In Grimes, they land a legitimate NBA rotation player who still has some upside at the age of While his star has dimmed since the Los Angeles Clippers selected him with the No. Two years ago, Grimes started six playoff games for the Knicks, who traded him to the Pistons last February in a deal that landed them Bojan Bogdanovic and Alec Burks. Do the Sixers make this deal if they are a sure-fire playoff team with a decent chance at contending for a title?
Probably not. There is a reason the Mavericks sent the Sixers a second-round pick along with Grimes. While he has missed the last 12 games with a hip injury, the year-old Martin has a long playoff track record and has looked a lot like the player the Sixers thought they were getting when they signed him in July.
In 31 games, he is shooting. The Sixers are clearly at an inflection point. Their odds of contending this season are obviously slim, especially given the trio of dynamic teams currently pacing the East. If they think Embiid can get back to his MVP form, they can make an argument that, absent a legitimate offer for George that nets them future assets, they have little to gain by tearing down the whole thing.
Whatever the case, we should be careful about gleaning anything from the decision to trade Martin. You can just as easily interpret this trade as the Sixers looking for a middle road through the deadline rather than forcing themselves to commit to either keeping the gang together or blowing the whole thing up.
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