While Immanuel Quickley was getting his first start of the season, the Knicks' other rookie, Obi Toppin, didn’t have as memorable a night in his return to his hometown of Brooklyn.as his team fell to the Nets, 117-112 on Monday night.
Toppin, who was taken in the lottery, the eighth overall pick, and still resides in Brooklyn, entered the game to start the second quarter with the Knicks trailing by five. When Brooklyn ran off a 14-2 burst in three minutes and 43 seconds that was all for Toppin, who was pulled with Julius Randle coming back into the game as coach Tom Thibodeau called timeout.