By Shams Charania, Eric Koreen and Lukas Weese
Guard Immanuel Quickley intends to signal a five-year, $175 million deal to return to the Toronto Raptors, a league supply stated Friday.
Quickley, 25, is a restricted free agent. He joined the Raptors in December as a part of a deal that despatched OG Anunoby to the New York Knicks. In 38 video games (all begins) with the Raptors, Quickley averaged 18.6 factors, 4.8 rebounds and 6.8 assists per sport on 39.5 p.c capturing from 3.
A primary-round choose in 2020, Quickley completed second in Sixth Man of the Yr voting in 2022-23.
The Raptors completed 25-57 through the 2023-24 season, lacking the playoffs.
Raptors go all in on Quickley
That is more cash than I assumed Quickley would earn on this deal. As an alternative of beginning round $25 million, which is about common start line guard cash, he’ll begin at just under $30 million, assuming the traditional construction of a deal.
Once more, I warning followers to not get too connected to the general quantity. Whereas Quickley’s contract will seemingly rise by eight p.c per yr, the wage cap will in all probability bounce by 10 p.c per yr. Nonetheless, the Raptors at the moment are paying Quickley and Scottie Barnes, who agreed to a maximum-level rookie extension final week, at ranges past their manufacturing.
That’s high-quality: Quickley and Barnes shall be 25 and 23, respectively, on opening evening subsequent yr. They need to enhance. However it’ll squeeze them in efforts to maintain each Bruce Brown, who has a $23 million group possibility that should be selected by the top of the day, and Gary Trent Jr., an unrestricted free agent.
That’s simply the supporting solid, although. In the end, this shall be about whether or not Barnes and Quickley can match and, then, surpass the worth of their new offers with their manufacturing. If they will try this, the Raptors have an opportunity to make some noise within the coming years. If not, they may get caught in Play-In land. — Eric Koreen, Raptors employees author
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