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SNY’s Ian Begley will be responding to Knicks questions from readers. Here’s the latest…
Do the Knicks internally see the KAT/Mitch (or some other rim protector) frontcourt as a real feature of the team? Thibs has yet to play KAT and Sims together despite the defensive struggles. Are they 100% fully committed to KAT at the 5 or are they ready to make that pivot? – @GreenPandaGP
I can’t answer this question definitively but I don’t think the Knicks would pivot from playing Karl-Anthony Towns at center. I can say confidently that New York will want to see lineups with Towns and Mitchell Robinson on the floor together, if possible. Robinson is currently rehabbing from foot surgery. If/when he makes it back to the floor, he will probably come off the bench initially. I can’t see him starting right away. But I do think the Knicks want to see how a Towns/Robinson front court performs.
Last season, the Timberwolves had a lot of success with Towns at power forward and Rudy Gobert at center. Towns played power forward for 95 percent of his 2,000-plus minutes last year, per Basketball Reference. The Knicks obviously don’t want Towns playing power forward 95 percent of the time this year. But I do think they’d like to see how lineups with Towns and Robinson function.
Any chance Mitch is ahead of schedule in his rehab? We need him desperately. What’s the injury update on McCullar? Any timeline on return? – @MendozaTweets
The last time I checked, Robinson’s rehab had been going well. The Knicks have projected his potential return for December/January. They don’t want to bring him back until he’s fully healthy. So I don’t think there is any rush to get him back sooner than the December/January window.
I don’t have an update on Kevin McCullar Jr.
Anything new to tell us [on Precious Achiuwa]?? – @daly_a_
Nothing new on Precious Achiuwa’s hamstring. Tom Thibodeau said on Wednesday that Achiuwa had not been cleared for contact. The Knicks announced on Oct. 20 that Achiuwa would be re-evaluated in 2-to-4 weeks — this Sunday is the four-week mark from the initial announcement.
Does the FO think the team…
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