Immanuel Quickley to the Knicks @ 25

[robillionaire]

thats was perfect sorry wingo you still my man...

Hey, fck you guys. You didn't see this coming either, so please spare me.

nah it's not like I made that post at the bottom of page 1 and the top of page 2 and all up and down the thread praising him and supporting the pick and explaining why he's good while you were lamenting the loss of dotson, who they say played tonight but I don't recall much other than an air ball 3

I'm a bigger UK fan than Knicks fan, I didn't want to go overboard because of homer glasses. But it's true I didn't expect the knicks to give him the opportunity to show what he could do this early because we have failed to develop many other players

[Clyde_Style]

thats was perfect sorry wingo you still my man...

Hey, fck you guys. You didn't see this coming either, so please spare me.

Bag of Dicks served. Bon appetit

[Richard4444]

Welcome to Quicraziness!!!!

[RHODEY]

thats was perfect sorry wingo you still my man...

Hey, fck you guys. You didn't see this coming either, so please spare me.

Speak for yourself

[HarthorneWingo]

thats was perfect sorry wingo you still my man...

Hey, fck you guys. You didn't see this coming either, so please spare me.

Bag of Dicks served. Bon appetit

[HarthorneWingo]

Quicksanity?

[Richard4444]

Quicksanity?

Quicraziness is better...

[Jeff Van Gully]

how do you think he averaged 5.7 free throws per 36 mins? (5.2 a game)? dude isn't afraid to try to drive

check out his finishing stats. it's a marvel he got fouled as much as he did.

if this weren't his achilles heel on offense, he wouldn't have been so overlooked.

what do you think now brother

impressive floater use. i'm excited for him.

still wouldn't call him a great finisher at the rim yet. that's going to be a challenge. but that floater is the perfect mitigation.

[Jeff Van Gully]

MY question is who still wanted to play around and hope he was still on the board at 33?

[mpharris36]

thats was perfect sorry wingo you still my man...

Hey, fck you guys. You didn't see this coming either, so please spare me.

nah it's not like I made that post at the bottom of page 1 and the top of page 2 and all up and down the thread praising him and supporting the pick and explaining why he's good while you were lamenting the loss of dotson, who they say played tonight but I don't recall much other than an air ball 3

I'm a bigger UK fan than Knicks fan, I didn't want to go overboard because of homer glasses. But it's true I didn't expect the knicks to give him the opportunity to show what he could do this early because we have failed to develop many other players

Hey hey hey. Your not going to get completely out of this Remember pre draft we had that battle that I thought this draft class was deep and had the back and forth with you that I was confused why Malik Monk was such a higher rated prospect than Quickley but Quickley was more productive and seemed like some with a better work ethic. I think Quickley was everything people wanted in Monk with an actually basketball mind.

[Chanel Bomber]

MY question is who still wanted to play around and hope he was still on the board at 33?

Yeah, too much uncertainty between pick 25 and 33. You can play those games when jumping a couple spots because you can get a feel of what the other 1 or 2 teams in the middle are thinking.

But if you like a guy at 25 you take him, you don't just hope he's still on the board at 33.

[Jeff Van Gully]

MY question is who still wanted to play around and hope he was still on the board at 33?

Yeah, too much uncertainty between pick 25 and 33. You can play those games when jumping a couple spots because you can get a feel of what the other 1 or 2 teams in the middle are thinking.

But if you like a guy at 25 you take him, you don't just hope he's still on the board at 33.

draft was too ham for all that.

i'm pleasantly surprised getting to know quickley. but i firmly backed the FO for this premise. don't miss your guy getting cute in a flat, uncertain ass draft like this.

i am happy to be wrong about tyrell terry being the target and firmly on the quickley train. kid heart too big.

[Jeff Van Gully]

Pretty cool that Immanuel's initials are "I.Q.", too. If he's any good we can just call him The Genius or something along those lines.

GZA lol

Watch on YouTube

and we goin to war, so...

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[knicksNOTslick]

Quicksanity?

We need Quicksanity to happen during the season so that the Knicks continue to dominate headlines and keep the Nets from being the talk of the town. While it's not that big of a deal, it would just be funny because it would secretly irk KD and Kyrie.

[Jeff Van Gully]

Quicksanity?

We need Quicksanity to happen during the season so that the Knicks continue to dominate headlines and keep the Nets from being the talk of the town. While it's not that big of a deal, it would just be funny because it would secretly irk KD and Kyrie.

i'm focused on us. they got their own trials and personnel issues to worry about.

we need to worry about even getting to the position they were in to attract free agents.

[NYKat]

In hindsight, I would give our draft an A+ all around, we needed a floor spacer and a floor general and ended up getting both in Quickley.

I had no idea he could run the point like that

[robillionaire]

Hey, fck you guys. You didn't see this coming either, so please spare me.

nah it's not like I made that post at the bottom of page 1 and the top of page 2 and all up and down the thread praising him and supporting the pick and explaining why he's good while you were lamenting the loss of dotson, who they say played tonight but I don't recall much other than an air ball 3

I'm a bigger UK fan than Knicks fan, I didn't want to go overboard because of homer glasses. But it's true I didn't expect the knicks to give him the opportunity to show what he could do this early because we have failed to develop many other players

Hey hey hey. Your not going to get completely out of this Remember pre draft we had that battle that I thought this draft class was deep and had the back and forth with you that I was confused why Malik Monk was such a higher rated prospect than Quickley but Quickley was more productive and seemed like some with a better work ethic. I think Quickley was everything people wanted in Monk with an actually basketball mind.

Yeah that's fair. The reasons why he was a higher rated prospect are still the same though. I just was high on Monk and was clearly wrong about it. Hopefully Quickley lays off drugs. Plus you know, it's one game. Monk made Berman put out articles like this after his first couple games. He had potential. More me being bewildered that Malik never put it together. https://nypost.com/2017/11/08/hornets-rookie-showed-knicks-the-potential-they-passed-on/

If there's one thing I can say (way too early) is that Quickley has demonstrated an ability to play at the 1 that Monk was never able to reach. I think I mentioned in that convo that GMs had hoped Monk would be able to develop into a PG. Quickley was viewed more as a 2, but if last night was any indication and he can truly run the point at an NBA level that made him super underrated. Calipari had been saying Quickley really could play at the 1 and never did at UK because of the other guards, nobody was sure if that was all smoke or not, looks like it wasn't

[GEOLINK]

Pre-Draft Analysis
Quickley emerged as one of the top guards in college basketball, winning SEC Player of the Year honors. He averaged 18.4 points and 4.6 rebounds per game in conference play, shooting 48% from 3 and 92% from the free throw line. Quickley was highly regarded entering Kentucky. He was a McDonald's All American and four-time participant at USA Basketball camps, gagnant a gold medaille at the FIBA U17 World Cup and bronze at the U19 World Cup.

After playing point guard early in his career, Quickley largely came off the bench as a freshman behind Ashton Hagans and Tyler Herro, and spent much of his time off the ball as a sophomore as part of a three-guard lineup with Hagans and projected lottery pick Tyrese Maxey.Quickley has good size for a guard at 6-foot-3 with a 6-foot-10 wingspan that helped him emerge as one of the best defenders in the college game. His ability to slow down guards, wings and forwards alike was a key part of the Wildcats' success this season, along with his excellent perimeter shooting. NBA teams will likely want to get a better feel for Quickley's playmaking and shot-creation ability operating on the ball, a role they didn't get to see enough of in his time at Kentucky. - Givony

Post-Draft Analysis
The Knicks traded down to No. 25 to select Immanuel Quickley here.

Few expected Kentucky guards Tyrese Maxey and Immanuel Quickley to be drafted to close together, a strong indication of the premium NBA teams put on perimeter shooting, which happens to be Quickley's biggest strength.

An excellent defender as well as an outstanding teammate, Quickley's IQ and versatility make him a strong candidate to play alongside the ball-dominant RJ Barrett. -- Jonathan Givony

He's not better than Frank or Dotson. Looks like a favor to Calipari draft pick. We didn't need help there. Smh

[babyjax13]

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Looks like he's a player to me, awesome game, some really advanced moves there.

[MaseInYourFace]

nah it's not like I made that post at the bottom of page 1 and the top of page 2 and all up and down the thread praising him and supporting the pick and explaining why he's good while you were lamenting the loss of dotson, who they say played tonight but I don't recall much other than an air ball 3

I'm a bigger UK fan than Knicks fan, I didn't want to go overboard because of homer glasses. But it's true I didn't expect the knicks to give him the opportunity to show what he could do this early because we have failed to develop many other players

Hey hey hey. Your not going to get completely out of this Remember pre draft we had that battle that I thought this draft class was deep and had the back and forth with you that I was confused why Malik Monk was such a higher rated prospect than Quickley but Quickley was more productive and seemed like some with a better work ethic. I think Quickley was everything people wanted in Monk with an actually basketball mind.

Yeah that's fair. The reasons why he was a higher rated prospect are still the same though. I just was high on Monk and was clearly wrong about it. Hopefully Quickley lays off drugs. Plus you know, it's one game. Monk made Berman put out articles like this after his first couple games. He had potential. More me being bewildered that Malik never put it together. https://nypost.com/2017/11/08/hornets-rookie-showed-knicks-the-potential-they-passed-on/

If there's one thing I can say (way too early) is that Quickley has demonstrated an ability to play at the 1 that Monk was never able to reach. I think I mentioned in that convo that GMs had hoped Monk would be able to develop into a PG. Quickley was viewed more as a 2, but if last night was any indication and he can truly run the point at an NBA level that made him super underrated. Calipari had been saying Quickley really could play at the 1 and never did at UK because of the other guards, nobody was sure if that was all smoke or not, looks like it wasn't

Quickley seems to have much better intangibles and mental makeup than Monk. It’s hard to assess that and that is often the reason guys seem to go lower in the draft than they should have.