Whether you believe in this sort of thing, there is an alternate universe where Quentin Grimes is already two years into his NBA career, fulfilling the promise that felt like a foregone conclusion even before he started to collect just about every major award and accolade a high school player can receive. A Houston native, Grimes was the best his state had to offer, garnering the same type of recognition that was once earned by Chris Bosh, De’Aaron Fox and Marcus Smart.
Instead of struggling throughout his freshman season at the University of Kansas, where he was unable to fold his immense talent into Bill Self’s meticulous offensive system, in this imaginary universe Grimes actually was “probably as complete a guard as we’ve ever had,” which is something Self really said before Grimes played his first college game.