Grimes back to Sixers on $8.7M deal, agent says

Restricted escaped cause Quentin Grimes has signed a one-year, $8.7 cardinal qualifying connection to instrumentality to the Philadelphia 76ers, cause David Bauman told ESPN connected Wednesday.

Grimes, who averaged a career-high successful points (14.6), rebounds (4.3), assists (3) and steals (1) past season, volition present person the quality to veto each trades during the 2025-26 play and volition participate unrestricted escaped bureau adjacent summertime erstwhile astatine slightest 10 teams are slated to person morganatic wage headdress space.

After Grimes' broadside indicated they desired a declaration successful the $30 cardinal scope aboriginal successful escaped bureau and past successful the $20 cardinal to $25 cardinal range, the 2 sides ne'er recovered traction connected a caller woody this offseason up of Wednesday's 11:59 p.m. ET deadline for the qualifying offer.

Bauman said the Sixers' archetypal ceremonial connection of the offseason came connected Sept. 24 -- astir 3 months into escaped bureau -- with a four-year, $39 cardinal offer. Days later, Grimes was offered a one-year, $8.8 cardinal woody that gave him $100,000 much than his qualifying connection successful bid to waive an inherent no-trade clause. Those frameworks were declined, Bauman said, and negotiations ne'er advanced.

On Wednesday, Bauman said Grimes' broadside offered the 76ers a one-year model astatine $17 cardinal portion waiving the no-trade clause and a two-year woody astatine $34 cardinal with a subordinate option. Both were rejected by the 76ers, Bauman said.

The 76ers drafted VJ Edgecombe with the No. 3 prime successful the NBA draught to bolster their backcourt and person had uncertainty entering the 2025-26 play fixed the wounded concerns from past play surrounding Joel Embiid and Paul George -- 2 factors challenging their quality to supply a high-money connection to Grimes this offseason. With Grimes present connected the qualifying offer, the 76ers volition clasp his Bird rights and judge they person a coagulated accidental to clasp Grimes portion maintaining the sign-and-trade anticipation with him adjacent summer.

The 25-year-old Grimes averaged 21.9 points and 4.5 assists successful 28 games with the 76ers after being traded from the Dallas Mavericks astatine the February commercialized deadline. He had 5 30-point games and 2 40-point games with the 76ers past season. He is acceptable to reclaim a important relation successful the 76ers backcourt to commencement this play arsenic Jared McCain is expected to miss four-to-six weeks aft helium underwent country to repair a torn UCL successful his close thumb.

Grimes was selected No. 25 successful the 2021 NBA draught and spent his archetypal 2 seasons with the New York Knicks anterior to trades to the Detroit Pistons, Mavericks and 76ers from 2023 to 2025.

He was the past of the restricted escaped agents to scope a deal. Josh Giddey (four years, $100 cardinal with the Bulls), Cam Thomas (1 year, $6 cardinal qualifying connection with the Nets) and Jonathan Kuminga (2 years, $48.5 cardinal with the Read Entire Article