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BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues
ROSTERED IN: 40% of leagues
ANALYSIS: The Knicks being the Knicks had to do something weird no matter what. It's an annual tradition, so they had to keep it up, I guess. That's why they drafted Obi Toppin in the lottery and left Imma Quickley for later in the first round. And obviously, it turns out that the real hit from New York's 2020 draft s the latter instead of the former. Not that Knicks' fans can be too mad about that, though, as long as Quickley sustains his current level of play.
Quickley has played 12 games this season, only missing a short span between opening night and Jan. 2nd. And Quickley hasn't stopped growing and getting better at this thing called basketball. Just a peek at his last five games tells you all you need to know: from Jan. 13th to Jan. 21st Quickley is averaging 15 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 3.6 dimes per game. That includes Thursday's 10-minute game (because New York didn't need to play him in a victory against GSW); removing that from the span the line would go up to 17-2-4 in 21 MPG. Sweet rook.
The Knicks are featuring a deep rotation of guards in Elfrid Payton, Austin Rivers, Dennis Smith, Frank Ntilikina, and Quickley, but Quickley is the main off-the-bench weapon these days (Payton has started every game) and that is letting him reach 25%+ usage rates in his time on the court. Quickley is one of only four players aged 21-or-younger to log at least a 25% usage rate having played at least 10 games, he's leading New York second unit, and odds are he features as the starting PG of the team in the not-so-distant future.
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