{"id":161223,"date":"2025-10-01T16:42:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T20:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=161223"},"modified":"2025-10-01T19:55:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T23:55:04","slug":"76ers-end-showdown-restricted-free-agent-quentin-grimes-whats-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/10\/01\/76ers-end-showdown-restricted-free-agent-quentin-grimes-whats-next\/","title":{"rendered":"76ers End Showdown With Restricted Free Agent, What&#8217;s Next?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the Philadelphia 76ers prepare for the start of the 2025-26 season, restricted free agent Quentin Grimes has agreed to sign their one-year, $8.7 million qualifying offer (QO) to return to the team, per ESPN senior insider Shams Charania. With the former first-round pick accepting the QO, he&#8217;ll become an unrestricted free agent next offseason. If he hasn&#8217;t been traded by the deadline, both sides will have a chance to extend their partnership then.<\/p>\n<h2>76ers End Showdown With Restricted Free Agent Quentin Grimes<\/h2>\n<p>Unlike this summer, multiple teams are expected to have substantial cap space in 2026.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Restricted free agent Quentin Grimes is signing a one-year, $8.7 million qualifying offer to return to the Philadelphia 76ers, agent David Bauman told ESPN. Grimes will now hold an inherent no-trade clause and enter a more flush market in unrestricted free agency next summer. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RZz2XIPu1A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/RZz2XIPu1A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1973477409900077468?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, if the Sixers are healthy, Grimes probably won&#8217;t be able to put up the numbers he did after the Dallas Mavericks traded him last season. With Philadelphia&#8217;s perimeter group <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/09\/30\/jared-mccain-injury-update-following-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">decimated by injuries<\/a>, Grimes played like a star. In 28 games, he averaged 21.9 points and 4.5 assists per contest. The fact he did it efficiently as well, shooting 46.9% from the floor (37.53 from 3), was just as significant.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_129349\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-129349\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-129349\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/USATSI_25699884_168404789_lowres-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Philadelphia 76ers shooting guard Quentin Grimes\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/USATSI_25699884_168404789_lowres-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/USATSI_25699884_168404789_lowres-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/USATSI_25699884_168404789_lowres-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/USATSI_25699884_168404789_lowres-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/USATSI_25699884_168404789_lowres-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/USATSI_25699884_168404789_lowres-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/USATSI_25699884_168404789_lowres-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/USATSI_25699884_168404789_lowres-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-129349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mar 17, 2025; Houston, Texas, USA; Philadelphia 76ers guard Quentin Grimes (5) reacts after making a basket during overtime against the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s no wonder he believed he should be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/46451477\/quentin-grimes-signs-87-million-qualifying-offer-76ers\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">making $20-25 million per season<\/a>, according to Charania. The Sixers thought otherwise, offering him a four-year, $39 million contract. That&#8217;s less than $10 million per season. Respectfully, even Chicago Bulls wing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/o\/okorois01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Isaac Okoro<\/a> makes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/70647\/isaac-okoro\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more than that<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s Next For Quentin Grimes?<\/h3>\n<p>Perhaps Philadelphia just wasn&#8217;t projecting Grimes to have the same impact he did in 2024-25, which is understandable. Yet, Grimes was playing quite well for a Dallas team that had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/doncilu01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luka Doncic<\/a> (33.1%), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/i\/irvinky01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyrie Irving<\/a> (27.4%) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/thompkl01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Klay Thompson<\/a> (21.8%), three high-usage* perimeter players. That&#8217;s not much different than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/georgpa01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul George<\/a> (23.5%), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/maxeyty01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyrese Maxey<\/a> (29.8%) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mccaija01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jared McCain<\/a> (24.7%).<\/p>\n<p><em>*usage rates in parentheses<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Playing more of a 3-and-D than on-ball role with the Mavs, as he will likely have to do for the Sixers, he averaged 10.2 points per game on 38.9 percent shooting from 3. Those numbers aren&#8217;t really blowing anyone away, though he&#8217;s clearly effective even if primarily off-ball. However, knowing he can shift gears and scale up makes him more valuable. That&#8217;s even more true for the Sixers considering the injury history of the players that will be in front of him on the depth chart.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, it&#8217;s worth keeping an eye on trade rumors involving Grimes and ear out for news about his satisfaction with his role.<\/p>\n<div class=\"modal-image-setImageMetadata\">\n<p class=\"ng-binding\">\u00a9 Troy Taormina-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Philadelphia 76ers prepare for the start of the 2025-26 season, restricted free agent Quentin Grimes has agreed to sign their one-year, $8.7 million qualifying offer (QO) to return to the team, per ESPN senior insider Shams Charania. With the former first-round pick accepting the QO, he&#8217;ll become an unrestricted free agent next offseason. 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