暴龍前陣子透過交易換進換回RJ Barrett和Immanuel Quickley,今日兩位前尼克球員也回到麥迪遜花園廣場進行比賽,無論是進場介紹還是播放致敬影片時都受到球迷熱烈歡迎。
Quickley說:「感覺很棒,但我們沒有達到我們想要的結果,當然是要帶著贏球回家,可以看到大家,這邊是我職業生涯的起點,有球迷還是一直與我噴垃圾話,這些都非常酷。」
RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley sound off on their return to Madison Square Garden pic.twitter.com/pInNQ9MAov
— NBA (@NBA) January 21, 2024
Quickley還說:「和朋友們競爭總是很有意思,我在場上時有很多不同的情緒。這裡的人們尊重我,對我很好,我很感謝。總教練肯定會讓球員們在我擋拆時讓我難受。交易讓兩支球隊都得到了他們想要的,我很高興能為一支需要我的球隊效力。」
"The whole day was just a little different for me. Good to see my friends, obviously wanted to win but good luck to all of them."
— Knicks Videos (@sny_knicks) January 21, 2024
- Immanuel Quickley pic.twitter.com/UNSZB3wBkt
從他今入暴龍之後,也從尼克隊場均15分,進步到過去10場在暴龍隊先發場均18分,賽後他也被問到如何與球隊建立化學效應,他說:「就像是遇見新的女孩,你必須要花時間認識他,帶他出去吃飯、玩等等的,你不可能就是跟她出去然後說:『我們結婚吧』這是不會發生的事。」
Immanuel Quickley on creating a bond with his new TOR teammates:
— Kristian Winfield (@Krisplashed) January 21, 2024
"It's like meeting a new girl. You got to take time to get to know her. You got to take her out to eat, stuff like that. You ain't gonna just walk up to her and say, 'Let's get married.' That ain't gonna work."