Robinson reveals he punched truck after brother's car crash
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- Mitchell Robinson posted on Facebook Sunday that he banged his hand on his truck out of frustration after learning his youngest brother was in a car crash with potentially life-threatening injuries while Robinson was 910 miles away
- Robinson underwent surgery for a fractured fifth metacarpal bone (his knuckle) in his right hand during the layoff between rounds but did not miss any games during the Knicks' NBA Finals run
- The New York Knicks swept the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference finals and won the NBA Finals in five games over the San Antonio Spurs — the franchise's first championship since 1973
- Robinson said his season was marked by "personal issues, relationship problems, and internal struggles" that he wrote affected his on-court performance
- Per ESPN's Shams Charania, Robinson agreed to a three-year, $47.4 million deal with the Boston Celtics that cannot become official until Monday
- Robinson said he made a "huge sacrifice" to not see his daughter as much during the season so he could lock in and give her "a better future than I did"
Why it matters: The Knicks just won their first NBA title since 1973, and now their starting center is leaving for the rival Celtics on a $47.4M deal — shifting the Eastern Conference competitive balance before New York's title defense begins. Robinson's candid post also reframes a previously mysterious playoff injury into a deeply personal family crisis that purely transactional coverage had missed.
