{"id":462428,"date":"2026-02-08T20:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T20:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/462428\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T20:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T20:52:07","slug":"raptors-poeltl-remains-out-quickley-available-against-pacers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/462428\/","title":{"rendered":"Raptors&#8217; Poeltl remains out, Quickley available against Pacers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/toronto-raptors\/\" class=\"sn-team-post-link\" target=\"_self\" data-team=\"toronto-raptors\" data-league=\"nba\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Toronto Raptors<\/a> will have to wait a little longer the for the return of their starting centre.<\/p>\n<p>However, Poeltl, who has been listed as questionable, is &#8220;very close&#8221; to a return after a near 26-game absence with a back injury.<\/p>\n<p>After spraining his ankle in practice and initially being listed as questionable, guard <a class=\"sn-player-post-link\" data-player=\"cb0b5991-53e4-4dce-bf95-215fd6ecf728\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/basketball\/nba\/players\/immanuel-quickley\/cb0b5991-53e4-4dce-bf95-215fd6ecf728\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Immanuel Quickley<\/a> was announced as available by the team for the weekend matinee (Sportsnet, Sportsnet+, 3 p.m. ET \/ noon PT).<\/p>\n<p>Poeltl, 30, has been out since Dec. 21 after re-aggravating a back injury that has plagued him all season. He played only seven minutes in that game against Brooklyn before exiting.<\/p>\n<p>In 21 games, he is averaging 9.7 points and 7.7 rebounds and 0.5 blocks, the lowest mark since his rookie season. He has played only 25.3 minutes per contest.<\/p>\n<p>Poeltl signed a four-year, $84-million contract extension on July 1 that kicks in next season.<\/p>\n<p>Quickley, meanwhile, has been a key contributor for the Raptors, averaging 17.1 points, 4.4 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 1.3 steals in 50 games.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old has had a solid bill of health this season, missing only three games with injury.<\/p>\n<p>Trade-deadline addition Trayce Jackson-Davis will be available for his first game with the club.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the game on Sportsnet ONE and Sportsnet+ at 3 p.m. ET \/ noon P.T.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Toronto Raptors will have to wait a little longer the for the return of their starting centre.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-462428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}