{"id":106708,"date":"2024-11-13T09:11:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T14:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=106708"},"modified":"2024-11-13T09:11:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T14:11:58","slug":"raptors-immanuel-quickley-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/11\/13\/raptors-immanuel-quickley-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Raptors Injury Report Grows With Key Starter Sidelined… Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Toronto Raptors and Immanuel Quickley<\/a> have had terrible injury luck so far this season. The team <\/span>recently announced<\/span><\/a> that Quickley will be sidelined again due to a partial tear in his left elbow\u2019s ulnar collateral ligament. The Quickley injury happened during Sunday night\u2019s game against the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>, and he will be out for at least a week before he\u2019s re-evaluated. This news adds Quickley\u2019s name back to the already full Toronto Raptors injury report and thickens the dark cloud<\/a> that has been hanging over their season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Raptors Injury Report Grows With Key Starter Sidelined… Again<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Quickley Injury Has Bad Timing<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Quickley joined the Raptors in a trade last year that sent OG Anunoby<\/a> to the New York Knicks, and he was expected to be a cornerstone of the Raptors\u2019 backcourt. So far, injuries have limited his impact. Earlier in the season, he suffered a pelvic contusion in Toronto’s opening game, which sidelined him for eight games. Quickley\u2019s recent return to the court on November 9th against the Los Angeles Clippers was supposed to be a fresh start. Now he\u2019s back on the bench, adding more challenges for a Raptors team that currently sits at the bottom of the NBA standings with a 2-10 record.<\/span><\/p>\n

With Quickley out, head coach Darko Rajakovic<\/a> will likely turn to Davion Mitchell<\/a> again to fill the lead guard position. Mitchell has shown promise on defense but has achieved career-highs in assists, rebounds, and steals so far this season. Jamal Shead<\/a> is another guard who may also be called upon to play a larger role off the bench.<\/span><\/p>\n

Toronto Raptors Injury Report is Full<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Quickley injury couldn\u2019t come at a worse time for the Raptors.\u00a0 They are also missing several other key players. Scottie Barnes<\/a> is out with an orbital fracture. Ja\u2019Kobe Walter<\/a>, Kelly Olynyk<\/a>, and Bruce Brown<\/a> are sidelined with various injuries as well. None of these players have set timetables for their returns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With the current Toronto Raptors injury report, it\u2019s hard to see Toronto competing at their full potential. As they sit at 2-10, the Raptors are under pressure to turn things around quickly. Their upcoming schedule won\u2019t make it easy, their next game is against a feisty Detroit Pistons team. After that, they face the two Eastern Conference Finalists from last season, the Boston Celtics and Indiana Pacers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Moving Forward\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Given the severity of an ulnar collateral ligament injury, Quickley could potentially be out for more than just a week. The team will undoubtedly monitor his recovery closely, hoping that his absence will be short-term. But the Raptors\u2019 reliance on Quickley and the continued absence of other starters like Barnes makes it likely they\u2019ll continue to face challenges in November.<\/span><\/p>\n

The team’s coaching staff may need to explore deeper rotations or lean on untested players. As they try to make up for Quickley\u2019s absence and grab some wins, a new face will need to step up. For now, the Raptors can only hope their top contributors will soon return healthy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Toronto Raptors and Immanuel Quickley have had terrible injury luck so far this season. The team recently announced that Quickley will be sidelined again due to a partial tear in his left elbow\u2019s ulnar collateral ligament. The Quickley injury happened during Sunday night\u2019s game against the Los Angeles Lakers, and he will be out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5284,"featured_media":106723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,1608,62,3],"tags":[4533,4269,3178,49324,49199,517,1082,3852],"class_list":["post-106708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-raptors","category-basketball","category-nba","category-news","tag-bruce-brown","tag-davion-mitchell","tag-immanuel-quickley","tag-jakobe-walter","tag-jamal-shead","tag-kelly-olynyk","tag-og-anunoby","tag-scottie-barnes"],"modified_by":"Eamon Cassels, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5284"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}