Immanuel Quickley, Jalen Brunson are building chemistry, and Knicks need it to continue – The Athletic

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


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