Herrington: Could JJJ be Defensive Player of the Year? Nine statistics say yes
After Sunday’s close game at Cleveland, the top team in the East, Chris Herrington looks at a lot of bigger-picture thoughts about the Grizzlies team.
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February 2025
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Grizzlies Insider: Can Memphis capitalize on home-heavy schedule?
The Grizzlies are finally returning to FedExForum for a five-game homestand. Can they distance from Denver as the Nuggets’ schedule increases in difficulty?
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Box Score: Cavaliers 129, Grizzlies 123
Box score for Sunday’s NBA game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Grizzlies Insider: Rocky road ahead for Memphis
Also, an injury to San Antonio Spurs big man Victor Wembanayama could increase Jaren Jackson Jr.’s chances to win Defensive Player of the Year for a second time.
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Grizzlies, led by Morant, win mud fight against Magic
The Memphis Grizzlies missed 26 of their 33 3-point attempts, committed 15 turnovers, surrendered a 23-4 run to start the third quarter, but dug down to dig the game out.
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Box score: Grizzlies 105, Magic 104
This is the box score for the NBA game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Orlando Magic on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, at the Kia Center in Orlando, Florida.
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Grizzlies set to sign forward Lamar Stevens
The Memphis Grizzlies are making a signing, and it’s a familiar face.
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Box score: Pacers 127, Grizzlies 113
This is the box score for the NBA game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Indiana Pacers on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Grizzlies make bumpy return with double-digit loss in Indiana
The Grizzlies started well, but never came back after giving up 50 points in the second quarter.
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Ja Morant’s home burglarized in December 2024
Morant was targeted by Chilean thieves, who allegedly took $1 million in property from the Grizzlies star’s Eads home.
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FBI charges seven Chilean men with burglarizing star athletes, including one Grizzly
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FBI charges seven Chilean men with burglarizing star athletes, including one Grizzly
The FBI complaint in Tampa federal court lists burglaries targeting the Kansas City Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals and players for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Milwaukee Bucks and Memphis Grizzlies.
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‘Love and respect’ built Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane’s TCU legacy
Memphis Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane sat down for an exclusive interview with The Daily Memphian before TCU retired his college-jersey number.
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Grizzlies Mailbag: Santi Aldama’s future, Rookie of the Year race, preferable playoff matchups
After tackling questions on trade deadline aftermath, the Grizzlies’ big three stars and more, Chris Herrington wades into Q’s on the supporting cast, playoff matchups and breakfast sandwiches.
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Grizzlies Insider: TCU legend calls Des Bane school’s greatest player
Desmond Bane will have his jersey retired by TCU on Tuesday night. His former teammate, Thunder forward Kenrich Williams, said Bane is the greatest Horned Frog in the school’s history.
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With $80M almost out the door, what’s next for the Grizzlies lease?
The Memphis City Council voted Tuesday to allocate $80 million in cash — supplied by the state — for repairs to outdated infrastructure at FedExForum and potentially reimburse the Grizzlies for work already done at the publicly owned arena.
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Hill: If the NBA has an All-Star problem, at least Jaren Jackson Jr. didn’t add to it
“The former Defensive Player of the Year blocked two shots. He said before the game he was going to defend the full length of the court, then made good on that promise.”
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JJJ makes the day of two ‘kid reporters’ at All-Star Media Day
Jaren Jackson Jr. impressed two kid reporters from ESPN by FaceTiming Jesser, a YouTube star who makes basketball content with more than 25 million subscribers.
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Grizzlies podcast: West Coast split; Vince Williams Jr. impact
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington recap the Grizzlies’ performances against the Suns and Clippers and discuss the importance of Vince Williams Jr. as Memphis looks to the playoffs.
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Rising Stars: Zach Edey, Jaylen Wells advance to Sunday’s All-Star game
Jaylen Wells and Zach Edey will play on Sunday in the NBA All-Star tournament after Team C won the Rising Stars event.
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Grizzlies Insider: Jaylen Wells looking forward to throwing Zach Edey a lob
Jaylen Wells isn’t a player who throws many alley-oop lobs for the Memphis Grizzlies. On Friday, his goal is to connect on one with teammate Zach Edey in the Rising Stars tournament.
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Kennard Court: Ohio town is giving back to its ‘once in a lifetime’ Grizzlies player
Luke Kennard grabbed a small Ohio town’s attention as a seventh-grader. More than a decade later, the Grizzlies guard will have his name on the Franklin High School basketball court.
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Sports authority sends $1M to city, county for Grizzlies subsidy
The Memphis-Shelby County Sports Authority is the board that owns FedExForum’s debt and pays the bonds for the publicly owned arena.
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Grizzlies Mailbag: Is this year’s team better, or just back?
In this first installment of the Mid-Season Mailbag, Herrington takes questions on the trade deadline, the post-deadline Western Conference landscape and the team’s core stars.
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Grizzlies look tired in sloppy loss to Clippers
It was a bad night for Memphis in the franchise’s first game at the Intuit Dome. It was clobbered in a 128-114 loss to the Clippers.
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Grizzlies fall to Kawhi Leonard, Clippers in California
Memphis committed 22 turnovers that led to 41 Clippers points. The Grizzlies have lost two of their last three.
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