Robinson: Punching Truck Fractured My Hand
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- Mitchell Robinson said in a Sunday Facebook post that he fractured his right hand by banging it on his truck after hearing his youngest brother had been in a car crash with potentially severe injuries while Robinson was 910 miles away.
- Robinson, now a Boston Celtics center, underwent surgery for a fractured fifth metacarpal bone during the layoff between series but did not miss any games during the Knicks' championship run.
- The New York Knicks won the NBA Finals in five games over the San Antonio Spurs for their first championship since 1973.
- Robinson agreed to a three-year, $47.4 million deal with the Celtics per ESPN's Shams Charania, though the deal cannot become official until Monday.
- Robinson framed his season as marked by "personal issues, relationship problems, and internal struggles" that affected his on-court play, and said he sacrificed time with his daughter to focus on basketball.
Why it matters: Boston's $47.4 million commitment indicates confidence in a player whose turbulent season is now attributable to family trauma rather than basketball focus — and who proved he can play through a fractured hand on the NBA's biggest stage. Robinson's public account also reframes any lingering questions about his late-season play as a personal-resilience story rather than a performance collapse.
