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ANALYSIS: While it is true that Tom Thibodeau has moved from an early-season 10-man rotation to a 9-man one since mid-December, there is a deeper truth baked into that: it's really a six-man rotation with three ancillary reserves added to it. And the best news is that Immanuel Quickley is the clear go-to pine man on Thibs' watch and can be considered the "Sixth Starter" on the Knicks rotation.
IQ is seemingly off the trade block after getting there earlier this season. Makes sense, considering his absolutely hot stretch of games starting in relief of an injured R.J. Barrett a few weeks ago and how he's still producing off the bench in New York.
The efficiency sucks because the minutes are large, of course, but that comes with the positive of IQ having ample time and room to pile up numbers nightly. It's been 17 games in a row for Quickley to reach 11+ points while averaging a gaudy 17+ PPG in that span.
In January, Quickley is scoring a bit lower than 15 PPG but even removing the games he's started this month from the equation, he's at 14.8 PPG in the last six outings, all of them playing off the bench. In that six-game span manning the sixth-man role, Quickley has averaged a 15-3-1 per-game line shooting a pinpoint crisp 50% from the field (30-of-60) and a near-perfect 95% from the stripe (20-of-21).
Quickley has limited turnovers a lot this season (1.1 TOPG) while contributing 3+ APG in 47 games to date. The shooting always went up and down in his early career days but he's found peace and steadiness on that front.
From December 20 to January 20, IQ hit a total of 40 three-pointers on 108 attempted long-range shots. Only seven other players hit more on a similar (or lower) shooting volume, and just one (D'Angelo Russell) also hit freebies at a better clip than Quickley.
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