Raptors' Jamal Shead: Starting Tuesday sans Quickley

Shead is in the Raptors' starting lineup for Tuesday's NBA Cup quarterfinals matchup against the Knicks, Esfandiar Baraheni of The Athletic reports.

Shead will make his first start of the regular season Tuesday due to the absence of Immanuel Quickley (illness). Shead has opened the 2025-26 regular season averaging 5.8 points, 5.1 assists, 1.8 rebounds and 1.2 steals over 19.3 minutes per game.