management. And on top of that, this does mean that Mitchell Robinson is now expected to be the starter for game one of the 2025-2026 NBA season. something that none of us would have seen coming just a couple days ago there was nothing on Mitchell Robinson getting hurt and now all of a sudden he's missing this game because of load management issues and Jonathan McRae's absolutely right to assume that Mitchell Robinson's re-injured his ankle now as he said there's no conceivable reason why he would start the preseason and play 18 minutes in the first preseason half and no less play again a again the next game leaving the middle of the third game when all other starters kept playing miss practice for nearly two weeks and now miss opening night the Knicks can dance around this all they want and often injured player got hurt whatever it is whether it's a minor or major injury something clearly happened to Mitchell Robinson and frankly he's right there's no way around it I mean Mike Brown we've seen what he said he said that Mike Brown repeatedly he says that reportedly says that the Knicks are operating under a workload management mindset with Mitchell Robinson Brown is unsure if Robinson will play the season opener though that's the thing that's not load management and I mean we see that's a mill who responded to this and he had a very good injury translation as he said he's the number one injury translator for Knicks and Mets players he said let me translate for the confused fans Mitch had two foot surgeries in the last two to three years he's likely dealing with soreness after pushing himself through training camp and practice going quite hard then when someone mentioned that that's not load managing during the playoffs last year and closer to his surgery and more workload management but load management for game one of the regular season is weird to which that's a no responded with when you have an injury history these things pop up all the time there's no one that feels great throughout a season and Mitch was probably in solid shape heading into the postseason after a long ramp up before finally playing in mid-year it makes sense that it happens early as well because now he's back here's the thing that is definitely true about that Robinson was ramped up for a long time Robinson was supposed to come back in December then it was January then it was February to March he consistently got that pushed back and it likely wasn't because he wasn't fully ready it's because the Knicks wanted to make sure he was fully healthy that he was doing everything that he had to do to be in full health for the Knicks going forwards which does make sense and likely that's what we're seeing again the Knicks have a new just director of like health and everything and that's Casey Smith who's been absolutely excellent at his job the Knicks training staff won multiple awards for the amount of just players that stayed healthy OG Anunoby played a high in games despite the high minutes that he had the career high in minutes we saw a whole lot of this happen we saw Mikal stay healthy throughout the season or mainly healthy he played through some injuries that we didn't really hear about and that's a Mikal also continued by saying I don't have a feel for the situation but I'm going to say I think the organization has their eyes set on one thing Mitch being a go for the postseason we saw how he changed to the Celtics series and that's the goal not an extra one to two wins in the first one of the or in the first week of the year which is 100% correct that is likely what's going on here is that what happened is Mitchell Robinson is at the end of the day dealing with ankle soreness that makes sense he's had two surgeries on his ankle that happens all the time with athletes you think that these athletes are always 100 healthy they're not Mikal Bridges has played through multiple injuries throughout his career he played through injuries with the Knicks last year that's just how Mitchell is and Mitchell Robinson he's injury prone so when his ankle is hurting the Knicks don't want to push him because of the fact that after hurting his ankle he came back and dealt with a stress fracture for a while which caused another whole can of worms to be opened when he went down with that injury that's the big fear that when he went down with that stress injury and then had to have another operation after that there was a lot of concern surrounding Mitch and what was going to happen and that makes sense because at the end of the day the Knicks don't need Mitch today they don't need Mitch tomorrow they don't need him this month next month the month after or the month after that they don't need him in until March really they don't that's what Mitch is really needed for the Knicks they are not going to push him Casey Smith is not going to push him against his will he's going to make sure everything's going to be all right Mitch was doing non-contact work for the majority of practice working on his free throws and doing that stuff he doesn't I mean he's bending his knees so he's putting pressure on his ankle and his foot it's not like he's injured he's not he's in pain from past injuries and because of that it's being hidden the problem is work management and just not playing for two straight weeks means that soreness has been lingering that is a worrisome sign that is signs that something is very likely a lot more wrong than meets the eye fans should be just very cautious about this moving forwards in regards to Robinson the Knicks have kept him around for a while because he's been able to deal with all this and also let's not forget this has happened under the Knicks before we didn't know anything about Mitch for the longest time with the injury remember when Julius Randle dislocated his shoulder and everyone was wondering oh when will he be back and they kept saying he was ramping it up doing good work getting closer getting closer getting closer getting closer he had surgery he's out for the year never plays for the Knicks again that's the thing here we don't see the Knicks ever give away their hand on the injuries they keep things as close to the vest as possible it's just how they operate it's how they always have operated under Leon Rose and because of that there are going to be people who do think that this is more serious than meets the eye and Ian Begley even sort of just mentioned everything surrounding the Knicks saying on Mitchell Robinson the Knicks have said they will manage his workload all season he hasn't practiced this week the Knicks don't want him to play unless he's 100% healthy ramped up per league source the Knicks also say Robinson has not suffered a new injury Robinson and the Knicks medical team are working together on a season-long plan obviously the goal is to have him healthy for the postseason will be a challenge for Mike Brown to not have Robinson on some nights certainly not ideal for a team with title aspirations but here's the thing take these words very carefully because there is something that plays out here Obviously, with Robinson saying that there isn't a new injury, that's part of that. It's not a new injury, but they also don't want him to play unless he's 100% healthy. That means he's not 100% healthy. That means he's dealing with ankle pain in his left ankle, the one that he's had stress injuries and other injuries on as well in his career. That means the Knicks are not going to play Robinson at all. If he's dealing with any sort of pain in his ankle, the Knicks, they're making sure that Mitch tells them so he can rest. I'm telling you, I don't expect Mitch to play any more than 50 games this year. I don't want Mitch to play any more than 50 games this year because I want Mitch healthy in the playoffs. If that's what it has to take, I'm fine with that. Also, that means Ariel Okolie gets a real shot to show if he's an NBA player or not. If he's not, if he can't hang, the Knicks are going to make some deal at the deadline so they could add another big man who they trust more. That's just going to be a part of it, but I really don't expect that to be the case. I expect Okolie to come out and play excellent basketball. The man has shown time and time again that he can pull down rebounds, score in the low block, make some nice passes, play at the high post, put the ball on the floor, defend the rim. I want Okolie to start tomorrow because I want to see what happens. I think Okolie is a lot better than people are realizing, and I think that Ariel Okolie is about to shock a lot of people in tomorrow's game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, and I am so excited for it. Guys, what do you think about the Mitchell Robinson situation? That is going to be something I do want to hear your guys' thoughts on in the comments down below, but also quickly in regards to Josh Hart as well. Josh is dealing with that back spasm thing. Right now his back is spasming after dealing with some pain, and James Edwards mentioned that Hart first injured himself during the Knicks' first preseason game when he fell down awkwardly in the first half against the 76ers. He didn't appear in a preseason game after that. Hart wasn't practiced with the team in two weeks and has been, or but has been doing individual on-court work and is running. There is no timetable for when Hart will return as his injury is considered tricky and will be monitored closely by the organization. It's very clear what's going on here. If the Knicks are dealing with any injury, they're going to be very careful about it moving forward. It's just their plan. And also with Hart, the work he shoulders is a lot of, it's the dirty work. So you want him to be healthy for that. You don't want him to be worn down. I mean, Josh Hart literally admitted that he just had nothing left in the tank by the end of the postseason last year. The Knicks don't want that. So they're going to rest their guys, and they're going to rest their guys like crazy. It's just that they want Mike Brown in many ways to be the anti-Thibodeau with that type of stuff, and that's exactly what's going to happen. It's going to be interesting to see how it all goes down. Let me know what you think about Josh Hart's injury as well. Like this video, subscribe, turn on post notifications. Have a great day, guys. Go Knicks. Thank you for all the support. It's almost basketball time.