Jazz has a perfect opportunity to add diamond in the rough next summer

Limited free desk was a bit of wild this season outside of season, where several teams played hardball with several solid players. Jazz fans of Utah may be making sure that they are in the same world of uncertainty with Walker Kessler – spoiler warning next summer: she shouldn’t. Because of how things take place with his team, the jazz has the chance to sign Quentin Grimes without problems next summer.

ESPN’s Shams Charania confirmed that Grimes had signed his qualifying offer with the Philadelphia 76ers. This means that Grimes will be an unlimited free agent next summer.

Grimes broke out with the Sixers. In 28 games with the team he had on average almost 22 points while he shot almost 47% and 37.3% of the three to 5.2 rebounds and 4.5 assists. The sample was small and the Sixers didn’t win much, but the numbers didn’t lie about him.

Philadelphia did not necessarily play because they did not believe that his performance was not real, but rather because they tried to maneuver through the cap to give him the money he wanted, that never bothered. So now he is planned to become an unlimited free agent in 2026, where the jazz can penetrate to sign it without problems of Philadelphia that corresponds to an offering sheet.

Utah is planned to become a cap -room team next summer

The main reason why Utah chose not to expand Kessler is that they could still expand him to the money he wants next summer, while at the same time they are a player in a free desk. For what it is worth, Philadelphia carried out this exact strategy in 2023 when they positioned themselves to sign Tyrese Maxey again and to sign Paul George to a maximum contract the next summer.

Utah gets the chance to do the same with Kessler while he positions himself to poach Grimes from Philly next summer. No, nobody suggests that the Jazz Grimes gives a maximum deal (not unless he still has a equipment in his game), but Utah should have enough dop space to make the sixers sweat at least.

Grimes was previously driven as a target for jazz, but the hangup was the prospect of the sixers that match every offer that sheet Utah could sign him. That will not be a problem in 2026, and even better, Grimes is not too ambitious for free agent for Utah. He will demand a payment day, but not one too big for jazz, since he is still relatively young and the talent he has shown.

He may not be a star, but he could be an important game on the next play -off team of Utah. This season will be a test to see who of the young talent of jazz keepers. Another spoiler warning: not everyone will pass, and if and when they do not, Grimes can fill in as the more proven option.

Since Bojan Bogdanovic has not landed a big name in the free desk since Bojan Bogdanovic and although Grimes has only recently demonstrated how good he can be, he is talented enough for jazz to swing to the fences in 2026.