this is one area where we really miss Rose. IMO more than anything else he plays decisively. He gets the pass and he moves up the court with pace. if there's a mistake o D he exploits it. He sets the tone

martin wrote:Swiped from RealGM

Zenzibar wrote:

Quentin Grimes brings an old-school approach to his new opportunity with Knicks

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 31: Quentin Grimes #6 of the New York Knicks drives to the basket during the game against the Sacramento Kings on January 31, 2022 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.

By Fred Katz 5h ago
NEW YORK — Quentin Grimes still remembers when he let his mind wander during one childhood pickup game.

Grimes was messing around, going through the motions. You know, kid stuff. But on this particular day, he had a disapproving viewer: his father, Marshall Grimes.

Dad told him to lock in. More than most parents, he knew what he was talking about. Marshall played ball at Santa Clara and Louisiana-Lafayette during the late 1970s and into the early ’80s. He taught Grimes his picturesque jump shot. On this day, he had to teach a lesson about attitude.

“‘You can’t be just BSing around with guys,’” Grimes recalled his father telling him during the long-ago scrimmage. “‘You gotta take it serious.’”

The 21-year-old wing said that mentality clicked then and ratcheted to a new level during his sophomore year at the University of Houston.

“I was like, ‘Oh, this is what I gotta do if I wanna be one of the best players hopefully to ever play,’” Grimes said. “So, I just take that mindset every day.”

It sounds like the elder Grimes and Tom Thibodeau would get along. Thibodeau doesn’t speak about basketball much differently than Marshall.

Ask the Knicks coach about Grimes, whom New York selected with the No. 25 pick in this past summer’s draft, and he emphasizes exactly what Dad did during that scrimmage years ago. He mentions that Grimes approaches practice “like a game.” He uses the word “tough” often.

“He’s not too cool. He’s earned his way,” Thibodeau said. “And if plays well and the team plays well, he’ll continue to play.

OK, out of respect I won't bump any quotes from draft night -- actually and unsurprisingly many here were gung ho for the moves -- but there was also a fair amount of pants wetting that we passed on on Sharife Cooper. You know the Sharife Cooper who has appeared in 10 games for the Hawks while averaging less than a point. Hey, maybe we still will regret that choice, but I'd also say it's another cautionary tale of the prisoner of the moment mentality. As explored in previous posts and elsewhere, maybe overall this current organization knows a little better than the bing bongs and their benefactors.

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Thibs is finally listening to us