{"id":758802,"date":"2026-06-12T03:03:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T03:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/758802\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T03:03:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T03:03:17","slug":"atlantic-notes-gansey-grimes-raptors-nets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/758802\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlantic Notes: Gansey, Grimes, Raptors, Nets"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sixers recently introduced<\/a> their new president of basketball operations, Mike Gansey. Now it\u2019s time for him to start answering some of the difficult questions Philadelphia\u2019s roster situation presents, Tony Jones writes for The Athletic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The two factors that hang over all questions regarding the Sixers teambuilding are the futures of Paul George<\/a> and Joel Embiid<\/a>. Both veterans had moments of high-level play this season, but both have extremely expensive contracts and difficult injury histories. Since it\u2019s unlikely they\u2019ll be able to find palatable avenues to moving them, it\u2019s imperative that they try to find ways to keep both on the floor as much as possible.<\/p>\n

The non-taxpayer midlevel exception will be an important tool in their search for an impact player to help take the team from good to very good. They also have the 22nd pick in the draft, which Gansey is in a good position to be able to maximize the value of, given his time running the draft in Cleveland, according to Gina Mizell of The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt 22, you want to get a combination of best player available and fit with our roster,\u201d Gansey said about his approach to the draft.<\/p>\n

We have more from the Atlantic Division:<\/p>\n

The Sixers will also have to figure out what to do with unrestricted free agent Quentin Grimes<\/a>, who is coming off a rather disappointing second season in Philadelphia. Even after trading away Jared McCain<\/a>, there\u2019s an argument to be made that Kelly Oubre Jr.<\/a> should be the incumbent player the team looks to retain, Adam Aaronson writes for the Philly Voice<\/a>, especially because Grimes could have a wider range of teams interested in him given his age and shooting. Aaronson cites the Bulls, Clippers, and Bucks as possible suitors for the 26-year-old\u2019s services.
\nThe Raptors have had to watch two players they traded away come through the East to reach the Finals in consecutive years in OG Anunoby<\/a> and Pascal Siakam<\/a>. The team probably mishandled the Siakam trade, especially, Eric Koreen writes for The Athletic<\/a>, but it seems unlikely that keeping him in Toronto would have worked in the long run anyway. When it comes to next steps, Koreen says it would behoove the team not to sign any more long-term contracts as the Raptors try to figure out how to improve the roster, which is surprisingly expensive given the deals they signed Brandon Ingram<\/a>, Jakob Poeltl<\/a>, and Immanuel Quickley<\/a> to. Toronto shouldn\u2019t be desperate to move Ingram and Quickley, but it does need to be careful with how it gives out money moving forward.
\nThe Nets are only 3.5 years removed from the Kevin Durant<\/a> and Kyrie Irving<\/a> experience, but their rebuild in recent years hasn\u2019t quite gone according to plan, due in part to a lack of lottery luck. They will have to figure out how to start building a competitive roster this offseason, since the Rockets own their pick next summer, Yossi Gozlan writes in his offseason preview for The Third Apron<\/a>. They could look to renegotiate and extend Michael Porter Jr.<\/a>, who had a strong first season in Brooklyn. They could also use their pick and young player stockpile to try to move up in the draft. They\u2019re also on the clock when it comes to reserve center Day\u2019Ron Sharpe<\/a>, who has been productive for them off the bench for several years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sixers recently introduced their new president of basketball operations, Mike Gansey. Now it\u2019s time for him to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":758803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3770],"tags":[7,4441,2299,3715,936,3147,562,9736,6,279,526,4155,681,680,476,3820],"class_list":["post-758802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto-raptors","tag-basketball","tag-brandon-ingram","tag-dayron-sharpe","tag-immanuel-quickley","tag-joel-embiid","tag-kelly-oubre","tag-michael-porter-jr","tag-mike-gansey","tag-nba","tag-pascal-siakam","tag-paul-george","tag-quentin-grimes","tag-raptors","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-raptors","tag-torontoraptors"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116734918903299268","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=758802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/758803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}