Immanuel Quickley, a restricted free agent this offseason, intends to re-sign with the Raptors, in accordance with Shams Charania of The Athletic, who studies (via Twitter) that the guard will obtain a five-year contract price $175M.
Quickley, the Sixth Man of the 12 months runner-up in 2022-23, was the centerpiece of the Raptors’ return within the OG Anunoby commerce with the Knicks in December, arriving in Toronto halfway by means of the season together with RJ Barrett.
The fourth-year guard averaged 18.6 factors, 6.8 assists, and 4.8 rebounds per recreation on 39.5 % capturing from deep in his first 38 video games as a Raptor, establishing himself as a part of the group’s long-term future.
As we wrote once we ranked Quickley seventh in our list of this summer’s top 50 free agents, Tyler Herro (4 years, $120M, plus incentives), Jordan Poole (4 years, $123M, plus incentives), and Devin Vassell (5 years, $135M, plus incentives) have been anticipated to be just a few factors of comparability for the guard’s contract negotiations this summer time.
Whereas it stays to be seen if Quickley’s $175M might be absolutely assured, the 25-year-old seems poised to land a much bigger payday than any of these gamers by securing an annual common worth of $35M per 12 months.
It’s the second main monetary dedication the Raptors will make to a cornerstone piece this summer time. The group additionally reportedly intends to signal Scottie Barnes to a five-year rookie scale extension that may start in 2025-26 and might be price a projected $225M.
Neither deal can develop into official till July, and Toronto gained’t rush to formally full Quickley’s deal, since his cap hold is simply $12.5M. The Raptors can dissipate all their cap room whereas retaining that maintain on their books, then go over the cap utilizing Quickley’s Bird rights to signal him to his new deal.
Quickley is the fifth free agent within the high 10 of our top-50 listing to achieve an settlement along with his group throughout the brand new unique negotiating window between the tip of the NBA Finals and the official begin of free company on June 30. He joins Anunoby, Pascal Siakam, Nic Claxton, and Malik Monk as gamers who’ve agreed to stay with their present groups. The opposite gamers in our high 10 are Paul George, Tyrese Maxey (who is taken into account a lock to stay in Philadelphia), LeBron James, DeMar DeRozan, and James Harden.
