The Knicks entered draft night with little intention of filling their roster with rookies and even if they eventually selected four of them, the two who figure to break through — Quentin Grimes and Miles McBride — arrived with a background that shows that they could fit in with what coach Tom Thibodeau is demanding.
Grimes, 1 6-5 guard, was taken at No. 25 overall after he went from a highly-touted recruit at Kansas to remaking himself under Kelvin Sampson at the University of Houston. And McBride, a 6-2 guard who fell to No. 34 early in the second round, pointed to his practices under Bob Huggins at West Virginia and a willingness to take on any defensive challenge.