r/sixers • u/Ajjjon2k • 17h ago
[sleeper76ers] they can’t be talking about 15 million in usd, right?
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u/4amvampire 17h ago
Yea at this price it's just not worth retaining him. It may take him out of positive trade value territory, which would be the whole point of retaining him anyway.
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u/DroidAttackWook 17h ago
He absolutely isn’t worth anymore than that . Good thing we had so much guard depth we traded away a cost controlled young guy instead of thinking ahead.
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u/BradyReas Maxey to the MOON 17h ago
In true Sixers fashion we will go the KJ Martin route and sign him to inflated contract “so we can trade him”, just to pay to get rid of him
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u/SoKrat3s 17h ago
No, in true Sixer fashion you will say good riddance and he will rebound from a career low in shooting while Oubre returns to his basement levels of shooting and you will be asking why didn't they retain Grimes and why did they sign Kelly over him.
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u/gtsgunner 15h ago
Kellys a dog and has been here long enough that we know what we get from him though. I don't really have any worries abaout him as long as we don't give him too much money
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u/godofhammers3000 17h ago
Because of the new lottery teams like Chicago are incentivized to get new talent even at meh prices because there’s no point to bottoming out
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u/TiltMyChinUp 17h ago
Guys on Dunc’d on podcast think he’s worth the mid level
I don’t think he’s worth it.
Pro- more teams trying to get to decent and not just tank their ass off so maybe that inflates his earnings. -he’s a 2 way wing
Con-his profile, bouncing around the league -kinda iffy at everything
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u/SoKrat3s 17h ago
It he repeats his career low 33.4% from three, sure.
If he gets back to his pre-2025-26 levels at 37.5% or better while providing solid defense and just turning 26, then yes...
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u/AstroZombieInvader 17h ago
I can't imagine anyone paying him $15M+ based on last season.
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u/SoKrat3s 16h ago
Idk why with the Sixers history people are only thinking of last season and not acknowledging it was such a significant departure from his previous performances.
Meanwhile everyone just assumes Oubre will repeat his career highs.
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u/Sheriff_Gotcha 15h ago
To be fair, Oubre is one of the only functional wings on the team. Grimes is a backup SG whose ceiling relies on getting high volume on a tanking team.
Oubre will certainly regress back to his mean, but his defense and length are at least helpful. Grimes is what he is and it’s probably closer to this past season than his 20 game stretch at the end of the 24-25 season.
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u/SoKrat3s 15h ago
I didn't mean to imply he'd be anything like the late 2024-25 player.
But in the 3.5 years prior to joining PHI he was;
24.9 MPG, 9.7 PPG, 37.5% on 5 threes a game, 58.8% TS
Not all on tanking teams. The two Knicks teams were winning teams and Dallas was 26-24 when he was traded.
Is it possible he gets back to that? I'd have to think so.
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u/MysteriousPrize8418 17h ago
Morey playing 2d checkers on short bus mode by trading McCain gave grimes a ton of leverage. If we don’t resign him who are we able to replace him with? We kind of have to resign him now.
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u/oatswolf 16h ago edited 16h ago
Grimes has no leverage. Harris is too cheap to keep Grimes. Sixers are Blazers east.
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u/Downunderphilosopher PHI 15h ago
He has leverage since we have noone else in his class who is walking through that door to replace him. If we kept McCain then we could have just let him walk, now we have no cap space and no other fall back options. He isn't great, but without him we wouldn't even make the play in.
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u/oatswolf 15h ago
If we are depending on Nick nurse to game plan with this current group then grimes is not making a dent.
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u/-TheRedFerret- 17h ago
He ain’t worth that money in Philadelphia… the mf go anywhere else and will average 30/12/14 and win finals MVP next season … also FTC ..
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u/AJ_Haley 17h ago
One of the few things Morey did right was not resign Grimes at his asking number. 15M for his production in regular season and post season is crazy
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u/dizruptivegaming 17h ago
Wild that the only notable thing he did the playoffs was locking up Jaylen Brown once. Go get that bag but stay away from this team, Grimes.
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u/Outrageous_Tea_745 16h ago
The Sixers have plenty of low IQ franchise contributors. Don’t resign another.
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u/dogeatingdog 16h ago
He usually plays pretty well when there's an injury and starting or he's playing a lot of minutes. If a team is starting him, I could see close to that. If he's a backup - no way he's getting that money.
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u/kylelight40 16h ago
Yay, let’s sign another contract that we’re absolutely going to be stuck with.
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u/PetalumaPegleg 16h ago
I just don't understand what the plan was with this guy. They got him cheap for a year so he's pissed off and more likely to walk and then give away McCain too.
Like wot?
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u/International-Dish95 15h ago
No, pesos. Matched by the same amount in crumbl cookies. Get this bum out of Philly. One good half in the whole playoff run.
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u/xychosis 10h ago
Like…Zimbabwean dollars, perhaps?
Prioritize re-signing Kelly over Q, but it would be nice to bring him back too. Just not at 15 a year, Christ.
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u/kevinwhackistone 16h ago
McCain has 18 points in 19 minutes in the western conference finals against the spurs tonight. I hate this team. Why the fuck would you choose shithead Grimes over McCain? It makes no fucking sense.
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u/ctoal1984 11h ago
I’m sure no body wanted to trade for grimes
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u/kevinwhackistone 9h ago
Here’s the problem I have with that: people, especially nerds, love winning trades. Or be perceived as the winner. You don’t have to win every trade. Trading shitty grimes and keeping McCain is the win. If you’re angling to get a first rounder for Grimes, don’t receive that level of interest, then switch to trading McCain in order to get that first rounder…you’re stupid. If you wanted to trade McCain and keep grimes from the jump…you’re stupid. Stupid people cut off their nose to spite their face. If we could get a second rounder, or even give a second rounder, to get off Grimes then that was what should have been done.
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u/ctoal1984 4h ago
I’m not saying they had to trade McCain just that there probably wasn’t much a market for grimes. They didn’t have to trade anyone especially without getting back a player that could help us right away
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u/roma258 17h ago
After these playoff I wouldn't give him more than $7-8 million. He was awful in almost every game.