DALLAS — After a troublesome ending to his Knicks profession, Quentin Grimes may’ve claimed revenge motivated him Wednesday evening however as an alternative credited Tom Thibodeau for the efficiency.
“Credit to Thibs,” stated Grimes after he helped the Mavericks lock down the Knicks in a 129-114 victory. “He gave me a lot of those hard assignments early in my career and I feel like I was able to get a good understanding of how to guard All-Stars, superstars, and it gets me going.”
Grimes was traded by the Knicks to the Pistons in February, which adopted complaints about his function, a need for a relocation and souring from either side over the circumstances.
Grimes was rerouted from Detroit to the Mavericks in a separate alternate over the summer season.
He began this marketing campaign with disappointment, unable to get a contract extension and taking part in sparingly on a group with title aspirations.
However Grimes, a restricted free agent in 2025, picked up a much bigger function prior to now few weeks and began Wednesday within the backcourt with Kyrie Irving as a result of Luka Doncic was once more sidelined with a wrist pressure.
“[Mavericks coach] J-Kidd was trying to figure out lineups and stuff like that,” Grimes stated. “I knew it was going to work itself out. It’s a long, long season. So just go in there, making my impact felt, kind of like it was in New York.”
The Texas native, who attended the College of Houston, can be joyful to be near dwelling and never having to make the notorious commute from the Knicks observe facility in Tarrytown to MSG.
“It doesn’t take me 45-50 minutes to get to the arena anymore, I’m good,” Grimes laughed.

Grimes confronted a group Wednesday that was barely recognizable from when he joined the Knicks.
Solely Miles McBride and Jericho Sims, each drafted with Grimes in 2021, stay on the lively roster.
With all of the strikes, he discovered one significantly stunning.
“The biggest thing was Donte [DiVincenzo],” Grimes stated. “Simply watching him final yr and the entire time within the playoffs, I believed Donte was going to be a man who was going to be a New York lifer for positive.
“But that’s the business of the NBA. Everybody has to do what’s right for the organization and I feel like that was one that really surprised me in the offseason, for sure.”
OG Anunoby went from hero to dud, following up his career-best 40 factors on Monday in Denver with eight measly factors in Dallas.
“It’s part of the game,” Thibodeau stated. “So everything went in for him in Denver and tonight it didn’t.”