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Raptors’ Immanuel Quickley Away For Personal Matter
Immanuel Quickley has no timetable for a return.
The Toronto Raptors guard is tending to a family matter, Raptors coach Darko Rajaković said Wednesday before tipoff against the Sacramento Kings.
“We’ll stay in touch with him and go day by day,” Rajaković said.
Toronto plans to use Bruce Brown Jr., Jahmi’us Ramsey, and Javon Freeman-Liberty to help fill the point guard void left with Quickley sidelined. Expect Kelly Olynyk and Jontay Porter to add some playmaking out of the post as well.
There remains no timetable for RJ Barrett’s return as he continues to be away from the team following the passing of his younger brother Nathan.
The Raptors are hoping to use this opportunity to take a look at some of their depth players. Ramsey, in particular, has stood out as a hard worker and someone Toronto has so far liked having around.
“He is a gym rat,” Rajaković said. “Today we had a walkthrough here at the arena at 4:30. He was already (here at) 4 pm on the court getting some extra shots. So he does put a lot of work in. He’s asking great questions. He’s watching a lot of film. He’s really looking to take advantage of the opportunity that he has.”
Expect Jordan Nwora to see a bigger workload off the bench for Toronto backing up Ochai Agbaji.