The suddenly surging Toronto Raptors might get some extra ammunition for Friday’s home date with the Chicago Bulls. Starting point guard Immanuel Quickley has been upgraded to questionable, after missing the last eight games (all but one of them Toronto wins) and all but nine this season.

After making a franchise-altering trade with the Raptors last year, the Knicks could be looking toward Toronto again for frontcourt help ahead of next week’s NBA trade deadline.

The New York Knicks underwent a massive ... but the fit remains questionable. Immanuel Quickley was the heart and soul of the Knicks’ bench for three seasons, thriving as a spark plug.

Quickley has played in only nine games this season for the Raptors and is listed as questionable once again to return to the floor Friday night against Chicago. Davion Mitchell has had to shoulder the load in the 25-year-old guard's absence, which will likely continue against the Bulls.

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Quickley (hip) has been ruled out for Wednesday's game in Washington, Blake Murphy of Sportsnet.ca reports. He'll be sidelined for an eighth consecutive game while he continues to recover from a left hip strain. Davion Mitchell should make another start at point guard in Quickley's stead, while Jamal Shead serves as Mitchell's primary backup.

New York doesn’t have to do anything between now and the trade deadline to reach its goals. The Knicks have been fine with the roster as is. With that said, the sense around the league is that the Knicks will do something minor in order to bolster their bench, whether sooner by getting a player back in a trade or later in the buyout market.

For the New York Knicks, several mid-season trades have ... trading Barrett and Immanuel Quickley to the Toronto Raptors for OG Anunoby. What initially shocked fans turned out to be one of the ...

There's no midweek lull for the NBA, as Wednesday features a compelling 11-game schedule headlined by a big game in Manhattan at 7:30 p.m.on ESPN.

Jakob Poeltl had 21 points, 14 rebounds and three blocks as the Toronto Raptors defeated the visiting New Orleans Pelicans 113-104 on Monday night to stretch their winning streak to four games.

Tari Eason, SF/PF, Houston Rockets (31.7%): A gritty two-way combo forward capable of putting together a massive fantasy line even while scoring say 13 points, Eason is a great plug-and-play option ahead of today's matchup with a Cleveland Cavaliers team that just played in Philadelphia last night.

The Raptors have reeled off four wins in a row and have posted victories in six of their past seven games in what has inarguably been the best stretch of basketball played under second-year head coach Darko Rajakovic. A winnable game in Washington awaits Wednesday night followed by another winnable game Friday when Chicago comes to town.