The Toronto Raptors and New York Knicks are finalizing a big-time trade. Toronto is sending OG Anunoby, Precious Achiuwa and Malachi Flynn to the Knicks in exchange for RJ Barrett, Immanuel Quickley and a 2024 second-round draft pick.
Anunoby, who has been a member of the Toronto team since 2017 and was also a key player in their championship-winning season of 2019, has long been coveted as one of the league’s premier 3-and-D players. The Raptors however, haven’t been enticed enough to move him despite multiple teams showing significant interest over the years.
Barrett, who has been performing impressively this season with an average of 18.2 points and 4.3 rebounds per game, will now have the opportunity to return to his hometown. With Quickley, a talented point guard in Toronto, this could also suggest that Dennis Schröder’s time with the Raptors may be coming to an end. Quickley showcased his skills as the second-best sixth man last season and is now set to become a restricted free agent, aiming to secure a lucrative contract in the upcoming summer.
As always with bigger trades like this, NBA Twitter had to react… here are some of the best reactions:
Knicks fans seeing them get fleeced by the Raptors pic.twitter.com/UNXe5PWZxW
— omar (@omarr2k) December 30, 2023
Knicks GM in trade negotiationspic.twitter.com/HnWxCi4fmm
— Buttcrack Sports (@ButtCrackSports) December 30, 2023
OG Anunoby is the “big fish” the Knicks have been saving their assets for? pic.twitter.com/wB1HnNeh34
— Hub (@KenHeLive) December 30, 2023
knicks fans going to bed tonight after the RJ Barrett trade pic.twitter.com/YShAoskhj6
— Nick✩ (@weluvyounickk2) December 30, 2023
knicks fans going to bed tonight after the RJ Barrett trade pic.twitter.com/YShAoskhj6
— Nick✩ (@weluvyounickk2) December 30, 2023
if you pick up the phone right now, you can trade for any player’s skill set. whose is it?
the knicks: pic.twitter.com/hmzvGYtcFp
— I Think You Should League Pass (@nbaleave) December 30, 2023
The Knicks traded RJ Barrett, Immanuel Quickley and a pick to the raptors for Stanley Johnson with a skills trainer pic.twitter.com/8XXfjcGKNz
— John (@iam_johnw) December 30, 2023
I HATE THE KNICKS BRO FUCK pic.twitter.com/A1xl2NjsAd
— Quis (@QuisCapalot_) December 30, 2023
MASAI UJIRI MADE A TRADE AND WE ROBBED THE KNICKS GOD IS GOOD. pic.twitter.com/jlKM1RnLbB
— HTB ♨️ (@HenryTheBlasian) December 30, 2023
The Knicks spent their big asset pool on OG Anunoby https://t.co/wOxewZ3t8M pic.twitter.com/LNxMH1magr
— Tom (@TAizenberg) December 30, 2023
My KNICKS GOT FLEECED pic.twitter.com/DCQaRTrDIW
— 「 」 (@7urpe) December 30, 2023
the rest of the NBA watching the Knicks trade Quickley and RJ for OG Anunoby pic.twitter.com/QGj0tmd6nI
— (@kkslidxr) December 30, 2023
Me when the Knicks give OG Anunoby a max contract pic.twitter.com/Qxjl2jgYNZ
— NBA Slime (@TerryFranconia) December 30, 2023
