The Toronto Raptors are sending OG Anunoby, Malachi Flynn, and Valuable Achiuwa to the New York Knicks in alternate for RJ Barrett, Immanuel Quickley, and a Detroit Pistons second-round decide. The Athletic’s NBA insider Shams Charania was the primary to report the full particulars of the commerce.
Anunoby has been linked to potential trades as early because the summer season of 2022. The Raptors small ahead is having the second-best capturing season of his profession, averaging 48.9 p.c from the sector on 11.9 makes an attempt. He’s additionally a robust defender, one season faraway from a career-high 1.9 steals per recreation. Anunoby has a $19.9 million participant’s possibility within the 2024-2025 season, probably signaling the Knicks might want to prolong him earlier than the offseason.
The commerce did nothing to change New York’s championship odds.
Barrett, who was born in Toronto, signed a four-year, $107 million rookie extension with the Knicks this previous offseason. The capturing guard was averaging a career-low 29.5 minutes per recreation this season, posting his worst capturing numbers in two years.
Quickley is starting a breakout scoring season, averaging profession highs in factors (15), two-point share (54.9 p.c), and three-point share (39.5 p.c).
The fourth-year capturing guard will look to suit alongside Raptors’ third-year playmaker Scottie Barnes, constructing a younger backcourt because the cornerstone of a aggressive rebuild. Coming into the ultimate 12 months of his rookie contract, Quickley might be a restricted free agent in 2024.
Again in March, Achiuwa and Flynn had been a part of the cringe-worthy Girls’s Historical past Month tribute video.
As for the groups, the Knicks are at present suing the Raptors after a former New York video worker Ikechukwu Azotam illegally supplied Toronto with greater than 3,000 confidential information. The information allegedly included video scouting stories, play frequency information, a prep e-book for the 2022-2023 season, and opposition analysis, in keeping with ESPN.
Toronto could countersue for defamation.
