Contract negotiations are part of basketball. Sometimes they're tense, of course, because at the end of the day, it's an employee asking their employer for more money. Most of the time, though, these negotiations end without much vitriol when a contract is signed. That doesn't seem like the case with the Philadelphia 76ers and restricted free agent Quentin Grimes though, who might be closing in on a deal, but are doing so while the overarching relationship between team and player deteriorates.
That's not good for Grimes' future with the Sixers, and it's not a good precedent for future negotiations with free agents, either.