{"id":177879,"date":"2021-02-14T01:44:35","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T22:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/immanuel-quickleys-knicks-rise-has-john-walls-attention\/"},"modified":"2021-02-14T01:44:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T22:44:35","slug":"immanuel-quickleys-knicks-rise-has-john-walls-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/immanuel-quickleys-knicks-rise-has-john-walls-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"#Immanuel Quickley\u2019s Knicks rise has John Wall\u2019s attention"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Immanuel Quickley\u2019s Knicks rise has John Wall\u2019s attention<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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John Wall arrived at the Garden on Saturday for his first game<\/a> there since putting up 18 points on Dec. 3, 2018.<\/p>\n

Yeah, it\u2019s been that long.<\/p>\n

The newest member of the Rockets is delighted to be back and delighted he will see another Kentucky point guard making good.<\/p>\n

Wall, who starred at Kentucky in 2009-10, still keeps close tabs on John Calipari\u2019s program. And the longtime Wizard has gotten a chance to know Knicks rookie point guard Immanuel Quickley, who hails from Baltimore and played two seasons for Kentucky.<\/p>\n

Wall visited Kentucky last season during a rehab, catching the Wildcats\u2019 game against Florida. Quickley scored a career-high 26 points with Wall watching.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was crazy,\u201d Quickley said afterward. \u201c[He\u2019s] one of the best point guards to ever come out of [Kentucky], so it\u2019s really cool just to see him come back and give love.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2016, Quickley admitted in an interview with the Lexington Herald-Leader he was interested in the Wildcats because of Wall.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, everybody knows John Wall,\u201d Quickley said in 2016. \u201cHe can get up and down the court in three, four dribbles. And he gets everybody involved. That\u2019s just one of the many point guards from John Calipari that I\u2019ve watched.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last February, Wall even made a video with Quickley.<\/p>\n

\u201cI watched him play in Baltimore before,\u2019\u2019 Wall said over Zoom on Thursday night. \u201cI\u2019ve talked to him before he went to Kentucky. We did a little video together when I watched them play last year.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Immanuel Quickley and John Wall<\/figcaption>
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Quickley has come off the bench for the Knicks across the first 27 games and his career has received a new jolt with the arrival of Derrick Rose.<\/p>\n

Social media<\/a> fretted Rose would adversely affect Quickley\u2019s minutes. Au contraire.<\/p>\n

Coach Tom Thibodeau has made Rose and Quickley a backcourt tandem off the bench. Austin Rivers has been demoted to cheerleader status \u00e0 la Theo Pinson.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s someone I respect,\u2019\u2019 Wall said. \u201cI\u2019m very happ<\/a>y for him to get the opportunity. I\u2019m glad he\u2019s showing people he\u2019s more than just a shooter. That\u2019s a lot of what people thought. The way he runs the point-guard position has been good. It\u2019s going to be good to go against him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Buoyed by a 12-15 start, the Knicks will try to overcome the massive loss of Mitchell Robinson, the shot-blocking center who makes their highly rated defense hum, to a hand fracture. Robinson also is a force inside for offensive rebounds and alley-oops.<\/p>\n

Quickley \u2014 and fellow rookie lottery pick Obi Toppin \u2014 are going to have to come through more than ever now.<\/p>\n

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