He previously served as president and CEO of Canada Basketball and as general manager of the Toronto Raptors and New York Knicks of the NBA.

[6] Grunwald was a corporate attorney before returning to basketball as vice president and general counsel of the Denver Nuggets in 1990.

[9] He oversaw some of the Raptors' greatest years of success, including orchestrating a trade for Vince Carter and team's first trip to the NBA conference semi-finals.

[11] On September 28, 2006, Grunwald accepted a job as vice president for basketball operations for the New York Knicks, again working with Isiah Thomas.

[13] On April 24, 2012, the Knicks promoted Grunwald to (permanent) general manager and executive vice president of basketball operations.