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Congratulations Milwaukee, you are deserving champions.
Here in Memphis, we can appreciate anyone who knows what good chicken wings taste like. And Giannis Antetokounmpo clearly knows what good chicken wings taste like.
In March, the Finals MVP was chomping down on some chicken from The Wing Guru following a win over the Grizzlies.
“They are lemon pepper wings man,” Antetokounmpo told a reporter. “Come on, this is Memphis!”
Four months later, he was taking home his first NBA championship.
Coincidence? Maybe not.
In all seriousness, the Bucks’ championship can be a blueprint for the future for small-market teams like Memphis and others.
It takes a superstar like Giannis -- the Grizzlies have one in Morant -- an unexpected sidekick like Kris Middleton (Dillon Brooks, perhaps?) and a little bit of injury luck.
It’s a lot to ask. It’s an uphill fight.
But some killer chicken wings might be a great place to start.
More from your Insider
The Milwaukee Bucks proved you don’t have to be in a major market to win a title. So Grizzlies fans are free to dream.
Before the NBA’s free-agent negotiation period opens Aug. 2, the Grizzlies will need to make a decision on Winslow, on whom they hold a team option next season for $13 million.
Former Memphis Tigers player Trey Draper and prominent trainer Mo Wells are partnering to expand the NBA offshoot of a new training facility. Their most prominent basketball client: Ja Morant.
The Grizzlies guard is part of a back-to-school drive in Memphis that will provide backpacks and school supplies for 200 students in the area. He plans to do the same for his hometown of Richmond, Indiana.
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