The Memphis Grizzlies have added a center: Quinten Post is officially theirs after the Golden State Warriors declined to match Memphis’s three-year, $30 million offer sheet on July 7, per ESPN. The Grizzlies signed the restricted free agent to the sheet just before the July moratorium ended, giving Golden State a little over 36 hours to decide, and the Warriors passed.
The structure explains why. Post’s deal is guaranteed only in the first year, with a $9 million base salary for 2026-27 and annual incentives — including a reported $1.35 million bonus tied to All-Defensive recognition — that count toward a team’s apron number. Golden State had given Post a qualifying offer worth roughly $2.6 million and hoped to keep him, per ESPN, but with the Warriors navigating a likely second-apron hard cap, those incentives made the sheet more expensive than the raw figure suggests. Memphis, operating well below the tax line, had no such problem absorbing it.
For the Grizzlies, this is a low-risk frontcourt addition that fits the moment. With Santi Aldama headed to Dallas in this week’s six-team trade, Memphis had an opening for a floor-spacing big, and Post — a stretch five who can shoot — slots into that vacancy on a contract the team can move on from after one season if it doesn’t work. It is roster construction with an escape hatch built in.
The signing carries a small piece of history, too: per ESPN, Post’s is the first offer sheet worth at least $5 million per year to go unmatched since Bogdan Bogdanovic left Sacramento for Atlanta in 2020. Restricted free agency almost always ends with the incumbent team matching; that Golden State didn’t is a reminder of how sharply the apron rules have changed the math on keeping your own players.
Next, Memphis will see whether Post can hold real minutes on a roster still being trimmed toward 15.
In fantasy, Post is a deep-league watch rather than a draft-day target — a stretch five’s value hinges on minutes, and Memphis’s crowded, in-flux frontcourt makes his role uncertain. But if the Aldama departure clears a genuine path to starter’s minutes, his three-point shooting and shot-blocking give him streaming upside in deeper formats.
