Healthy Mitchell Robinson ready to have say in Hawks playoff series this time around

Mitchell Robinson has seen it all as a Knick, from toiling on the league’s worst team to now being the X factor on a contender that has a chance to be the best.The Knicks’ road to a title — the bar set by ownership — starts with Saturday’s first-round Game 1 against the visiting Hawks.Robinson, the longest-tenured player on the roster, is the only one left from their 2021 first-round loss to the Hawks.“Yeah, it’s crazy.

Was it five years ago when we played them in the playoffs?” Robinson asked rhetorically.“I didn’t get to play in that series.

Five years later, here we are with a different team for both sides.It’s going to be amazing, going to be fun.

[We’re] going to get after it.”Robinson missed that gentleman’s sweep at the hands of Atlanta, sidelined by a broken foot.But after being handled cautiously the final six games — averaging 20.7 minutes in three and missing the rest — he’s come through a left ankle injury and lost toenail, healthy for this Hawks rematch.A pending unrestricted free agent, this could be his Garden swan song.

Robinson was a rookie on a league-worst 17-65 squad and has been part of their steady climb.Now they’ll aim to turn the Hawks into another rung on their ladder.“Yeah, I’ve done seen it all,” said Robinson, 28.

“This is Year 8 for me, going from not being in the playoffs, to the bottom of the East, to now one of the tops in the East.It’s been amazing.

Long journey.Trust the process and here we are.”Robinson averaged 5.7 points and 8.9 boards this season, but the numbers don’t so much lie as fall short of the truth.“We’ve got to approach this collectively,” Hawks coach Quin Snyder said.

“He’s a terrific player that impacts the game in a lot of ways.”In their April 6 matchup, Robinson had a dozen boards, three blocks and two steals in just 20 minutes off the bench to lead the Knicks to a road win.The league’s most efficient rebounder, Robinson could be the X factor a...