Thursday Posted & Toasted Notes: Snitchie Mitchie, No Big Man’s Land, Doc Talk

Not the best day for links, as everybody was writing about Jaylen Brown and LeBron James. You’d been cool thinking those things should be separated by a good 10 years or so, but they’re not, somehow. Here are some.

• You have probably heard about this by now, but Mitchell Robinson is officially gone, and worse, he’s gone to Boston. ESPN’s Shams Charania reported the three-year, $47.4 million deal with the Celtics, ending his eight-year run in New York. Mitch posted a farewell on Instagram, thanked the Knicks and fans for the best years of his life, and got love back from Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, and others. I hate the destination. I do not hate the man. Once a Knick, always a Knick, unless you do something truly unforgivable. This is not that, even if the jersey will hurt the eyes.
• The Knicks don’t have any big men rostered and still need to fill a few open roster spots. Meanwhile, Stefan Bondy reported they’re not close to signing Kevon Looney, but it could still happen.
• If you’re interested, which probably are more than the Knicks are (at least that’s how they are making it look like), the best FA centers still available are not what you call enticing. Remove Mamu, Bagley, and Hayes from that list, by the way.

• Already touched on this in yesterday’s notes, but the New York Post discussed Mike Brown’s appearance on the Roommates Show, quoting him as revealing Dillon Jones as someone who played a real behind-the-scenes role during the Knicks’ championship run.

“Throughout the course of this run, I got help with the messaging from different people. I’m gonna tell you guys, you may know this or may not, Dillon [Jones] was fabulous.

“I spoke to Dillon often during this playoff run because he had just gone through it with Oklahoma City,” Brown added. “I said, ‘Hey, when you guys were in this position, what was [head coach] Mark [Daigneault] saying? What was [general manager] Sam Presti saying? What were you guys saying to each other? What do you think here?”

• Mike Brown also opened up about his two toughest moments of the year, naming both the discussions and decision to start the season with Josh Hart on the bench, and some early-season clashes with Karl-Anthony Towns. If you didn’t watch the show, go catch it in full now.
• The Celtics got robbed by the 76ers. Sister site CelticsBlog is already asking what Brad Stevens was thinking.
• Per Kevin O’Connor, LeBron James is in discussions to film a documentary (The Final Tango?) wherever he goes to play basketball next season. Full circus is coming!
• The New York Post’s Zach Braziller argued Cleveland, not New York, makes the most sense for LeBron… saying that move could be great for the Knicks in a different way.
• Josh Hart summed up the last couple of days nicely.
• Victor Oladipo is a free agent. Made you know about it.
• Page Six reported that Travis Kelce and his fiancée invited the Knicks’ starting lineup to their wedding after watching Game 4 of the Finals at Madison Square Garden.
• Won’t even hide the headline here cause it’s so good: “Tim Hardaway Sr. won’t let son wear No. 10 with Heat: ‘My legacy is my legacy.’”

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