Mitchell Robinson is injury prone. Isaiah Hartenstein is due a lot of money. Precious Achiuwa is a restricted free agent, and there’s always Jericho Sims.

And then there’s the field, and with the laundry list of assets at the Knicks disposal, New York is in prime position to go big game hunting this offseason. Provided, of course, there’s a target available worth the organization’s attention. After injuries depleted a deep Knicks roster in another second-round playoff exit, New York has an active offseason ahead, and chief among the items on the to-do list for a front office hoping to improve the roster for a deeper run next year is shoring a center position set to become compromised this summer.

The questions unfortunately begin with Robinson, one of few homegrown Knicks draft picks on a roster set to undergo a makeover this summer. Robinson has appeared in 60 games in a season just once over the last four years. This past season, he suffered a surgery-inducing stress fracture in his left ankle on Dec.

8, recovered in time to return for the end of the regular season, then suffered another surgery-inducing stress fracture in the same ankle to start the second round of the playoffs. Robinson is a dominant offensive rebounder, shot-blocker and lob threat at the rim, and he is beloved by an organization that has watched him grow both as a player and as a man since they selected him 36th overall in the 2018 NBA Draft. His draft class, however, predates Leon Rose’s arriv.