Overview

• The 76ers declined agent David Bauman’s request to delay the Oct. 1 qualifying-offer decision.
• Quentin Grimes skipped Media Day and was not on Philadelphia’s preseason flight to Abu Dhabi, per multiple reports.
• Reporting indicates Grimes is likely to accept the $8.7 million qualifying offer unless a one-year “balloon” deal emerges.
• Talks remain far apart, with the agent pursuing roughly $25 million annually as a Philadelphia source refuted a reported four-year, $39 million offer.
• Grimes’ late-season run in Philadelphia — 21.9 points per game over 28 contests — boosted his market case without yielding a multiyear agreement.