Quentin Grimes drew inspiration from Kevin Durant’s frustrations.
After Phoenix’s 139-122 loss to the Knicks on Friday night — which marked Durant’s first loss to New York in over a decade — the future Hall of Famer turned a question into how to stop 3-point shooters and Jalen Brunson in a rant about Grimes’ shortcomings.
“Shooters get close to Brunson and make him dribble. Like, what’s his name? Quentin Grimes,” Durant said. “Like he can’t get six threes. He doesn’t dribble at all. He doesn’t have any free throws on the season. He doesn’t seem to have any assists. But he’s getting 3s more? That’s the stuff that doesn’t we can have. It’s frustrating but we’ll figure it out.”
Grimes, the reserve guard, finished with nine points in 15 minutes while shooting 3-of-6 from beyond the arc.
As Durant mentioned, Grimes has mostly been a perfect shooter this season, averaging 1.2 assists and, more alarmingly, just five free throw attempts on the season.