{"id":853619,"date":"2026-10-08T05:10:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T05:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/853619\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T05:10:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T05:10:03","slug":"jordan-clarkson-on-ex-knick-mitchell-robinson-weve-gotta-whoop-his-ass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/853619\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Clarkson on ex-Knick Mitchell Robinson: ‘We’ve gotta whoop his ass’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Veteran Knicks guard Jordan Clarkson has a message for Mitchell Robinson, New York\u2019s longtime defensive anchor who signed with the Boston Celtics in free agency this offseason.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI hope he does great things in Boston,\u201d Clarkson told reporters at the Knicks\u2019 Tarrytown practice facility on Wednesday. \u201cBut when we see him, we\u2019ve gotta whoop his ass. But that\u2019s my dog, man. I love that dude forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clarkson said he had pre-existing relationships with starters Jalen Brunson, OG Anunoby and Josh Hart prior to joining New York\u2019s championship roster last summer. He did not, however, have a relationship with Robinson, the longest-tenured Knick from last year\u2019s squad.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, that was my dog. Every road game, I was next to him, my locker,\u201d said Clarkson. \u201cWe would go eat most of the time on the road just to try to continue to talk to him and get to know him. I think that was probably the closest dude to me on the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robinson and the Knicks failed to reach an agreement on a new contract that kept the team below the second apron this offseason. As a result, he agreed to a three-year, $47.4 million deal with the divisional rival Celtics. Robinson\u2019s last contract with the Knicks was worth $60 million over four years. His deal with the Celtics only represented a roughly 5.5% raise.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d already known Josh, OG and Jalen before, but getting to know Mitch last year and becoming close with his family,\u201d Clarkson said. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely tough for them, but it\u2019s the business of basketball.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robinson, whose eight-year career has been marred by injury, averaged 7.5 points, eight rebounds and 1.7 blocks on 70% shooting from the field since the Knicks selected him 36th overall in the 2018 NBA Draft. He is healthy and active ahead of Boston\u2019s preseason opener against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Oct. 8.<\/p>\n

CONDOLENCES<\/p>\n

Head coach Mike Brown said he called Ariel Hukporti, the former Knicks center who signed with the Philadelphia 76ers in free agency after he tore his Achilles<\/a> in the preseason matchup between the two teams on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI talked to him after the game. I gave him a call. It\u2019s tough to see,\u201d said Brown. \u201cHe just a great human being and young man and he looked like he was in shape and was going to get an opportunity there. So, it\u2019s tough.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Knicks selected Hukporti with the 58th and final pick in the 2024 NBA Draft.<\/p>\n

EVOLUTION<\/p>\n

Mikal Bridges said his goal this year is the same as it is every year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just focused on every year trying to be the best player and best teammate I can be to help the team, and our goal every year is to try to be the best team we can be,\u201d he said on Wednesday. \u201cAnd that\u2019s through the years, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a one-year thing. I think I just keep evolving and keep trying to be the best player I can be until I retire.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran Knicks guard Jordan Clarkson has a message for Mitchell Robinson, New York\u2019s longtime defensive anchor who signed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":853620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3766],"tags":[7,45,75,3798,46,2131,304,1247,6],"class_list":["post-853619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boston-celtics","tag-basketball","tag-boston","tag-boston-celtics","tag-bostonceltics","tag-celtics","tag-jordan-clarkson","tag-knicks","tag-mitchell-robinson","tag-nba"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117403570929549505","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=853619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/853620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=853619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=853619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=853619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}