In the latest edition of the Player’s Tribune, Immanuel Quickley penned a letter titled, “Goodbye New York.” Recently traded to the Toronto Raptors, he poignantly reflects on the trade, which clearly came out of left field, and the emotional impact of parting with the New York Knicks. This quote hits in the gut:
Obviously this is a business, but when you literally have no idea this is coming…. I mean, there were no rumors, no nothing. Just woke up from a nap on a road trip, in a random hotel room in Indiana, to a text from my agent Raymond Brothers saying, “Call me.