Who are the New York Knicks’ biggest X-factors?

New York Knicks X-factors: Immanuel Quickley

When I mentioned JR Smith as an X-Factor, it was because he was a spark plug player, and Immanuel Quickley is the same way.

Yes, Quickley and Smith have different styles of play, but the second-year shooting guard is arguably the most exciting player on the roster.

As mentioned a couple of days back, Quickley is becoming too good to be as limited as he is, and it looks like he could start on multiple NBA rosters.

IQ has been closing games out with the Knicks recently and is playing like a monster in the process. Once he sees one shot go down, the floodgates completely open.

Quickley is a microwave player; he heats up rather, well, quickly. I’m sorry, I couldn’t stop myself.  Immanuel Quickley is so fun to watch, he makes me write bad puns, and I hate puns.

The ability he has to make a single three then have the confidence to sink a shot from the logo is unbelievable. Every time he scores, the fans at MSG go ballistic, and he’s scoring more and more as the year progresses.

Quickley is the type of guy you put in when the other team sinks three straight threes.  Three seems like the number of consecutive threes that Thibs allows before calling a timeout, and every time that happens, Quickley should go in.

The shooting ability he has, mixed with the extreme confidence and elite-level floater that us Knicks fans love, mixes for one of the most exciting players the Knicks have had in a very long time.

Quickley on most teams would be the number one X-Factor, many Knicks fans will argue he is, and it is not wrong to do that. However, there is one guy who though an unorthodox type of X-Factor, seems to affect the Knicks a lot more than most when he is on and off the court.