It was a good night for the ping-pong balls but not to watch actual basketball outside of another strong Quentin Grimes’ outing.

The 76ers will tell you that their moves at the NBA trade deadline and beyond were about getting younger and more athletic. But they also were about getting up-close looks at potential role players for the future.

The 24-year-old Grimes spoke about his many travels in the NBA, and what it was like to be the other guy discarded by the Mavericks.

When the Dallas Mavericks traded away Luka Doncic, the NBA world was shocked, to say the least. Sending a top-five player away, without a trade demand, at only 25 years old, single-handedly made the Dallas Mavericks a major loser at the deadline.