With a 4th place in the Eastern Conference standings, as well as the MIP and Coach of the Year, James Dolan’s franchise had an impressive year. Unfortunately, the enchanted parenthesis came to an end against more talented and less predictable Hawks offensively.
Even though they’ve been effective at 3-pointers in the regular season, with the league for second in the league tied with the Nets (39.2%), the Knicks need shooters. Having one or two more 3-point specialists would allow the team to vary their game and try their luck from a distance more often.
On this regular season, New York has shot only 30 times per game at 3-point. Only the Cavs, Wizards and Spurs took fewer long shots than Madison Square Garden residents.
The Heat keeps control
Therefore, the management of “Big Apple” would be interested in Duncan Robinson. The Miami shooter has just compiled 13 points on average, 40.8% away. As Ian Bagley recalls on SportNet New York, the Knicks have $ 50 million this summer. They could therefore go on the offensive for the 27-year-old.
The problem for them is that Duncan Robinson approaches this “free agency” as a “protected free agent”. That is, Miami can match all outside offerings in order to keep it. And given his leading role in the Heat’s attack, it is hard to see Pat Riley let go of Duncan Robinson this summer. Unless the winger and his agent get a monstrous crippling salary for the Heat, in which case forced to let him go.
An ambitious but complicated case to finalize for New York, which could fall back on a Kendrick Nunn, also “protected free agent” but that Pat Riley will be less reluctant to let slip.
| Duncan Robinson | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2018-19 | MY | 15 | 11 | 39.1 | 28.6 | 66.7 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3.3 |
| 2019-20 | MY | 73 | 30 | 47.0 | 44.6 | 93.1 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 13.5 |
| 2020-21 | MY | 72 | 31 | 43.9 | 40.8 | 82.7 | 0.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 13.1 |
| Total | 160 | 29 | 45.2 | 42.3 | 86.9 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 12.3 | |
