No fans booed or cried in disappointment when the Knicks traded for Jerian Grant on draft night. The belief was they found their point guard of the near future and one with some pretty impressive genes.
Grant has shown glimpses, albeit few, of what made him a standout guard at Notre Dame. Not enough for him to get consistent minutes in Derek Fisher’s rotation, or stop the Knicks from pursuing in trades or free agency established veteran point guards.
This is nothing new. The Knicks looking for and needing that difference-making point guard predates the current regime by many years.