The newest member of the Charlotte Hornets, Willy Hernangomez, experienced one of the craziest and most emotional 12-hour-long stretches of his basketball career last week.
It all started Tuesday night, which in hindsight, would be Hernangomez’s final time dawning a New York Knicks jersey. Midway through the second quarter, the sophomore center watched longtime teammate and best friend, Kristaps Porzingis, land awkwardly on his left knee following a dunk attempt, causing a season-ending ACL tear.
Hernangomez rose from the bench to help the Knicks superstar into the locker room, not knowing it would be the final time they’d share the court as teammates at Madison Square Garden.