Making the trade news even more interesting for Jaquez is the fact that he learned he was being dealt in public while playing a pick-up basketball game with friends at LA Fitness. A video that somebody at LA Fitness took of Jaquez learning of the trade ended up going viral. “That was a real video,” Jaquez, 25, said. “I knew that it was going to happen that day, and I was with all my friends. I had to pick up my girlfriend from the airport. So, on my way, I stopped by my friend’s house. They’re like, ‘Let’s just go hoop. Get your mind off things.’ And we went to LA Fitness, and my phone was blowing up. So, I had a bunch of missed calls. But all the guys that were there, they came and told me. And then I got on the phone with my agent, and they let me know. And then, obviously, the rest of the calls came.”

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