Philadelphia 76ers president Daryl Morey evaluates his decision to add Quentin Grimes to the roster at the deadline.

Butler is more of an upside guy who’ll bid for backcourt minutes. The emergence of Ricky Council IV and Justin Edwards – the latter of whom Morey said converting off a two-way to a standard contract is a priority – made both Martins expendable.

The question had lingered for so long that somebody almost forgot to ask it. Daryl Morey spent 30 minutes talking to reporters on Friday afternoon, many of them devoted to Joel Embiid’s left knee, an issue that has been the organization’s most pressing for more than a year now.