Knicks’ OG Anunoby leaves no doubt on Mitchell Robinson’s importance amid finger injury

With the New York Knicks in the NBA Finals, the team awaits the winner of Saturday night’s Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs. In the meantime, the Knicks are dealing with an injury to big man Mitchell Robinson, as teammate OG Anunoby speaks of the center’s importance to the team.

Robinson has undergone surgery on his right pinky finger, putting his status in question for the start of the NBA Finals, though reports say he intends to play. Either way, Anunoby will speak on Robinson sustaining the injury, saying how the 28-year-old is “very important” to New York.

“Mitch [Robinson] is very important to us, an amazing player – unfortunate what happened, but we’ll take it day-by-day,” Anunoby said, according to SNY Knicks.

"Mitch is very important to us, an amazing player – unfortunate what happened, but we'll take it day-by-day"

OG Anunoby on Mitchell Robinson's injury: pic.twitter.com/9e6SlX6feb

— SNY Knicks (@sny_knicks) May 29, 2026

As mentioned, Shams Charania of ESPN would report on the surgery that Robinson had, though also mentioning that he “fully plans to play” in the first game of the NBA Finals, “while wearing a brace on his hand.”

“Mitchell Robinson has undergone surgery on his broken right pinky finger — and fully plans to play in the New York Knicks’ Game 1 of the NBA Finals against OKC or San Antonio next Wednesday while wearing a brace on his hand, sources tell ESPN,” Charania wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

Karl-Anthony Towns’ thoughts on Mitchell Robinson’s injury with Knicks

There’s no denying that Robinson is crucial to the team’s bench as the backup center to Karl-Anthony Towns, as the star himself would speak about the depth of the Knicks.

“We trust everyone in this locker room. If this playoff run has shown anything, 1 through 15 can go out there, put a Knicks jersey on and get the job done,” Towns said, via SNY Knicks.

Karl-Anthony Towns says the Knicks' celebration for winning the East was "that night and that night only"

"Wake up, it was a brand new day – back to work" pic.twitter.com/PNvx6HH5to

— SNY Knicks (@sny_knicks) May 29, 2026

Head coach Mike Brown spoke on Friday, and while the reason for the pinky injury is still unknown, it did not occur in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers or in practice, per Ian Begley.

The Knicks await their NBA Finals opponent between the Thunder and the Spurs as Game 1 is on Wednesday, June 3.

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