Kyle O’Quinn is on pace to only suit up for approximately 350 minutes this season. The Indiana Pacers are only a little bit past the halfway point of their season and KOQ has only amassed 183 minutes of playing time so far. He’s on pace to receive fewer minutes than Al Jefferson did last year, the man whose role he was allegedly replacing.
And yet, he is still an incredibly important and valuable basketball player for the Pacers.
Let’s just take a cursory glance at Kyle O’Quinn’s per-36 minute numbers. 15 points (career high), 11.