Consider this a small step in the right direction.
Mitchell Robinson, dealing with a broken left pinky finger, took part in practice Sunday.
The valuable big man went through individual work, according to coach Mike Brown.
Brown said Robinson’s status is uncertain for Wednesday’s Game 1 of the NBA Finals in San Antonio, although there is hope he will be available, noti.group’s Stefan Bondy reported.
Robinson fractured the fifth metacarpal, which is the bone connecting the wrist to the pinky finger.
He underwent surgery last week and was wearing some kind of protective device on his hand.
Brown said Robinson didn’t suffer the injury in a game or practice.
It is unclear how he sustained the injury.
The Knicks said they’d provide no further details on the fracture, including its cause.
“I can’t thank you guys enough for the love and support most of you bring especially at a time like this in my life,” Robinson wrote on Instagram under a picture of him walking into the Cavs arena during the conference finals. “It makes everything in fighting for 100x easier to deal with.
“The ones that want to see me down and hurt all I gotta say for you is f–k you. And last the ones that say they love and care about me but can’t be there for me when I need them but I’m always there to when they need me god get you.”
The Knicks’ top offensive rebounder and rim protector is the best equipped to deal with San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama.
He is also insurance for starting center Karl-Anthony Towns, who is susceptible to foul trouble.
Miles McBride knows Spurs guard Dylan Harper’s older brother, Ron Harper Jr., well.
Their dads were college stars in Ohio, Ron Harper attending Miami of Ohio and Walt McBride playing for Xavier.
He has been impressed by Dylan, the former Rutgers guard and five-star high school prospect out of Don Bosco Prep (N.J.).
“I feel like he’s just a gamer,” McBride said. “He’s one of those kids that just probably in the backyard [growing up playing all the time]. I know his family pretty well. So, just in the backyard, playing against his older brother. I have an older brother, so I feel like you just figure out how to score over bigger guys, older guys [that way], and you live for these moments.”
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
