{"id":79421,"date":"2025-08-18T19:25:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T19:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/79421\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T19:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T19:25:08","slug":"knicks-backup-big-man-ranked-26th-best-center-in-the-nba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/79421\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks\u2019 backup big man ranked 26th-best center in the NBA"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Knicks big man Mitchell Robinson has been one of the Knicks\u2019 most impactful players, yet he still isn\u2019t getting his respect across the league.<\/p>\n

Recently, The Athletic came out with a list of their Top 40 centers in the NBA<\/a>. Robinson came in at No. 26 on the list, below Portland Trailblazers rookie Yang Hansen, who has yet to step foot in an NBA game.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, I\u2019m already buying the Hansen hype. No, I don\u2019t care if it takes a little bit for him to realize it,\u201d Zach Harper of The Athletic <\/a>wrote in his explanation for the ranking. \u201cI\u2019m going all in, and I believe he\u2019s a top-25 big man right away with his skill and size.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hansen was drafted 16th overall by the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2025 NBA Draft, and would soon end up with the Trailblazers. In this year\u2019s edition of Summer League, he averaged 10.8 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game in four appearances.<\/p>\n

Robinson\u2019s poor injury luck could be contributing to his low ranking.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Robinson\u2019s recent injury history has likely put a damper on his perceived value across the league. Robinson has missed significant time in each of the last two seasons, and has seen his production slip as a result. In 17 games this past season, he averaged 5.1 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, despite his low ranking, the Knicks still value Robinson as one of their most important pieces, and as long as he stays healthy, he should play a big role in the Knicks\u2019 quest for a championship next season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York Knicks big man Mitchell Robinson has been one of the Knicks\u2019 most impactful players, yet he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-79421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}