Immanuel Quickley (PG/SG, NYK): Week 22 Waiver Wire Pickups

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ANALYSIS: The Knicks defeated Washington last Friday and that meant they leapfrogged the Wiz in pursuit of the last play-in seed out of the East. That also meant that even on a short one-seed gap, the Knicks are still five games below Charlotte in the standings, so, yeah, you know what I'm saying. And that's precisely why the Knicks would do good to run with the youngins instead of playing veterans for ample runs. One of the young-and-developing kids, Immanuel Quickley, is getting his 26+ minutes a game these days so it's not that he can complain.

It's very frustrating to follow the Knicks and their stubborn lead-man in HC Thibs. One positive, though, is that he has seemingly softened his vet-heavy tendencies opening the doors for the future guys of the organization. IQ was phenomenal last year but came off the pine because Elfrid Payton was around. Of course, because Thibs, this season the same happened only with career-wide wing player Alec Burks manning the point. Sheesh. Anyway, IQ has played 26+ minutes in nine of the last 10 games the Knicks have played while averaging an even higher 28 MPG in that span. Not bad given the context.

Quickley has finally broken out of the shooting slump that killed half of his upside for months. He's shot 47% since the ASB on nearly 9 FGA a pop for an average of 14+ PPG in that span. He's also hitting reasonably good treys (1.8 3PG in the past 12 games) while not killing his percentage, so we gotta give this man some props. IQ should retain his role ROS, keep logging 25 MPG at least, and provide tons of points, great rebounding for a small guard (5.6 RPG in March), some diming (4.1 APG), a theft per game (he's stolen exactly one in each of the last 10 games without fail), and great shooting from the line and the field.

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