How Brunson and Quickley move together could determine Quickley’s future, and thus the Knicks’ fate, too.
Midway through the third quarter of Sunday’s heartbreaker against the Phoenix Suns, Quickley bounced a pass to Jalen Brunson and then stepped to the top of the key for a pick-and-roll … but the pick never came.
Instead, Quickley “slipped” it, scampering to the right wing before even making contact with Brunson’s man. He received the basketball a moment later and drained a stand-still 3-pointer.
It wasn’t a premeditated move. Quickley knew (especially with Brunson firing flames all n