IQ contract

[Luv those Knicks]

So, 5 years 175. Wow. That should start at about 30 million with 8% raises.

I feel bad for Raptor fans and I'm glad we traded him. Am I wrong?

[HabenKG]

That a bit much but wish him the best.

[spree2kawhi]

Glad it’s not us.

[TrentTuckerRule]

I am old enough to remember the Raps fans mocking us for giving OG 5/212.

[KnicksGadfly]

I’ll always be an IQ fan, except when he plays the Knicks. To me, he’s similar to an OG type. He’s gonna be able to play off a star, but he’s not gonna be the star.

Go get your money IQ!

[Luv those Knicks]

I'm waiting for somebody to tell me I'm wrong. It's 21% of the salary cap, which maybe falls to 20% next year, 19% in 3 years, etc. Raptors are rebuilding, they have 3 expensive players going forward, Quick, RJ & Scottie Barnes. It's not a bad key-3, but I don't think it's great. On the plus side, they're 22, 23 and 25, so it's a young trio.

Could they have done better in free agency? Quick shot 39% from 3 last year. Where does he rank among NBA PGs? 12? 15? Anyone?

[Fat Kat]

Glad he got paid. Thankful it’s not us.

[NYKat]

God is good, huh, Quick?

[sol537]

Play-in treadmill team for the foreseeable future. They messed up with their rebuild... started too late.

I love how Toronto fans were trying to troll us for the OG contract and the Mikal trade, but then they get hit with the Woj Bom of $175m for IQ and potentially $270m for Barnes... oof

[robillionaire]

It’s a fair contract for a very talented and young starting PG. We couldn’t afford to give him that to be a backup though. It’s a good thing we moved him and got something back for him (a great player in OG and shedding a bad contract of our own) otherwise we wouldn’t have been able to afford to keep him

[F N 11]

GOD is good Iq!!! Good for you bro. Hope you can have Maxey type breakout.

[Wildcat]

I'm waiting for somebody to tell me I'm wrong. It's 21% of the salary cap, which maybe falls to 20% next year, 19% in 3 years, etc. Raptors are rebuilding, they have 3 expensive players going forward, Quick, RJ & Scottie Barnes. It's not a bad key-3, but I don't think it's great. On the plus side, they're 22, 23 and 25, so it's a young trio.

Could they have done better in free agency? Quick shot 39% from 3 last year. Where does he rank among NBA PGs? 12? 15? Anyone?

I think they need a point forward. The stuff Zion flashed. I wouldn't be surprised if they're positioning to make a run at him at some point. I think Zion would work well on that team. IQ is a combo guard. He won't wow you with his court vision.

[JayTWill]

Initially I did not understand the interest in DDV last year with IQ here but I could eventually see that it probably made sense to move IQ since we would not have the role or money he wanted. Investing 20-25 million in your backup guard seemed like too much to me at the time. I never could have imagined that he would come close to receiving a 5year/$175 million deal.

Congratulations to IQ. I'm looking forward to seeing his development as a starting point guard in this league but bringing in DDV for 1/3 of the money was a great move by the organization. I just wish they had the OG deal ready to go that summer too.

[sol537]

This front office has been clutch in their recent trades and transactions. We've dodged some bullets.

[JayTWill]

I'm waiting for somebody to tell me I'm wrong. It's 21% of the salary cap, which maybe falls to 20% next year, 19% in 3 years, etc. Raptors are rebuilding, they have 3 expensive players going forward, Quick, RJ & Scottie Barnes. It's not a bad key-3, but I don't think it's great. On the plus side, they're 22, 23 and 25, so it's a young trio.

Could they have done better in free agency? Quick shot 39% from 3 last year. Where does he rank among NBA PGs? 12? 15? Anyone?

I think they need a point forward. The stuff Zion flashed. I wouldn't be surprised if they're positioning to make a run at him at some point. I think Zion would work well on that team. IQ is a combo guard. He won't wow you with his court vision.

I felt like Toronto was trying to develop Barnes into a point forward type of player. I actually thought he and IQ would be a good fit prior to the trade last season and I still think they have potential together.

[BKlutch]

I love IQ and wish him all the best, but...

How many of you would prefer we built around him instead? After all, he's now earning more than Brunson!

[spree2kawhi]

Now let’s see how much Maxey signs for…

[nyknicks2k2]

Between IQ, Barnes, RJ that's a lot of money being spent. Guess that's the core?

[spree2kawhi]

Initially I did not understand the interest in DDV last year with IQ here but I could eventually see that it probably made sense to move IQ since we would not have the role or money he wanted. Investing 20-25 million in your backup guard seemed like too much to me at the time. I never could have imagined that he would come close to receiving a 5year/$175 million deal.

Congratulations to IQ. I'm looking forward to seeing his development as a starting point guard in this league but bringing in DDV for 1/3 of the money was a great move by the organization. I just wish they had the OG deal ready to go that summer too.

Good point. DiVincenzo is probably / often looked like the better player too.

[Capn'O]

Well, guess he was right to bet on himself and not extend prior to last season.