New York is hoping the return of Mitchell Robinson helps, but can he be enough to dramatically impact the Knicks’ biggest area of concern: defense? In particular, transition defense. “KAT (Karl-Anthony Towns) isn’t in the kind of shape he needs to be to deal with Cleveland and Boston,” one league scout told Heavy Sports. “But this isn’t all on him. New York just doesn’t have enough good defenders. You know where you see it? (Jalen) Brunson’s out there working his ass off even though he’s got the size problem, and then you see other guys just getting beating up the floor and off the dribble.
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