VDesai wrote:Knicks management has shown a good feel for where guys are gonna get drafted these last couple of years. Grimes and McBride were rumored to be in the mix at 19 and 21 (at bare min it was reported Thibs really liked them both). We managed to move down to 25 to get Grimes and waited till 36 to take McBride. That was after maneuvering around the 20's the year before to get their target in Quickley.Reality is there were a lot of similar talents at PG in a certain range. Looked like Tre Mann pulled away from the group because of his size and shotmaking skill, but Cooper, Ayo and Butler went a bit after McBride and Springer and Bones went a bit before. That group of players were more or less randomized in most mock drafts- not a lot of obvious separation by evaluators. McBride coming in with supreme confidence at this level- not always easy to know who's gonna do that. We're a bit lucky, a bit knowledgable and we are benefiting from a potentially flat/deep talent pool (we'll ultimately see if all those guys are good).
Seems similar to last year w/ guys like Quick, Bane, Flynn, Maxey, Pritchard all going around one another.
McBride also seems to have a very good feel for his teammates and making the right pass. Something I haven't seen as much w/ Grimes, but hopefully comes w/ more time. I like both of them, but McBride's D makes him an immediate contributor and it's great to think about bringing him into hoepfully smother Trae Young.
Looks like a good group of rooks for sure.
8/12/2021 7:54 AM
