Who is Knicks' Biggest X-Factor?

The New York Knicks have a lot of players that can affect the team's success, as they are one of the deepest teams in the entire NBA.

In a recent article by Bleacher Report's Grant Hughes , he picks who he thinks is every team's biggest x-factor heading into the season. For the Knicks, he thinks that player is their starting center, Mitchell Robinson.

"Robinson, 26, has been injury-prone and not very scheme-versatile to this point in his career," Hughes writes. "He needs to play more than ever and also prove he can do more than wall off the rim on D if the Knicks are going to make good on their plans for contention."

The team lost Isaiah Hartenstein to the Oklahoma City Thunder in free agency, so they need Robinson more than ever this season.

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In the 31 games that the big man played this past season, he averaged just under six points and eight rebounds per game. He also chipped in a block and a steal, as his calling card is getting it done on both sides of the court.

If Robinson can step up and stay healthy this season, that could put the Knicks in good position to be one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference.