O'Quinn has agreed on a four-year, $16 million deal with a player option for the fourth year.
NEW YORK -- Kyle O'Quinn hasn't produced much yet in the NBA. In irregular minutes as a Magicman, he showed the basic dexterity and willingness to do most things, but never quite embraced a role. Over the next 3-4 years in New York, O'Quinn will hopefully earn more stable work, and find an effective niche for himself in the process.
O'Quinn is 25. He is a large gentleman -- around 6'10 and easily 250 pounds, with broad shoulders, a 7'5 wingspan, and often sports a beard you or I could comfortably sleep inside. He smiles constantly.
O'Quinn grew up in Queens, then attended Norfolk State for 4 years, winning MEAC DPOY as a junior. He shot threes regularly in college, though with decreasing accuracy (from quite good to quite horrible) each season. The jewel of O'Quinn's fine college career was the Spartans' famous upset of Missouri in 2012, in which he dropped 26 and 14 and played grief counselor for Phil Pressey:
He kills you, then he hugs you so tenderly you forget you're dead.
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