39 million in 4 years? How much is the 25-year-old Grimes worth?

Grimes' contract renewal is interesting.

Recently, according to famous reporter Shams, the 76ers made their first official offer to Quentin Grimes, the 2021 first round No. 25 pick and restricted free agent Quentin Grimes, but the two sides were far from signing in contract negotiations.

Afterward, American journalist Gina Mizell, added that Grimes' agent David Bowman revealed that the first official offer given by the 76ers was only 39 million in four years, and he believes that Grimes' ideal annual salary should be between 20 million and 25 million.

, let alone how much Grams wants, 39 million in 4 years? The quotation for 76ers is a bit outrageous, right?

Last season, Grimes was traded to 76ers by the Mavericks. His performance in the past and after can be said to be completely different: before the

, he played in 47 games for the Mavericks, averaging 10.2 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 0.5 steals per game, shooting percentage of 46.3%, three-point shooting percentage of 39.8%, and real shooting percentage of 59.9%. After the

trade, a total of 76ers played in 28 games, averaging 21.9 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.2 steals per game, shooting percentage of 46.9%, three-point shooting percentage of 37.3%, and real shooting percentage of 59.2%.

It should be noted that the reason why Grimes was traded by the Mavericks was not because of his poor ability. On the contrary, it was because Grimes performed well and the team got Christie in the Doncic trade. He knew that he could not keep Grimes, so the Mavericks would pack a second round pick and send him away, and then get Caleb Martin.

Interestingly, when this deal was first concluded, the outside world actually had a balanced evaluation, and it was generally believed that both sides took their own needs. But unexpectedly, after the transaction, Caleb Martin was seriously unacceptable and Grimes made an unexpected and amazing performance.

After joining the 76ers, Grimes scored 30 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals in Game 4, and 44 points, 6 rebounds and 6 three-pointers in Game 9, and scored 46 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals in Game 17. What is the roughly concept of

? Before joining the 76ers, Grimes only had 30+ twice in his career. In the 2023-24 season, he had never won a 20+ game from the Knicks to the Pistons.

But in less than 20 games, he won 40+ twice. In comparison, Harris, George, Simmons and Butler played 749 games in total with 76ers, and the total was only 1 game of 40+.

After March, Grimes' performance was: 20 games, averaging 25.3 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 5.2 assists per game. It is no exaggeration to say that this is already a quasi-All-Star level data.

Of course, there are also disadvantages. On the one hand, there are not enough samples. On the other hand, the 76ers are already in a bad state at the end of the season, so Grimes can play freely, and the ball rights use rate is as high as 26.1%. In all health conditions, Grimes will definitely not be able to get so many ball rights, and the data needs to be discounted.

But even with these objective factors, you have to admit that Grimes is indeed a good player. His suitable positioning is a deputy attacker with 3D attributes. He has both ball or not, is efficient, has a certain scoring explosive power, and can defend against small defenders.

Players like Grimes may not be able to enter the All-Star, but there is still a certain market. Even if the samples are too small, it is difficult to get a contract of 20 million, and the value is at least the full middle class (annual salary of 14.9 million). The 76ers' quotation for 39 million in four years, and the average annual salary is even less than 10 million, which is somewhat humiliating.

Of course, it is better to understand the difficulties of the 76ers. After all, there are three maximum salaries in the team, and the team's GM operation style has been always on the verge of QR code, but if a good player lowers the price like this, it will often backfire.

The latest news is that Grimes plans to sign a one-year qualification offer of 8.7 million yuan, and will pursue a big contract when he becomes a free agent next year. By then, the 76ers are likely to be unable to keep him.

It is worth mentioning that Grimes also missed the media day of the 76ers' new season and will not participate in this weekend's events with the team. It can be seen that the two sides are a bit stalemate.

Because of Ross (in the Knicks that year), we still have some attention to Grimes. He was once reused under Thibodeau and helped the Knicks reach the second round as a starter in the second season in the second grade.

But in the 2023-24 season, due to Brunson's joining and other reasons, Grimes' status and role were greatly reduced. Later, the Knicks sent him to the Pistons to introduce Boyang, but unfortunately the Pistons couldn't use it, so they almost used it.

Fortunately, last season, he proved himself again in the Mavericks and shined after the deal - he had expected his date renewal to become a difficult problem, but he did not expect that it had been delayed until now, and he did not expect that the asking price (quotation) gap between him and the 76ers was so huge.

Pure personal point of view, Grimes will most likely sign a qualification offer like Cameron Thomas. Moreover, because the 76ers' core has returned and Grimes' future is too uncertain, don't expect too much from his performance next season, but he is indeed a good player, the 76ers, and he is a bit too ruthless.