The New York Knicks continue to weather injury problems, and at the worst possible time as well. They already lost Julius Randle to a season-ending shoulder injury prior to the start of the playoffs, and then they witnessed Bojan Bogdanovic endure injuries to his left foot and wrist that required season-ending surgery. And then, following their 121-117 victory over the Indiana Pacers in Game 1 of their second-round series, the injury bug struck again, this time claiming Mitchell Robinson who is now set to miss six to eight weeks with a stress injury to his left ankle.

Robinson has been a warrior in the playoffs; he battled against Joel Embiid in a brutally physical matchup, and on Monday, he played 12 minutes as Isaiah Hartenstein's main backup. But now, Robinson's body is not allowing him to participate in the Knicks' playoff run. This understandably caused a ton of frustration for the 26-year old center, especially when he was already unlucky with injuries throughout the 2023-24 season.

Mitchell Robinson then expressed his annoyance with his current circumstances by venting in his private Twitter (X) account, as revealed by Knicks insider Fred Katz of The Athletic.

“This is not over ! I WILL SEEK REVENGE,” one of Robinson's tweet reads. Robinson also wrote, “This is so f**ked up dawg like I don't even know what to say right now !”

Now, it's fair to question why the Knicks reporter is revealing Mitchell Robinson's tweets when they were made from a private account. Robinson posted his thoughts for only a certain group of people to view, but now, the entire world can see how he really feels about his unfortunate situation. Nevertheless, Knicks fans feel nothing but love for Robinson as New York's depth continues to go down the gutter.

Mitchell Robinson's revenge?

It's not quite clear at the moment who Mitchell Robinson directed his “revenge” message towards. The easy answer to this is Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid, as the 2023 NBA MVP was quite physical with Robinson and even crossed the line of acceptable contact on a few occasions.

Embiid drew the ire of Knicks fans throughout the series for being overly physical, particularly towards Robinson. In Game 3, the 76ers star notoriously pulled on Robinson's leg, forcing him to tumble to the ground as he tried to go up for a layup. Robinson exited Game 3 of the New York-Philly series on a walking boot, and he was forced to miss Game 4 because of it.

Robinson then proceeded to play 43 total minutes in the final two games of the series it didn't seem like the injury that knocked him out of action for Game 4 was anything too serious. However, the wear and tear has seemingly gotten to the Knicks center's ankle, and now, his season is all but over.

No one knows how Robinson plans to get his “revenge” and if Embiid, indeed, is the target of said vengeance. At the end of the day, hopefully no one else gets hurt and that Robinson doesn't compound the situation by seeking vengeance.

The Knicks center's snakebitten season comes to an end

Mitchell Robinson has been a bit injury prone throughout his career; this season, injury problems, once again, plagued the Knicks center. On December 8, 2023, Robinson sustained a serious ankle injury that required surgery, which then kept him out for a total of 51 games.

In fact, there was a point in time where the Knicks believed that Robinson won't be able to return this season as they applied for a Disabled Player Exception. The league did not grant them this exception, which led to the optimism that Robinson, indeed, would return. He played in his first game since left ankle surgery on March 27, 2024, and he proceeded to play in 10 of the Knicks' final 11 regular season games to ramp up for the postseason.

Now, Robinson has sustained another knock to his left ankle, perhaps a re-aggravation of the injury that kept him out for nearly four months. The Knicks were already fielding an eight-man rotation prior to his injury, and now, head coach Tom Thibodeau will have tough rotation decisions to make moving forward in their series against the Pacers.

Will he be content with only bringing off Miles McBride and Precious Achiuwa off the bench, proceeding with a seven-man rotation? Or will he actually give some minutes to the likes of Alec Burks, Shake Milton, or Jericho Sims?

Burks, Milton, and Sims haven't played a single minute in the playoffs to this point. However, tough times call for tough measures, and it's fair to question just how sustainable giving 45+ minutes a night to the team's starters is as they head deeper into the playoffs.