The Three Paths of Immanuel Quickley

As the Knicks look for their Point Guard of the future this summer, perhaps he is already in the building

The 2020 NBA Draft was a different one for me as a Knick fan. For what seemed like the first time in an eternity, the team had two first-round picks. It was the first time that this has happened since the 2006 draft where the Knicks took Renaldo Balkman and Mardy Collins with the 20th and 29th picks, respectively. But this time it felt different, there was an opportunity for Leon Rose to show that this was a different Knicks team that drafted differently.

With the 8th pick, the team selected Obi Toppin, the dynamic power forward from Dayton. This surprised and disappointed a few Knicks fans, but for the most part, he was accepted as a decent value with the 8th pick. But it was the 23rd pick that intrigued me as a Knick fan. After all, getting value late in the first round is where championship teams are forged. The Knicks moved the 23rd pick in a few trades to end up with the 25th pick where some decent players have been selected in years past (Al Harrington, Gerald Wallace, and Nicholas Batum to name a few). When the Knicks pick started to get closer I was locked in on Tyrese Maxey, the combo guard from Kentucky. Maxey was eventually taken by the 76ers with the 21st pick. The Knicks instead took his teammate, Immanuel Quickley. I was unsure of what…