Restricted free agent Quentin Grimes and the Sixers are still “very far apart on a deal” to resolve their summer-long standoff, Shams Charania of ESPN said in an appearance on NBA Today (Twitter video link).
Agent David Bauman told Charania that today was the first time the team made a “formal, hard offer” since free agency began. Bauman said Grimes won’t attend Philadelphia’s media day on Friday and he doesn’t plan to accompany the team this weekend to Abu Dhabi, where they’ll play two preseason games against the Knicks.
Charania points out that the Sixers have less incentive to offer a lengthy contract to Grimes after landing dynamic shooting guard VJ Edgecombe in the draft. Coupled with uncertainty over the health of stars Joel Embiid and Paul George, Philadelphia may not want to add another expensive deal to its payroll.
Charania suggests that the likely resolution appears to be Grimes either accepting the team’s $8.7MM qualifying offer, or possibly a larger one-year deal where Grimes would waive his no-trade clause. Either way, he would become an unrestricted free agent next summer when more teams will have money to spend.
Grimes was acquired from Dallas in a February trade, joining a team that was decimated by injuries and had difficulty fielding a competitive roster. He immediately became the Sixers’ offensive star, averaging a career-best 21.9 PPG in 28 games while shooting 46.9% from the field and 37.3% from three-point range.
He had hoped those numbers would lead to a new contract, but he ran into a difficult market for all restricted free agents. Josh Giddey reached a new deal with the Bulls, but Cam Thomas accepted his qualifying offer with Brooklyn and Jonathan Kuminga remains in a standoff with Golden State.
Charania also provided an update on Kuminga, saying he’s the only projected member of the Warriors‘ roster who is not attending a mini-camp that Jimmy Butler is holding in San Diego this week.
Kuminga is still locked in a “stalemate” with the team, and Charania said agent Aaron Turner told him on Wednesday that the Warriors’ insistence on a team option “still remains critical” in keeping the two sides from reaching an agreement.
makes no sense why Kuminga is not working out and keeping the team concept going. More bad advice from his agent.
You been trashing him for two years. Now when he’s got a foot out the door you want loyalty. Like all the loyalty Kerr showed him. He’s gone lol. Move on forget about him. Talk about what you can get for him. Reality …..
Oh jeez. Kerr showed him plenty of loyalty. If Kuminga wanted to be the “focus of the offense”, he’d be in San Diego working out with Butler. Jimmy wants to help him succeed. But, he is missing out on what can help build his career wherever that might be. Why can’t you see that?
i thought he is having his break out year. So why not prove to the club how great of shape you are in and you want to play. Show the team what they are missing. Instead here you are praising him that he will be leaving because you hate the warriors.
> it makes no sense why Kuminga is not working out
> and keeping the team concept going. More bad
> advice from his agent.
Classic!
It makes no sense to whom?
He is a free agent. He has no contract. He’s not a member of the team.
Are you expecting Al Horford to show up if he doesn’t have a signed contract?
What if he gets injured during this team building exercise? Like come on now lol
He still has the QO which he said he is already signing. Wouldn’t change a thing.
How much money do you have to put on Al Horford not being there? Maybe a lifetime of slippery nipples at the purple poodle?
Do you want a picture?
Don’t speak of what you do not know.
Waht makes no sense is proving how well of condition you are in and how you are ready to contribute to the team. Kuminga claimed earlier this summer how great of shape he is in. Kuminga is all talk about being a team player but needs to prove it.
Considering how much he’s been moved around. That QO for Grimes is not a bad deal. He can ask for a trade to a team he wants to sign with. He can even help Houston this year. Grimes played some point. No worse than Thompson. I don’t think Sixers want him. So he is just a trade chip for them. VJ is the future there. He will have plenty takers imo.
With Sixers everything depends on Embiid’s health.
Grimes getting substantially worse offers from Philly than Kuminga is from GSW.
Will that help JK see that signing the QO would be a mistake?
Not mentioned in the article is that the Sixers went 4-24 with Grimes. That’s 11 or 12 wins over an 82 game season. Horrible surrounding cast, sure, but that is a ghastly record. In other words, they shouldn’t be putting too much stock in his great performances for them. He just put up some great numbers on a horrible team where he was the #1 option all of a sudden.
In that same vain, the Warriors went 28-7 with Butler, who replaced Kuminga. That’s 63 wins over a season. Maybe that is why they are reluctant to go all in JK.
Yep he’s not in their mid term elections pace and these are important years for him.
Jimmy took his spot already, the whole league knows they want to sign him to be future trade bait for another veteran!
Well nobody has really given Grimes a real shot. Thibs did but then he got hurt. And he didn’t handle Donte competition well. Knicks couldn’t keep him and sign Brunson extension. So he was odd man out. He finally woke up in Philly lol. Got selfish and went for his stats. He has always been a team guy. Imo he can be a starter at SG. At worst he’s a solid third guard for a playoff team. Mavs should of kept him. Someone will offer him a decent deal next yr.