Quentin Grimes chose to gamble in himself by taking his qualifying offer of $ 8.7 million – a risk that the Philadelphia 76ers, as well as their fans, would like to unfold.
Jake Fischer reported on the Stein Line Sunday that Grimes opted in his qualifying offer because the 76 people did not believe that he was worth the annual salary range of $ 25 million where his camp was. Both parties were so far apart in negotiations that Philadelphia did not see the need to offer a contract to Grimes until the week before the training camp started.
How we got here
Grimes strived this summer on a lucrative deal after an average of almost 22 points per game in 28 games for the 76ers last season. However, there was one problem – he was a limited free agent. Philadelphia had the power to match any offer that Grimes would receive from another team, so he had little leverage.
The market for limited free agents was quickly soured during the low season as teams became afraid to give players under the All-Star status due to the limitations of the scheduling structure of the first and second tax aprons. As a result, Grimes received zero competing offers, which allowed the 76 people to sit firmly.
“There was a fairly widespread conviction that Philly would eventually make a one -year -old pitch sufficiently lucrative (in the $ 15 million reach) that Grimes, such as Kuminga, would have convinced to give his right to his right to block this season that is delivered with the qualifying match,” Fischer said. “But I was told that the Sixers never came close to that reach. The highest range of Philadelphia on a one -year pact, say sources, intended for $ 9 million.”
Accepting his qualifying offer was the only Power Play that Grimes could perform. By doing this, Grimes has a no-trade clause and becomes an unlimited free agent after the 2025-26 season. This enables him to really see what he is worth without the interference of the 76 people.
What is the following?
Grimes wishes to play himself in a big salary, but the path to do this is far from justice and narrow. He will have to compete for minutes with Jared McCain when he returns after a torn UCL at the end of September, as well as VJ Edgecombe who started next to Tyrese Maxey in the first two preseason matches of Philadelphia.
Grimes is already at a disadvantage and has not been to the team before the start of the training camp and the preseason. Fischer reported that he flew to Philadelphia on Saturday and will be ready to participate in the 76 people when they return from Abu Dhabi. While Grimes is likely to enter when starting a shooting guard, at least until McCain returns, Grimes will have two hungry young guards tied to his toes.
If the 24-year-old remains, he could eventually cost himself millions of dollars in annual value.
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