Never been so intensely looking forward to a player leaving, sorry, New York Knicks.
I'm not a Mitchell Robinson fan, but I've been following his growth, if nothing else, because Miró is so special.
As one of the top ten high school students in the United States in 17 years, although Miró received a scholarship from the University of Kentucky, he withdrew from school soon after enrollment, and in the following year, he neither went to overseas leagues nor to develop leagues, but shut himself at home to train alone, and it was precisely because there was too little information to the outside world that Miró's draft price plummeted.
To be honest, in a way, Miró should thank the Knicks for their trust, after all, they brought themselves into this league, and in the rookie season, Miro played more than 20 minutes, more than many first-round shows, such as the Magic's Bamba, the Jazz's Grayson Allen and so on;
But in the next 3 years, the Knicks are a bit wrong, they completely ignore Miró's talent, do not increase the ball, do not give design tactics, the data compared to the rookie season averaged 7.3 points, 6.4 rebounds per game, did not improve much (average 8.5 points per game, 8.6 rebounds), is simply wasting time;
Some people may ask, if the Knicks are fully trained, what kind of player will Miró become?
In my opinion, he will at least be above Capela, infinitely closer to Rudy Gobert.
First of all, talent, Miro's body shape is similar to Norris Noel, 2.13 meters tall, 2.24 meters arm span, although tall, but also flexible, and excellent athleticism, in addition, his lower limb strength is also good, the skeleton is large, the shoulders are very wide, the late weight gain to strengthen the confrontation, there is no problem.
Looking at the offensive end, with excellent physical talent, Miró showed great dominance in the near basket area, not only the end, 76.1% of the interior shooting rate, high in the league; and scrambling for offensive rebounds, averaging 4.1 per game, the league is second only to Adams' 4.6, the second offensive shooting rate of 73.6%, is also the first in the league.
There are also the two most important offensive methods of blue-collar centers, and Miró is also the level of the first gear of the league:
Blocking the offense, 1.42 points per game, 92.2 percent ahead of the league's players, for comparison, we look at Capela, 1.37 points per game, and Gobert, 1.32 points per game;
Empty cut, 1.44 points per round, ahead of the league's 80.3% players, or use Capela and Gobert to compare, the former 1.28 points per round, the latter 1.36 points per round;
Obviously, whether it is a block or a no-ball cut, Miro's scoring efficiency is higher than that of the two major blue-collar centers in the current game, but unfortunately, even so, the Knicks still will not design more tactics around Miro, Who only averaged 4.8 shots per game, and half of them were bought by rushing to grab offensive rebounds, that is, Miro could get 2-3 opportunities to eat cakes per game.
Finally, looking at the defensive end, this is one of Miro's biggest selling points, and although his current defensive coverage has not yet expanded beyond the three-point line, in areas of less than 15 feet, Miro has a rather terrible limit on opponent shooting percentage:
In the less than 6-foot zone, Miró can reduce the opponent's shooting rate from 64% to 53.9%, or compare Capela and Gobert, the former from 65% to 60.6%, and the latter from 63.9% to 50.7%;
In the less than 15-foot zone, Miró can reduce the opponent's shooting percentage from 36.7% to 35.8%, while Capela and Gobert can increase from 36.3% to 39.3% and 35.6% to 36.7%, respectively;
In terms of basket protection, Miro averaged 1.8 blocks per game, ranking 4th in the league, the only two players in the league with a blocking rate of more than 7%, and the other is this season's block king Jalen Jackson Jr.
Miro's talent is visible to the naked eye, and his ability is obvious to all, but in the Knicks, he is really just an ordinary blue-collar center, running back and forth, with no tactical position to speak of, and sometimes even the need to block him.
If Miro is at Harden, at Paul, around a core of passing, do you think his stats will be limited to 8+8? To know that Capela in the fourth year of his career, has grown into a double-double center averaging 13.9 points and 10.8 rebounds per game, the only fortunate thing is that Miró also realizes that he has no future in the Knicks, and his outstanding performance has won the appreciation of many teams, the Lone Ranger, thunder, Pistons, they all intend to join this summer's battle.
As long as he leaves the Knicks, whether it's going to Dallas to team up with Doncic, or going to the Thunder and pistons to participate in the rebuild, he will get a far better chance than the moment, so Miro, you still have to go fast.