Hey Raptors Report.
Thanks a lot for replying to me and others, and sharing your thoughts and evaluation on Quickley and everything else, it's so enjoyable to listen to such an intelligent and well researched person like you talk about Raptors and basketball! Again, I admit I didn't even watch this particular video so I'm not debating specific things you said in it, and for instance upgrading to prime Curry straight up from Quickley might be worth it 🙂
While I'm nitpicking words a bit, one thing I have learned to try and do is to not assume what others are thinking or that everyone sees things the same as I do or the current consensus does. As an example, there may be people that might not even recognize Quickley as struggling much this year, and might evaluate the situation differently. Because of adding Ingram he is the 4th option on the team and is playing unselfish, he's shooting a career high 52% 2PT, a respectable 36% 3PT the same as LaMelo Ball, an excellent and career high 3.7/1 AST/TO, a career high 1.3 STL, he plays much harder on defense and makes less money than many PG who one might consider upgrades, and he has a solid 17 PPG, which is lower because of him being the 4th option and not taking way more shots or steal the ball away from RJ more like VanVleet would have done 🙂
Beyond that, as you know, some people put less value into smaller or recent sample sizes and would evaluate players much more over the 3 previous seasons than the first 20 or 40 games of a current season, and his trajectory at the same age has been so much better than Lowry, even though it probably won't continue with him becoming the #2 option next year like Lowry did in his age 27 season. Thanks again for doing an amazing job, it's always great to hear your thoughts on everything!
Lowry vs. Quickley Ages 24-26
- AGE - PT/36 - 3P% - 2P%
- 24 - 14.2 - 38% - 46% - Lowry
- 25 - 16.0 - 37% - 43% - Lowry
- 26 - 14.1 - 36% - 43% - Lowry
- 24 - 21.0 - 40% - 47% - Quickley
- 25 - 22.1 - 38% - 47% - Quickley
- 26 - 18.2 - 36% - 51% - Quickley
"He had an excellent game, no doubt. I’m sure even a fan of his would recognize his struggles this season, however. I will sing his praises from the rooftops if he continues to play well! I’d like to see more than a game before I turn around completely."
"Hold my beer." - Immanuel Quickley
Don't worry, I'm just an ignorant commenter who just read the title and I haven't even watched the video yet, and might not and instead just wait for the devil's advocate video about Quickley's ridiculously amazing game and how he's a pretty good player for a 4th or 5th option, like Lowry was in 2012/13 when he averaged only 11.6 PTS before Bargnani and Gay were both traded the next year opening up a unique opportunity for him, which may not ever happen for Quickley but that's OK too 🙂