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After a tumultuous season, Philadelphia looks to come back with a vengeance, and an advantage, hopefully cultivating a deep playoff run.
Philadelphia 76ers Offseason Moves
Restricted free agent
Quentin Grimes has signed a one-year, $8.7 million qualifying offer to return to the
Philadelphia 76ers, agent David Bauman told ESPN on Wednesday.
Grimes, who averaged career highs in points (14.6), rebounds (4.3), assists (3) and steals (1) last season, will now have the ability to veto all trades during the 2025-26 season and will enter unrestricted free agency next summer when at least 10 teams are slated to have significant salary cap space.
After Grimes’ side indicated it desired a contract in the $30 million range early in free agency and then a deal at around $20 million to $25 million, the two sides never found traction on a new agreement this offseason ahead of Wednesday’s 11:59 p.m. ET deadline for the qualifying offer.
Bauman said the Sixers’ first formal proposal of the offseason came Sept. 24 — nearly three months into free agency — with a four-year, $39 million offer. Days later, Grimes was offered a one-year, $8.8 million deal that gave him $100,000 more than his qualifying offer in order to waive an inherent no-trade clause. Those frameworks were declined, Bauman said, and negotiations never advanced.
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