The basketball gods have continued to torture the Dallas Mavericks and their fans ever since the Luka Doncic trade. On Monday night, the fan base was dealt another healthy dose of pain.
Philadelphia 76ers guard Quentin Grimes, whom the Mavs traded last month, went off for 46 points in a 144-137 overtime loss to the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Grimes gave the undermanned Sixers a fighting chance against a Rockets team that had entered Monday on a six-game winning streak.
Grimes also grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds to go along with 4 assists and 2 steals, giving him a stat line only Joel Embiid has ever matched in 76ers franchise history. Grimes was hitting triples with the confidence of Stephen Curry.
I have absolutely no idea who this player is because it can't be Quentin Grimes lmaooo pic.twitter.com/Kv9NpPxgpf
— Hot Hand Theory (@HotHandTheory) March 18, 2025
It was the second 40-point game of Grimes’ career. The first came earlier this month when Grimes had the internet buzzing over his 44-point night against the Golden State Warriors.
Fans were quick to roast the Mavericks and general manager Nico Harrison for trading away a potential star, compounding what Dallas had already done with Doncic.
Nico Harrison traded Luka Doncic & Quentin Grimes, so they both decided that they were going to make him look more trash by the game 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/YlSLDPEN38
— HeroOfTheDay (@Hero_OfThe_Day) March 18, 2025
Points since the trade deadline:
— StatMuse (@statmuse) March 16, 2025
339 — Luka Doncic
318 — Quentin Grimes
293 — Mavs' leading scorer pic.twitter.com/rTFVpn1GhM
Quentin Grimes with ANOTHER 40-point game for the 76ers
— Mavs Film Room 🐴🎥 (@MavsFilmRoom) March 18, 2025
Nico Harrison is the worst GM in NBA history
quentin grimes is special man
— Coach Rome (@Rome_Beast) March 18, 2025
they keep talkin bout the luka deal
but they needa also be on nico for dat awful caleb martin trade
Dallas traded Grimes to Philadelphia before the trade deadline in exchange for a then-injured Caleb Martin.
Grimes has averaged 21.4 points and 5.5 rebounds in 17 games with the 76ers. In comparison, Martin has only scored 23 points total in his five games with the Mavericks.
