ESPN’s Shams Charania first reported Wednesday night that Quentin Grimes will return to the 76ers on a one-year, $8.7 million deal. Charania said it includes an inherent no-trade clause. After such a stellar season, Grimes is signing a deal that will allow him to once again play for a bigger contract next offseason, except this time he will be unrestricted. Grimes was dealt last season from Dallas to Philadelphia with a second-round pick (that became Johni Broome) for Caleb Martin.

At the time of the trade, this was a bad exchange for Dallas. Not only is Grimes a far superior player to Caleb Martin, but giving up a pick instead of receiving one never made any sense. In essence, general manager Nico Harrison took a gamble that Grimes was going to get paid a sizeable amount. Martin is makin

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