Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) on X – Immanuel Quickley intends to sign a five-year, $175 million deal to return to the Toronto Raptors, league source tells @TheAthletic @Stadium.
Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) on X – Immanuel Quickley intends to sign a five-year, $175 million deal to return to the Toronto Raptors, league source tells @TheAthletic @Stadium.
Scottie, RJ, Quickley locked up long-term. Now we go.
AggravatingCan2352
That’s a fat deal
megatronical
That’s more than I was expecting, but glad he’s locked up long term.
StomachBig6927
35 Ms is insane
AdmiralG2
Love this, not mad about this contract at all. Run it back Quick!
UjiriWatcher
Ja’BBQDick locked up long term
jhwyung
That’s a great deal for him
nmad95
Holy big bag, worth it though
Josh_a_J
Quick for 5 years? LETS GOO!
Cheechers23
Wooo doggy that’s higher than expected
Not upset tho, he’s gonna be worth it
Edit: Also worth noting that could be including incentives and stuff, agents tend to tell Woj/Shams the fully loaded amount, not the guaranteed amount. So we’ll have to wait and see on that.
Also will be interesting to see how they structure this. Do they front load this deal to take the bigger hit this year when they have more flexibility and have it decline to lower the hit as Barnes extension kicks in? My concern with front loading is that it could make a future extension harder but given this is higher than initially expected, that should make that less of a concern.
Edit 2: I just realized IQ’s max salary in year 1 is 35.25m, so unless that 175m has a lot of incentives baked in, there isn’t much room for it to be front loaded. It’s either flat or backloaded.
PhileinS
Damn he got paid but locked in for 5 years
Denisaur9
Way more then I expected but seems like deals are inflated with that new tv deal coming.
5 years is nice, shows mutual trust
Raptorsthrowaway1
That number is going to pop for some, but remember the cap is exploding over the next years. This is starter money. A good deal for IQ and for the Raptors..
Denisaur9
My guess is that it’s closer to 150 with incentives
yaboydrew7
Way more than I was expecting but still glad we locked him up long term!
NBAball05
What percentage of the cap will the team be using next season on rj, quick and Scottie?
Winter_Purpose8695
Rebuilding Masai isn’t playing games
deepr
yeah I think GTJ is out
deepr
$35m is the new $25m
sor2hi
With 8% increases it could start at 30 and end up at 40/year over the 5 years which really is going to look good if he is what we expect in 5 years.
Kewjoe
I assume this is like Scottie’s announcement and $175M is with all incentives met. But reality is that the base or what he reasonably can meet is quite a bit smaller. Not sure if anyone has any confirmation?
irv_12
We locked in 🔒
gentleriser
In the next collective agreement, with new TV deals, the tail end of this could end up looking like a great bargain. This could look like Gary’s contract now, in terms of cap proportion. And IQ should be rather more vital to us than Gary now.
kasrafm
Glad it’s a 5 year contract, those last few years is when we can hope he’s out playing the $$. Excited for this!
magnavoice
HELL YEAH IQ GET THAT BAG KID
(I miss you every day)
– Knicks fan
motherseffinjones
Damn he got paid more than I expected I guess GTJ is gone for sure
BigGuyNorthSide
Let’s keep in mind with today’s max, this is basically half that. NBA money is crazy!
og_africa
Remember Vanvleet gets paid $42M per year
kevin_lam1203
For those worried about the number being very high, the 2024-2025 salary cap is $141,000,000, so IQ makes up about 24% of your salary. With the new TV deal, the salary cap will continue to increase to a ridiculous $227,081,910 when IQ’s contract ends. By the end of IQ’s contract, he will only make up 15% of our salary cap. With the Raptors not looking to compete and focusing on rebuild the next 1-2 years, cap space honestly does really matter and it’s good to lock up the core long-term as salaries will continue to explode in the future.
ceddellam
If Quickley keeps improving and ends up playing well alongside Barnes then this move will be very solid with the cap inflation and contracts that even average starters will be getting in a few years
zigmatters
Don’t see how it’s worth bringing back GTJ and killing rest of our cap
SlamVanDamn
Lock in all the appropriate pieces. He’s worth the dough and he’s going to show us year after year.
Delabroo
I swear this fan base would rather let any talented players we have walk cause it’s always an “overpay” and then spend the next full year complaining about how we can’t keep any talent here 😂
Eclectic_Canadian
If it’s a backloaded contract, like most are, it starts at about $29.83 million which is projected to be about 21.2% of the cap. If the cap increases by the max 10% annually (which it easily could with the new TV deal incoming) then it would drop to 19.7% of the cap by the end of the deal, with the nominal amount of $40.5 million.
To me that’s just paying IQ for what he did as a Raptor. If he does take a step forward, like many of us expect, I think he becomes a value pretty quickly.
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Mans got paid! God damn! $35 mill per year!
Let’s gooooooo
Scottie, RJ, Quickley locked up long-term. Now we go.
That’s a fat deal
That’s more than I was expecting, but glad he’s locked up long term.
35 Ms is insane
Love this, not mad about this contract at all. Run it back Quick!
Ja’BBQDick locked up long term
That’s a great deal for him
Holy big bag, worth it though
Quick for 5 years? LETS GOO!
Wooo doggy that’s higher than expected
Not upset tho, he’s gonna be worth it
Edit: Also worth noting that could be including incentives and stuff, agents tend to tell Woj/Shams the fully loaded amount, not the guaranteed amount. So we’ll have to wait and see on that.
Also will be interesting to see how they structure this. Do they front load this deal to take the bigger hit this year when they have more flexibility and have it decline to lower the hit as Barnes extension kicks in? My concern with front loading is that it could make a future extension harder but given this is higher than initially expected, that should make that less of a concern.
Edit 2: I just realized IQ’s max salary in year 1 is 35.25m, so unless that 175m has a lot of incentives baked in, there isn’t much room for it to be front loaded. It’s either flat or backloaded.
Damn he got paid but locked in for 5 years
Way more then I expected but seems like deals are inflated with that new tv deal coming.
5 years is nice, shows mutual trust
That number is going to pop for some, but remember the cap is exploding over the next years. This is starter money. A good deal for IQ and for the Raptors..
My guess is that it’s closer to 150 with incentives
Way more than I was expecting but still glad we locked him up long term!
What percentage of the cap will the team be using next season on rj, quick and Scottie?
Rebuilding Masai isn’t playing games
yeah I think GTJ is out
$35m is the new $25m
With 8% increases it could start at 30 and end up at 40/year over the 5 years which really is going to look good if he is what we expect in 5 years.
I assume this is like Scottie’s announcement and $175M is with all incentives met. But reality is that the base or what he reasonably can meet is quite a bit smaller. Not sure if anyone has any confirmation?
We locked in 🔒
In the next collective agreement, with new TV deals, the tail end of this could end up looking like a great bargain. This could look like Gary’s contract now, in terms of cap proportion. And IQ should be rather more vital to us than Gary now.
Glad it’s a 5 year contract, those last few years is when we can hope he’s out playing the $$. Excited for this!
HELL YEAH IQ GET THAT BAG KID
(I miss you every day)
– Knicks fan
Damn he got paid more than I expected I guess GTJ is gone for sure
Let’s keep in mind with today’s max, this is basically half that. NBA money is crazy!
Remember Vanvleet gets paid $42M per year
For those worried about the number being very high, the 2024-2025 salary cap is $141,000,000, so IQ makes up about 24% of your salary. With the new TV deal, the salary cap will continue to increase to a ridiculous $227,081,910 when IQ’s contract ends. By the end of IQ’s contract, he will only make up 15% of our salary cap. With the Raptors not looking to compete and focusing on rebuild the next 1-2 years, cap space honestly does really matter and it’s good to lock up the core long-term as salaries will continue to explode in the future.
If Quickley keeps improving and ends up playing well alongside Barnes then this move will be very solid with the cap inflation and contracts that even average starters will be getting in a few years
Don’t see how it’s worth bringing back GTJ and killing rest of our cap
Lock in all the appropriate pieces. He’s worth the dough and he’s going to show us year after year.
I swear this fan base would rather let any talented players we have walk cause it’s always an “overpay” and then spend the next full year complaining about how we can’t keep any talent here 😂
If it’s a backloaded contract, like most are, it starts at about $29.83 million which is projected to be about 21.2% of the cap. If the cap increases by the max 10% annually (which it easily could with the new TV deal incoming) then it would drop to 19.7% of the cap by the end of the deal, with the nominal amount of $40.5 million.
To me that’s just paying IQ for what he did as a Raptor. If he does take a step forward, like many of us expect, I think he becomes a value pretty quickly.