All the finger pointing was off.
Mitchell Robinson suffered his broken right pinky finger that threatens his NBA Finals availability away from the court, according to Knicks coach Mike Brown.
Brown said the injury did not happen in a practice nor game, and Robinson did not practice Friday.
The coach was non-committal regarding Robinson’s availability moving forward.
News broke of Robinson’s shocking injury Thursday, catching most by surprise since he played throughout the Knicks’ Eastern Conference finals sweep seemingly without issue.
Internet sleuths found moments from the Knicks’ Game 4 win over the Cavaliers on Monday in the Eastern Conference finals that showed Robinson in discomfort at two different moments, but he remained in the game to help the team to its first Finals appearance since 1999.
Robinson underwent surgery and is hoping to play in Wednesday’s Game 1 against the Thunder or Spurs, although there is no concrete timeline.
His size will be critical against either San Antonio phenom Victory Wembanyama or for battles versys Oklahoma City’s big-man duo of Isaiah Hartenstein and Chet Holmgren.
The longest-tenured Knick said earlier this postseason that his mental health is “not the best right now” and added that he was deleting his social media accounts.
“I’m deleting all apps for a little while until I can get back to myself,” Robinson wrote on Snapchat ahead of Saturday’s Game 3 road win. “I had a very upsetting experience a few days ago. I’m not gonna go into detail about it, just gonna focus on the playoffs and myself.
“I know some of you have called and texted and it popped up green. That’s because I got a new [phone] number. My mental health is not the best right now but I am fighting to get back on track while playing on the biggest stage in the world in the Eastern Conference finals.”
