As always, Tuesday mornings call for Sixers mailbags. Predictably, the leading subject in this week's batch of questions was Quentin Grimes, whose restricted free agency has now lasted more than five weeks. Today's trio of questions perfectly encapsulates Philadelphia: nerves, skepticism and just enough optimism to keep wondering.
Let's dive in:
First of all, I wholeheartedly agree with your qualification that Grimes taking his qualifying offer -- a one-year, $8.7 million deal that comes with a no-trade clause and direct path to unrestricted free agency next summer -- is extremely unlikely. The theory behind taking the qualifying offer is not totally illogical, but it almost never happens and when it has happened it has not produced good results for the players taking massive leaps of fa