PostSportsPlus: Why the Knicks would be better off with Immanuel Quickley in the starting lineup
Start one of your better players. Start the guy who is having the best season of his career, who is without a doubt one of your most effective two-way players, who is second on your roster in assist-to-turnover ratio, has the second-best net rating and the second-best defensive rating on the team.. His shot-making, defensive improvement and ball-moving make the team run better. And all are in short supply when the Knicks take the court lately.
Shooting a career-best 43.7 percent this season, Immanuel Quickley has meshed well when playing with the Knicks’ regular starters.It’s been evident of late that the Knicks need to make a change to avoid facing an uphill climb each night. They trailed the Celtics by 15 points in the first quarter of an overtime victory last Thursday, were behind the Nets by 11 on Saturday and the Lakers by 10 on Tuesday.
In a perfect world, Barrett would be sent to the bench to give the second unit scoring punch and to maximize his one-on-one abilities. This season, when Barrett is teamed with Brunson and Randle, the Knicks have. Insert Quickley for Barrett, and the Knicks are outscoring the opposition by six points per 100 possessions. The difference in defensive rating is pronounced: 120.9 when Barrett, Brunson and Randle share the floor and 108.8 when Quickley is in there instead of Barrett.
But this is more about Quickley, and getting your best players on the court together as much as possible. In
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