{"id":773349,"date":"2026-07-02T02:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T02:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/773349\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T02:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T02:32:10","slug":"jalen-brunson-kat-knicks-react-to-mitchell-robinsons-celtics-contract-in-nba-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/773349\/","title":{"rendered":"Jalen Brunson, KAT, Knicks React to Mitchell Robinson&#8217;s Celtics Contract in NBA Free Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Mitchell Robinson will now be an Eastern Conference rival after <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25139678-mitchell-robinson-reportedly-lands-celtics-contract-leaves-knicks-amid-jalyen-brown-trade-rumors\">joining<\/a> the Boston Celtics, but his former New York Knicks teammates still have nothing but love for the big man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">After ESPN&#8217;s <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2072341817060724877?s=20\">Shams Charania<\/a> reported Robinson and the Celtics agreed to a three-year, $47.4 million deal that featured a player option for the final season on Wednesday, Robinson took to <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mrobinson23_\/p\/DaQswRCmLWI\/?hl=en\">Instagram<\/a> to write a farewell post for the Knicks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">That drew responses from Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns and other New York players:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;Life a climb but, the view&#8217;s great,&#8221; Robinson wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;New York Knicks fans and the whole Knicks organization, the past 8 years have been the highlight of my life. I can&#8217;t thank you guys enough for the journey and opportunities. I know it&#8217;s a lot of emotions going around trust me I feel it myself. But I will always have love for where it all started! I love you and will miss you! Once a Knick always a Knicks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">New York selected Robinson with a second-round pick in the 2018 NBA draft, and he played his first eight seasons with the team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">That tenure culminated in a championship victory over the San Antonio Spurs last season in a series that saw him contribute off the bench as a rebounder and defender on Victor Wembanyama. In fact, he grabbed 10 boards in the closeout Game 5 and averaged 5.6 rebounds per game in the series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">While Robinson was never a primary contributor for the Knicks and didn&#8217;t average double-digit scoring totals in any of his eight seasons, his ability to provide a spark off the bench on the defensive side and with his prowess on the boards was important.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">He figures to play a more significant role with a Celtics team that doesn&#8217;t have Towns in their frontcourt, but he will forever be a champion with the Knicks.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mitchell Robinson will now be an Eastern Conference rival after joining the Boston Celtics, but his former New&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":773350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-773349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}