Regardless, Robinson has enabled the Knicks to return to their roots under head coach Tom Thibodeau: Slugfest basketball. New York's hard-nosed sideline chief has never been one to beat you with X's and O's, embracing a grit and grind mentality.

For now, and until Jalen Brunson returns, the Knicks have found its formula: Turn defense into offense, disrupt opponents and let the stops fuel their attack.

It's hard for seven-footer Mitchell Robinson to hide in a crowd and his latest efforts for the New York Knicks have been appropriately glaring. Knicks fans no d