July P&T mailbag: The Knicks’ biggest threat in the East, a new Dolan on the horizon & should NY have drafted somebody? Anybody?

Surviving your slog through the heat of mid-summer? Tired of the deluge of World Cup corruption? Weary of watching the Summer League Knicks struggle to score 50 stinkin’ points? You need a P&T mailbag, STAT.

And you’re in luck! Here’s one now.

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1) How will you feel watching Mitchell Robinson ply his trade as a leprechaun? Good, bad, indifferent or something else?

— Ariel Hukported

Terry Pendleton was my first moment of heartbreak as a childhood sports fan. Darryl Strawberry signing with the Dodgers a year later was the second. But the first real “Et tu, Brute?” instance was Xavier McDaniel signing with the Celtics after being the Knicks’ second-best player that postseason. If you ever wondered “Would X have really have made any difference over Charles Smith?”, check out 2:35 in this clip.

I love Mitch. I really do. I wondered how long it’d take me to offer a hearty “Fuck Dolan” after Game 5, and it didn’t take long.

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Still. Not the same. Not even close.

X-Man was, after Patrick Ewing, the biggest reason the Knicks were able to push MJ & The Jordanaires farther than they did in 1989, 1991, 1993 and 1996. There may never have ever an answer for how to stop Jordan, but X had a PhD in Scottie Pippen. Losing him back then would be like if last year’s Knicks lost in the Finals, then Karl-Anthony Towns or OG Anunoby signed with San Antonio. Uuuiiiii!

I won’t have any problems watching Mitch or rooting for him, for the same reason I won’t care if Mike Brown starts the year 4-18, or if — as I’m expecting — OG, Josh Hart and Mikal Bridges combine to miss 50 or more games. Or if Jalen Brunson misses that many on his own. Or if Herb Williams, Chris Smith or Taj Gibson are on the roster at some point

BECAUSE THE KNICKS ARE THE ****ING NBA CHAMPS!!!!!!

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Mitch is one of the greatest Knicks this century and one of their all-time top big men. He came to New York as a project with no experience balling beyond high school; he leaves as the greatest offensive rebounder in franchise history and a two-way terror critical to closing out Games 2 and 5 in the Finals. He’s a lovable dude.

He’s also…

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