When the Knicks lost Mitchell Robinson to James Dolan’s second-apron mandate, the greatest concern was a dip in offensive rebounding.
Robinson had been, after all, a premier offensive rebounder. Over a five-year stretch — barring (frequent) injury — he was probably the NBA’s best.
But 10 games into the season without Robinson, the Knicks, as a team, are actually better than ever at cleaning the glass.
They wrapped up Tuesday’s victory over the Bucks with the league’s most rebounds per game at 49.4. They had the second-most offensive rebounds per game at 14.9. They were No. 2 in contested offensive rebounds at 9.1, and No. 2 in second-chance points at 19.2.