Knicks face former 1st round pick Obi Toppin in 2nd round vs. Pacers: 'We always felt he was a good player'

Obi Toppin, we meet again. The Knicks drafted Toppin with the No. 8 pick in the 2020 NBA Draft, only to trade him to the Indiana Pacers for a pair of second-round picks last summer. And with the Knicks advancing to the second round of the playoffs after powering through the Philadelphia 76ers in Round 1 , they will now see their former high-flying forward logging minutes for a Pacers team that defeated the Milwaukee Bucks in six games in the first round. “We always felt he was a good player,” Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau told reporters after practice at the Tarrytown training facility on Saturday. “I don't think anything has changed.” Toppin shot 40.6% from three during the regular season