The New York Knicks have been fined for violating the NBA’s rules on injury reporting.
In a press release on Monday, the NBA announced that the Knicks have been fined $25,000 after they “failed to accurately disclose the game availability status of Mitchell Robinson prior to their game against the Toronto Raptors on March 27.”
Robinson suffered an ankle injury in December and underwent surgery. It initially looked like he would miss the remainder of the season, but he returned on March 27 and has been getting back into game shape ahead of the playoffs.
Between the fine over Robinson’s status and new information about Julius Randle, the Knicks have had some issues with injury reporting this year.
Robinson has averaged 5.7 points and 9.2 rebounds per game this season. The Knicks are hoping he can remain healthy for the postseason, as they will already be without Randle in their frontcourt.
The Knicks will not have Julius Randle for the rest of the regular season or the playoffs due to his shoulder injury. However, they did get some help with OG Anunoby returning as of late. OG Anunoby did not shoot well, going 2-for-10 from the field and 0-for-5 from three. The elbow injury might be impacting his shooting, and the Knicks will miss that if he remains ineffective, but his defense makes New York tough to deal with on that end of the floor, especially with the center duo of Isaiah Hartenstein and Mitchell Robinson no intact as well.
