Why Immanuel Quickley is primed to break out this NBA season | The Kevin O’Connor Show
Yahoo Sports senior NBA analyst Kevin O’Connor and fantasy basketball analyst Dan Titus discuss why Raptors guard Immanuel Quickley is a candidate for the All-Breakout Team in his first full season with the Raptors. Hear the full conversation on “The Kevin O’Connor Show” and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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I think another guard, uh, that, you know, belongs in that conversation.
He was on your breakout list on Yahoo sports as well.
Emmanuel quickly, you look at what he did last year after he was traded from the Knicks to the Raptors.
He averaged 18.6 points per game and 6.8 assists per game up from 15 and 2.5 with the Knicks.
And if you look at some of the more advanced numbers, his usage just skyrocketed with the Knicks.
He got 40 one touches per game up to 75 with the Raptors with the Knicks.
He had 3.2 minutes of possession time per game that went up to 6.2 with the Raptors with the Knicks.
He ran 14.5 pick and rolls per game that went up to 26.3 per game with the Raptors.
So quickly as a guy, you know, there's a lot of, a lot of guys on that Raptors roster that are deserving of touches and minutes and opportunity.
There's a lot of malts to feed there, but quickly seems to be the guy last season that the Raptors were you know, really starting to feature and maybe he ends up being a breakout guy as well.
Yeah, I mean, RJ Barrett's dealing with a shoulder injury right now, so I think he's Emmanuel quickly is a guy that can get out to a hot start.
And then if you look at, you know, his usage with Scotty Barnes and RJ Barrett on the floor, he only saw a 2% decline when they were on the court.
So he's still seeing a healthy 20% usage rate that's likely going to go up if there's any injuries.
So I just can't say enough about Emanuel Qui and what he could do the Toronto Raptors, they found their true point guard and they invested in him, you know, that's why they gave him that massive extension.
And I think we're going to see him, you know, see close to 33 minutes at night.
And if he's getting that much, uh, opportunity in terms of minutes, the usage in the production is only gonna follow suit.
So I think this is actually one of my, if I was betting on this, um, he's one of my deep sleepers in that, in that award category that could see the biggest jump in production that could actually warrant being, uh, uh, an actual most improved player.