O Canada, RJ Barrett is coming home to play.
The Knicks rookie missed his first NBA game Sunday because of an illness, but it should not keep him from playing in his first homecoming Wednesday night in Toronto against the Raptors.
“I can’t miss tomorrow night,” Barrett said through a few coughs Tuesday after the Knicks practiced. “I gotta go play for everybody I love.”
Barrett grew up in Mississauga, Ontario, a suburb just outside of Toronto, and became one of the top Canadian basketball prospects before going to Duke and then getting drafted by the Knicks with the No.