00:00Mitchell Robinson did a personal workout the last couple days with the New York Knicks.
00:05So obviously he's dribbling a basketball, probably taking some free throws, working on his game.
00:10No, he's not.
00:10But there's still no...
00:12Working on his game.
00:13Working on his game.
00:14Yeah.
00:14Working on the game.
00:15Yeah.
00:15100 free throws a day.
00:17Yeah.
00:17He probably made 20 of them.
00:19Maybe.
00:20He shot 100.
00:20By the way, maybe not.
00:22Yeah.
00:23A little Rick Barry style.
00:25Working on his game.
00:26So, look, he broke his pinky.
00:29He is going to speak today.
00:30There's a media gathering out in San Antonio for both teams today.
00:33Yep.
00:33So all the players get a chance to speak.
00:35He's going to be asked about how he broke his pinky.
00:37He's not going to tell you how he broke it.
00:40So he either broke it doing a leisurely activity that we've all done, or he broke it punching a wall.
00:46Now, that injury is actually known as the boxer's fracture.
00:52And it's known as the boxer's fracture because if you make a fist and you punch something with no give
00:58in it,
00:58and you're not wearing a glove, it's the most common injury you suffer.
01:01Makes sense.
01:02Smallest bone.
01:03And it's down here.
01:04Yeah.
01:04So it's not the tip of the pinky or even the middle.
01:07It's underneath the last knuckle you got.
01:10Yeah.
01:10And it comes down about halfway down your palm.
01:12Yeah.
01:12And he has a couple of screws in there now.
01:14Yeah.
01:14So it basically connects your pinky to your wrist.
01:18Yeah.
01:18Okay.
01:18There's one big long bone in here, and then you have three bones in your finger.
01:23The metacarpal is this bottom part right here, if I can show you on camera.
01:28So the break is most likely somewhere closer to the pinky than to the wrist.
01:32They put a screw or two in.
01:34It's not a major surgery, but it's very painful.
01:37They say it's very painful.
01:39Unless, of course, you have a penis and balls between your legs, and you're a professional athlete, and you're a
01:44man.
01:45Mitchell Robinson is playing in the NBA Finals.
01:48No, he's not.
01:49But let's play this fantasy land of Tiger Owens.
01:52It's not a fantasy.
01:52Where he's not going to play.
01:53He's in pain, and he might not be able.
01:56Tour it all.
01:57Yeah, but you're only allowed to do one.
01:58They don't do more than one anymore.
01:59You just made it to one.
02:00No, they don't anymore.
02:01I got a guy.
02:02No, they don't.
02:02I got a guy.
02:03No, so either.
02:04And you got a guy, too.
02:05No, no, I don't.
02:06No, no, no, no, no.
02:07I actually have a guy that would do it once.
02:09Yeah.
02:09So you either do it before the game, or you suck it up, and you do it at halftime.
02:11And then you put Tiger Bomb on it.
02:13And you don't.
02:14Tiger Bomb on it.
02:15No, that thing's going to hurt him.
02:17It's going to hurt him.
02:22You would do it, I would do it, not so much, Ethan, but as men, it's what we do.
02:28I'm telling you as a fact.
02:30Mitchell Robinson's playing in the NBA Finals, okay?
02:33Now, here's the reality, and it's a reality that no one's talking about, because nobody
02:39understands basketball, Nick basketball, the way I do.
02:43Okay.
02:44Sorry, not sorry.
02:45God bestowed upon me very few gifts.
02:48That's one of them.
02:49I just understand basketball more than most, okay?
02:53Okay.
02:53And when it comes to Nick basketball, I'm Einstein, all right?
02:57Misunderstood for sure, but ahead of the game, all right?
03:00So here's the reality you're not ready for.
03:02But this is going to happen.
03:03You're talking about game one tomorrow night, or you're talking about-
03:05I'm going to tell you the entire series right now.
03:07The whole series.
03:08When it comes to Mitchell Robinson.
03:09Mitchell Robinson.
03:09Okay.
03:10Okay.
03:10Mitchell Robinson's playing in the NBA Finals, okay?
03:13He's playing in the NBA Finals.
03:15Right.
03:16Not game one.
03:16Do not think for a minute he's not playing.
03:17Not game one.
03:18And he'll be on the court outside of a 30-point blowout, which is possible because we're that
03:22good.
03:23You'll see him tomorrow night as well.
03:25That being said, here's the deal.
03:27And you're not ready for this, but I'm going to give it to you, and I'm going to give it
03:30to you hard.
03:31The way you like it, America.
03:35They don't need him.
03:36What?
03:36The New York Knicks have a luxury in Mitchell Robinson.
03:42Mitchell Robinson has only averaged about 17 minutes a game in this postseason run.
03:49Yeah.
03:50Okay?
03:50They don't need him.
03:52It's because he doesn't play the four-poops.
03:53We like to have him, for sure.
03:55Are the Knicks better with him off the bench?
03:57100% they are.
03:58Especially against Wamby.
03:59Is he a dominant rebounder?
04:01Yes, he is.
04:01Does he run the pick-and-roll as good as any big man in the sport?
04:04You bet your ass he does.
04:06Alley-oop.
04:06And he's not a great offensive player.
04:08But Alley-oop's rolling.
04:09But the pick-and-roll Alley-oop, you can make the argument, the Knick pick-and-roll Alley-oop
04:13is the best in basketball.
04:15Period.
04:16Stop.
04:17That being said, Mitchell Robinson is a luxury.
04:22The New York Knicks can beat the Spurs without Mitchell Robinson.
04:27Now you've heard it.
04:28Now you can digest it.
04:30Now you can own it like it's yours.
04:31And I guarantee you by 4 o'clock this afternoon, it's going to be all over Twitter.
04:36Here's how the Knicks win if Mitchell can't go.
04:40That being said, he's a man.
04:42Hold on.
04:42And he's going to go.
04:43Whoa, whoa.
04:44But if he doesn't go, doesn't change the odds one bit.
Comments