As the season continues to draw closer, there has been much speculation about who the fifth starter will be for the Knicks. They have plenty of options, such as going double big, leaning into space, or keeping last year's unit. In reality, the best choice for the fifth starter may be a player that the Knicks traded away a year and a half ago: Quentin Grimes.
The Knicks traded Grimes in February of 2024 as part of a package to acquire Bojan Bogdanovic and Alec Burks from the Detroit Pistons. At the time, the trade made all of the sense in the world for New York.