Overview
- Agent David A. Bauman says Philadelphia’s first formal proposal arrived Wednesday at four years and $39 million, while a team source characterized prior talks as extensive but informal.
- Grimes’ camp is targeting roughly $20–25 million annually, and multiple outlets report the sides remain very far apart.
- Short-term paths on the table include the $8.7 million qualifying offer that carries a no-trade clause or a higher one-year “balloon” deal that would waive that protection.
- Bauman requested pushing the qualifying-offer deadline from Oct. 1 to Oct. 8, a move the 76ers are expected to reject, according to reporting.
- After averaging 21.9 points in 28 games late last season, Grimes faces a tighter market shaped by the new CBA and a crowded Sixers backcourt, with a one-year agreement widely viewed as the most likely near-term outcome.