Grizzlies podcast: Final summer league thoughts

By  and , Daily Memphian Updated: July 21, 2026 3:38 PM CT | Published: July 21, 2026 2:25 PM CT

On this episode of The Daily Memphian’s Memphis Grizzlies podcast, Drew Hill and Chris Herrington break down the summer league performances of each Memphis player.

Cameron Boozer played as advertised through eight games and impacted winning in several different areas. Herrington explains why the rookie was so impressive and how his versatility will play a role on the team moving forward. 

Cedric Coward started slowly, but he also finished strong for the Grizzlies in the last three games in Las Vegas. Both Boozer and Coward were selected to the league’s summer league first-team and second-team, respectively.


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Are Boozer and Coward already building a rapport? Hill breaks down what he saw in the last two games from the summer headliners. 

Hill and Herrington also discuss Javon Small’s place in a crowded Grizzlies backcourt, Olivier-Maxence Prosper and Taylor Hendricks’ place in the regular-season rotation and more. 

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Drew Hill

Drew Hill

Drew Hill covers the Memphis Grizzlies and is a top-10 APSE winner. He has worked throughout the South writing about college athletics before landing in Memphis.

Chris Herrington

Chris Herrington

Chris Herrington has covered the Memphis Grizzlies, in one way or another, since the franchise’s second season in Memphis, while also writing about music, movies, food and civic life. As far as he knows, he’s the only member of the Professional Basketball Writers Association who is also a member of a film critics group and has also voted in national music critic polls for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice (RIP). He now splits his time between Minneapolis-St. Paul, where his wife works, and Memphis.


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