2024-2025 Sixers Season

[bigegypt0417]

Bringing back Lowry is probably a good thing strictly that he can play the role of an informal asst.coach to the young guards.

Vet Lowry returns to Sixers for 20th NBA season

[phillychuck]

Every minute Nurse puts Lowry on the floor in non-garbage time is a crime against basketball. I hope he understands that Lowry is a coach.

[bigegypt0417]

That is what we will have to hope for!

Lowry doesn't really bring anything to the table...hopefully he's this team Udonis Haslem.

[zambonir]

Well, between health and not playing he only got 35 games last year. He will probably play a little until McCain is back and then transition to more of an emergency option or even end up off the roster eventually. Obviously he and Nurse have done a lot together. And, Philly sentiment. Maybe there is for real a non-playing job in his future.

[phillychuck]

Is McCain not fully back already? I thought he was going 100% at camp.

[zambonir]

I thought he was possibly out for around a full year and wasn't cleared for training camp yet? But it's also entirely possible he'll be ready to go.

[bigegypt0417]

Kind of an update

Latest on McCain Injury

[phillychuck]

Sixers waived Alex Reese and signed Dominick Barlow (formerly a Spur and Hawk). He’s bounced between the NBA and the G-league for 3 seasons. He’s only 22(!!) and a non-shooting 4 who defends well, rebounds well, and converts well. HIs NBA TS% is almost 60%, and it’s over 65% in the G-league. He shoots a few 3s, but so far overall only at about 30%. He can defend 2-4 and sometimes 5--very switchable. Went to St. Joe’s Prep, might be a Sixers fan.

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[Docs]

76ers' George has arthroscopic knee surgery

[zambonir]

I guess we can try to view this as a good thing? Same knee as last year, probably stuff to clean up in there too.

[glass half full]

[phillychuck]

And minutes for the other 4s and Broome. We can figure out who is gonna help.

[Dirk41]

Maybe the seminal piece about Joel Embiid

Joel Embiid sees you

Implying he may not be ready for the start of the season. When would it be in his best interest to retire? They should retire his number that day. One of the greatest Sixers ever should not go out like this.

[zambonir]

The story makes you feel for him, but also still makes it pretty clear neither he nor the Sixers really have things figured out. And they all look bad in terms of the stuff about the locker room leak.

I don't think anyone is ready for him to be at his Brandon Roy/Andrew Bynum moment yet. Doubt he's ready to retire and not get paid either. Nor are the Sixers really ready to move on, though that would presumably help them a lot of things don't work out over the next two seasons.

Seems like we're gonna see the future young line-up to start whether they wanted it that way or not!

[bigegypt0417]

It feels to me like the Quentin Grimes thing should have already been settled and that it might end up with him signing elsewhere...

5 Sixers thoughts: Checking in on Quentin Grimes, Joel Embiid attends a Phillies...

[phillychuck]

Sixers can match anything he (Grimes) signs (he’s an RFA). If he doesn’t want to be here long term he’ll take the qualifying offer and reenter the market after 1 year as a UFA.

Details: 1. Qualifying Offer (One-Year, ~$8.7M)
If Grimes accepts the qualifying offer, he guarantees himself ~$8.7M for next season and becomes an unrestricted free agent in 2026, free to sign anywhere

This is the only real lever he has left: gamble on a bigger payday in 2026, but at considerable risk if market conditions or performance or injuries shift unfavorably

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2. Sign-and-Trade
A potential route to get more than what Philadelphia’s matching capacity allows—but the Sixers are currently not open to sign‑and‑trade offers due to cap restrictions.

Even if they changed their situation, construction of such a deal is complex under salary-matching and “base-year compensation” rules, limiting eligible trade partners.

3.3. Offer Sheet From Another Team
As a restricted free agent, Grimes could sign an offer sheet elsewhere—but the Sixers hold the right to match.
Given limited cap space around the league, no team beyond maybe the Nets has the ability or motivation to present an offer the Sixers wouldn’t match.

[zambonir]

He is one of four unsigned RFAs. From what The Athletic story on this said, he's not getting an offer sheet because no other teams have the cap room to give him what he wants either. But don't you think if it comes to that the Sixers will just grit their teeth and match? It could also just end with him taking the $8.7 million QO and becoming an unrestricted FA next year, though the Sixers probably don't want that either.

Most of the people polled in this story don't think he's worth that much more than a mid-level exception.

Can Quentin Grimes and the Sixers find a deal that works for both?

Twelve of the 16 proposed average annual salaries between $12 million and $16.7 million. One front-office staffer who is especially high on Grimes suggested a four-year, $75 million deal, the most total money and the highest average annual value ($18.8 million) anyone in the poll mentioned.

On the other side of the spectrum was an executive who considered Grimes worth just $30 million over three years, $10 million in average annual value, the lowest number in the poll.

[zambonir]

I was typing as PC was posting. But even the article BE shared says there is almost no other outcome besides him staying. It also says him taking the QO could be a worse idea for him than the Sixers, as he might find the money's not there next year either.

[bigegypt0417]

This may not mean anything to the sixers but with the Clippers not having many first round picks...maybe?

The clippers should be a bad team by the time the sixers own their 28 first and then have the ability to swap in 29.

Breaking Down Clippers’ Potential Punishments Over Kawhi Leonard Salary Cap...

[phillychuck]

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[phillychuck]