Grizzlies Podcast: The playoff race is a rocky road
Chris Herrington is joined by Sports 56 radio’s Peter Edmiston to talk about the Grizzlies’ playoff odds, their trade-deadline moves, the evolution of Jaren Jackson Jr. and more.
Topic: Jaren Jackson Jr.
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February 2020
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Grizzlies’ rebuild enters new phase as the playoff race takes off
In this third-of-a-season sprint, the Grizzlies have playoff and Rookie of the Year races to win, new players to work into the mix and a long-term goal to keep in mind.
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Grizzlies Mailbag: The NBA history Jaren & Ja are on pace to make NBA history
Topics in this week's Grizzlies Mailbag include some history on the horizon, a trip down memory lane and speculation about new addition Justise Winslow and the team' summer plans.
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January 2020
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Ja Morant and Grizzlies honor Kobe Bryant with ‘winning time’
The Memphis Grizzlies defeated the Phoenix Suns on Sunday night. Before the game there was a tribute to Kobe Bryant, who was killed in a helicopter crash Sunday morning.
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Grizzlies youth movement comes together to put away Pistons
The Grizzlies closed strong with an all-under-24 lineup to beat the Pistons in Detroit and half a two-game losing skid.
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Grizzlies Notebook: Ja Morant’s eruption, Zion’s MLK Day no-show
Sorting through the aftershocks of Ja Morant's eruption, lamenting Zion Williamson's looming missed MLK Day, noting a promising recent lineup wrinkle and more.
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How Jaren Jackson Jr.’s back-on-track development has spurred the Grizzlies
Jaren Jackson Jr. began his sophomore season in a funk. But his emergence as an elite 3-point shooter and re-emergence as a defensive playmaker has elevated the Grizzlies, now and going forward.
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Grizzlies’ key to staying in playoff race? This homestand
Their future still matters much more than their present, but the young Grizzlies – 10-6 in their last 16 games – seem increasingly impatient to play games that matter.
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Grizzlies Mailbag: Historical comps for Ja & Jaren, Dillon Brooks’ future
How common is it for teams to build contenders out of the draft, as the Grizzlies are trying to do? Is Dillon Brooks vs. De'Anthony Melton an either/or choice this summer? These and more questions are fielded in the latest Grizzlies Mailbag.
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Grizz Week: Taylor Jenkins’ ‘Milwaukee model’ is taking hold
First-year head coach Taylor Jenkins talked about bringing a "pace and space" offense to the once ground-bound Grizzlies this season. In recent weeks, it's taken flight.
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December 2019
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Herrington: Five reasons the Grizzlies are in a playoff race
How are the Grizzlies still in the playoff hunt? A bench coming together, big men back on track and a little help from their rivals are among the factors.
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Grizzlies Notebook: JJ’s 3-point shooting, rookie wall and more
In this edition of Grizzlies Notebook: Jaren Jackson Jr. surprising with his 3-point shooting, Ja Morant and Brandon Clarke and the Rookie Wall, the Grizzlies contributed to the Spurs' hot shooting night, and John Hollinger on former Tigers Jeremiah Martin and Dedric Lawson.
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Now that they’re grown up, Grizzlies wouldn’t mind NBA Christmas
Memories of Christmases Past and hopes of Christmases Future are the highlights of the holiday season for the Memphis Grizzlies
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Off-court, Grizzlies players are people, too
They lose their cell phones. They eat at restaurants (well, many of them) and they go to the grocery store. If you play, coach or broadcast basketball for the Grizzlies for a living, you're still a regular human. Sometimes, though, fans forget that.
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Grizzlies Mailbag: Ranking Ja & Jaren, redrafting Brandon Clarke and more
Are Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr. the league's best under-23 duo? Would how would Brandon Clarke go if we redrafted this rookie class? What's Dillon Brooks' market value next summer? That and more in the latest Grizzlies Mailbag.
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Grizzlies young core holds on, finishes Heat
Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Brandon Clarke combined for 50 points as the Grizzlies beat the Miami Heat for their fourth win in their past five games.
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Grizzlies’ Nxt Gen a preview of coming attractions
Their stars figure to rise even further, and they may ultimately lead the team to new heights, but the Nxt Gen Grizzlies are pretty captivating now, too.
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Jaren Jackson Jr.'s career-high 43 not enough to topple streaking Bucks
Despite Jaren Jackson Jr.'s career-high 43 points and hot 3-point shooting, the Grizzlies couldn't keep pack with the streaking Milwaukee Bucks and reigning league MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo.
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Grizz Week: With Ja Morant’s impending return, who gets left out?
With Ja Morant's apparent earlier-than-expected return, which Grizzlies guard will move back down the perimeter pecking order?
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Grizzlies Mailbag: The JJJ/JV fit, Morant’s absence, more
Are Jaren Jackson Jr. and Jonas Valanciunas working together? Will Ja Morant return to a different guard rotation? Would Jackson move up or down if the 2018 draft were re-done?
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Short-handed Grizzlies can’t stay with Pacers, fall 117-104
A Grizzlies squad depleted by injury and illness fell to the Pacers, whose five starters all hit double figures, 117-104. Jaren Jackson Jr. had a season-high 31 points for Memphis.
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November 2019
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Grizz Week: Kyle Anderson and Jaren Jackson Jr. reunited
The Grizzlies tweaked their rotation this weekend and now look toward a busy week with marquee home games on both sides of Thanksgiving.
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LeBron’s Lakers outduel Ja Morant’s Grizzlies in one-point thriller
The Grizzlies’ better-than-expected early season record was built on close wins and late Ja Morant heroics. They got one of the two on Saturday night as the NBA-leading Los Angeles Lakers survived their visit to FedExForum with a 109-108 win.
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Wade: Grizz Stress Test? Nightly and ever-changing
The young Memphis Grizzlies were good enough to beat a strong Utah Jazz team and bad enough to be run off the court by the depleted Golden State Warriors. But kids will be kids.
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Grizzlies Mailbag: Jaren Jackson Jr.’s early struggles, lineup issues, more
Why has Jaren Jackson Jr. gotten off to such a rough start to his second season? Readers want to know, and the Grizzlies Mailbag looks at some potential answers.
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