Trade & FA 2024-25:

[mvossman]

The ability to match matters most when a player is max-worthy, or close to it. But with an MLE player like him, what do you do if some team offers him way more than you feel he's worth? Do you match and end up with a bad, cap-clogging contract? And what he THINKS he is worth will tend to factor into the picture too. So an accurate player evaluation is huge. (But it also helps if few teams will have cap room for over-MLE offers.)

To me, Grimes is a lot like Josh Green was. Sometimes, he looks like he can be a good player. Other times, he spares it up and it feels like his ceiling is "limited minutes backup." In theory, you want to keep him no matter what because you need talent, but it's going to be real easy to end up with a bad contract you regret.

I think Grimes has been significantly better than Green on both sides of the court.  He is a much better defender, a much more willing shooter (while being just as efficient) and a better rebounder.  I would have been fine giving him an MLE like extension before the season and still feel that way.  The good news is that due to how deep this team is he is not going to get huge minutes and likely wont score much more than 10 a game, so probably not a big candidate to get a huge offer sheet in the offseason given the limited money available.