The Philadelphia 76ers have their eyes set on bringing back Quentin Grimes as free agency is set to open on Monday evening at 6 p.m. EDT. The Sixers acquired Grimes from the Dallas Mavericks at the deadline in February and he impressed averaging 21.9 points in the 28 games he played for Philadelphia.
The Sixers will have limited resources as they do not have the same cap space as they did in 2024 when they were able to land Paul George and a slew of other important free agents, but they have their focus on bringing back their own free agents–Grimes and Guerschon Yabusele, notably.
It appears that Yabusele will have a number of suitors–most notably the San Antonio Spurs–and there is a chance the Sixers can only re-sign one of them unless President of Basketball Operations Daryl Morey and his staff perform some cap acrobatics. Grimes appears to be the player who looks like he is headed back to Philadelphia, but there are teams that make sense to steal him away.
Three teams come to mind immediately:
The Nets are really the only team heading into this free agency period with any type of real cap space. One has to believe their focus is on bringing back Cam Thomas, but when considering Grimes is a restricted free agent, and Brooklyn still needs guard depth, it will be interesting to see if the Nets make any type of offer for him. Grimes would fit a lot of needs in Brooklyn and give them another scoring option for a team in need of scorers.
Amid the gambling allegations regarding Malik Beasley, the Pistons may pivot to Grimes. Detroit reportedly had a deal in place to bring Beasley back, but pulled it off the table after the allegations came out and Grimes could be a replacement for the 6th Man of the Year runner up. The Pistons could also look to Caris LeVert, but don’t rule out Detroit as a suitor to try and steal Grimes from the Sixers.
Another team that could use some guard depth, the Spurs could throw money at Grimes and make him an offer he can’t refuse. As a reminder, with restricted free agency, the Sixers can match any deal Grimes agrees to, but when considering the small amount of cap space Philadelphia has at the moment, it might not want to match any exorbitant deal for him. That would give a team like the Spurs–or the Nets–a chance at signing Grimes away.
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