The depleted Knicks needed to salvage at least one win following a disastrous first two games in Texas, and they ended 2022 on a positive note.
Despite the continued absence of injured starters Jalen Brunson and RJ Barrett, Tom Thibodeau’s slumping team halted its five-game losing streak with a 108-88 New Year’s Eve victory over the rebuilding Rockets at Toyota Center.
Grimes didn’t get a chance to play in Houston as a rookie during the Knicks’ only visit in December 2021 due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols, but he has fully entrenched himself as a starter and has started 19 of their last 20 games. The lone game he missed over that stretch was a home loss to the Raptors on Dec. 21 due to a sprained ankle.
Grimes played one season at Kansas, starting all 36 games for the Jayhawks as a freshman in 2018-19, before transferring to Houston. As a junior for the Cougars, he averaged 17.8 points and shot 40.3 percent from 3-point range. He was taken with the 25th overall pick in 2021 and landed on the Knicks in a draft-night trade with the Clippers.NBAE via Getty Images
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