Along with the rest of the Sixers roster, Quentin Grimes is now trade-eligible

Drew Smith
January 15, 2026
Sixers
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January 15th is here and that means the last trade handcuff on the Sixers’ roster is gone. Quentin Grimes’ restriction is lifted, so every player on the 2025-26 roster is now trade-eligible.

That does not mean Daryl Morey is about to start wheeling and dealing like it is a fantasy draft, but it does mean the paperwork excuses are officially done.

Quentin Grimes is now trade-eligible

All the players around the NBA who become trade eligible today:

• Tre Mann
• Josh Giddey
• Sam Merrill
• Paul Reed
• Jonathan Kuminga
• Isaiah Jackson
• Santi Aldama
• Davion Mitchell
• Naz Reid
• Quentin Grimes pic.twitter.com/Kjxjapz03m
— NBA Retweet (@RTNBA) January 15, 2026

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Quentin Grimes still has veto power over any trade he is involved in because he took the one-year, $8.7 million qualifying offer after a brutal restricted free agency that went nowhere.

That qualifying offer comes with a built-in no-trade clause for the season unless he agrees to waive it, so the Sixers cannot just toss him into a deal as matching salary whenever it is convenient.

Even if the Sixers found a trade partner, Quentin Grimes has every reason to say no. If he gets dealt, the team acquiring him does not get his Full Bird rights, which kills the incentive to trade real value for him and also makes it harder for his new team to pay him like a long-term piece.

In other words, approving a trade would basically be Quentin Grimes volunteering to make his own next contract situation messier.

That is why any Quentin Grimes trade should be viewed as unlikely unless he is steering it to a very specific destination for a very specific reason.

So yes, the whole roster is technically available now. But in practice, Quentin Grimes is still the guy with the key. If the Sixers are going to make a real move, it is probably more realistic that it happens around him than through him