There are 3602 article(s) tagged Memphis Grizzlies:

• October 2018

  • Road Recap: Pacers 111, Grizzlies 83

    In the first half, Marc Gasol looked a lot like his team: slow of foot and uncertain of mind. Gasol got (a little bit) better in the second half, which was more than you could say for the team as a whole.

    By Chris Herrington October 18, 2018

  • Calkins: The return of the Memphis Grizzlies – and everything that means

    It’s the start of another Memphis Grizzlies season. What exactly does that mean?

    By Geoff Calkins October 16, 2018

  • Six reasons for fans to be excited about this Grizzlies season

    On the cusp of this Memphis Grizzlies season, the franchise’s 18th in Memphis, the prevailing questions have been been about the team: How good can they be? How concerning were their preseason struggles? But let’s take a moment to talk about you.

    By Chris Herrington October 16, 2018

  • Turn Four: How worried should the Grizzlies be about preseason struggles?

    When former Grizzlies head coach Dave Joerger needed a bucket, he’d yell “Turn Four,” a call for Zach Randolph to get the ball. When we need to mull over the big questions at key moments in the Grizzlies season, we use it to call a Daily Memphian quorum.

    By Chris Herrington October 16, 2018

  • Grizzlies Season Preview: Can this team be any good?

    Everyone’s happy the NBA preseason has shrunk. Not long ago, eight games was the norm. Now every team plays between four and six. The result is fewer games that don’t count, padded out by players who won’t be on regular season rosters; more air into an 82-game real season that needed extra rest time. Win-win, right?

    By Chris Herrington October 15, 2018

  • NBA Preview: Notes and record predictions for all 30 teams

    There are different levels of NBA fandom. Some care about their team and some care about the entire league. There’s no right or wrong way to be a fan, but the following NBA-wide deep dive is for the latter kind.

    By Chris Herrington October 15, 2018

  • Grizzlies succumb to Rockets’ 3-point barrage to close out preseason

    Finishing up the final lap of the preseason, the Memphis Grizzlies showed more of a regular-season rotation early. The Houston Rockets showed midseason form on their 3-point shooting. The Rockets unloaded their 3-point arsenal, all the way down to a Chris Paul 30-footer in the first half, building a 27-point lead en route to a 121-103 victory over the Grizzlies on Friday night in the preseason finale for both teams.

    By Clay Bailey October 13, 2018

  • Former Tiger D.J. Stephens signs two-way contract with Grizzlies

    Former Memphis Tigers standout D.J. Stephens has been signed to a two-way contract by the Memphis Grizzlies, the team announced Monday evening.

    By Chris Herrington October 08, 2018

  • Kyle Anderson, trio of backup point guard candidates look to expand the Grizzlies’ playmaking palette

    During the decade-long Mike Conley and Marc Gasol era, a dearth of three-point shooting elsewhere on the roster has consistently plagued the Grizzlies. Only once in this stretch have the Grizzlies finished in the Top 20 in three-point attempts and only twice in three-point percentage, never higher than 17th on the accuracy front.

    By Chris Herrington October 08, 2018

  • Watanabe leads late rally as youthful Grizz defeat Pacers in OT

    A night after relying on veterans for a home preseason win, the Memphis Grizzlies yielded to their youth.

    By Clay Bailey October 07, 2018

  • Grizzlies veterans lead way in home preseason debut

    Score one for the grown folks.

    By Chris Herrington October 06, 2018

  • Grizzlies Roster Preview: Plenty of room in the rotation for both Jaren Jackson Jr. and JaMychal Green

    A tale of two Media Day scrums: Jaren Jackson Jr. sat encircled, with microphones, recorders, and TV cameras surrounding Castle Jackson like an impenetrable moat. He held court with a big smile, talking about rap albums and Netflix shows, essaying the locker-room generation gap for which he’s the poster manchild in a manner that tiptoed the line between guileless and knowing.

    By Chris Herrington October 04, 2018

  • Grizzlies make home preseason debut in weekend back-to-back

    The Grizzlies preseason just started, and by Sunday morning it will be more than half over.

    By Chris Herrington October 04, 2018

  • 25 years ago we thought the NFL screwed us; turns out it did us a favor

    In an alternate universe the Memphis Hound Dogs are playing the NFL’s Thursday game tonight. In the real world it’s the eve of the Memphis Grizzlies’ first NBA preseason home game against the Atlanta Hawks.

    By Michael Nelson October 04, 2018

  • Conley, Parsons strong in Grizzlies preseason debut

    The Grizzlies made their preseason debut Tuesday night in Birmingham with a 131-115 loss to the Houston Rockets. Scores don’t really matter in the preseason, but here’s a chain of thoughts on things that might:

    By Chris Herrington October 03, 2018

  • Grizzlies Roster Preview: Garrett Temple, Dillon Brooks and Wayne Selden all have a case for the starting lineup

    Editor’s Note: This is the third of a five-part series previewing the Grizzlies roster.

    By Chris Herrington October 01, 2018

• September 2018

  • Calkins: For these Grizzlies, just one thing will spell success

    The final dance contestant was Yuta Watanabe.

    By Geoff Calkins September 30, 2018

  • Grizzlies Roster Preview: Chandler Parsons, MarShon Brooks are offensive X-factors

    Editor’s Note: This is the second of a five-part series previewing the Grizzlies roster.

    By Chris Herrington September 28, 2018

  • Conley a full participant as Grizzlies open training camp

    After talk comes action. On Monday morning, the Grizzlies assembled in the Don Poier Media Center near the eastern edge of FedExForum for an audience of Memphis (and Japanese) media. On Tuesday morning, suited and high-top-sneaker booted, they migrated west to the Forum practice court to assemble for their head coach.

    By Chris Herrington September 26, 2018

  • Jaren Jackson Jr. signs representation deal with Pinnacle Financial Partners

    Pinnacle Financial Partners, the official bank of the Memphis Grizzlies and FedExForum, has signed a representation deal with the Grizzlies’ top draft pick, Jaren Jackson Jr.

    By Christin Yates September 25, 2018

  • Turn Four: Our writers survey the Grizzlies as training camp opens

    From time to time throughout this season, The Daily Memphian will convene a quartet of our writers, veteran Grizzlies watchers all, to bat around the questions of the moment. We’re calling it Turn Four, in tribute to the play call -- translation: get Z-Bo the bleeping ball -- that Lionel Hollins or Dave Joerger would call out whenever the Grizzlies needed to settle down and get a bucket.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff September 25, 2018

  • Parsons declares himself of sound body and mind at midway point of his 4-year deal

    Chandler Parsons’ most recent trip out of the country was not to Cancun, Mexico. Remember that hot-take social media moment, Parsons and his crew sporting “Chancun” caps for their All-Star break vacation and Grizzlies fans losing their minds?

    By Don Wade September 24, 2018

  • Grizzlies Media Day kicks off start of NBA camp

    The Memphis Grizzlies open camp on Tuesday, and in the pre-camp tradition, players, team officials and coach J.B. Bickerstaff took turns answering questions about the season.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff September 24, 2018

  • As Grizzlies ready for training camp, here are six looming questions

    The Memphis Grizzlies will hold their annual Media Day gathering on Monday, and will hit the training-camp hardwood the next day. Many questions will be asked amid Media Day scrums, but the most important ones won’t be answered on that day or even, fully, in the days and weeks that follow. But it’s a start.

    By Chris Herrington September 23, 2018

  • Memphis Express? It beats the Fever Germs

    Welcome, Memphis Express!

    By Geoff Calkins September 20, 2018