Road Recap: Gasol sits, Grizzlies get blown out in Toronto
Who killed the Grizzlies in a 119-90 loss Saturday night in Toronto? It was Mr. Green, in the corner, with a dagger.
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January 2019
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Road Recap: Grizzlies show life but fall short in 122-116 loss in Boston
The Grizzlies have lost 15 of their past 18 games, and those losses tend to come in two ways. There are the demoralizing losses that cease to be competitive when the opponent heats up in the second half. Wednesday night’s home loss to Milwaukee was one of those, as was the previous road loss in Houston. And there are the disappointing losses, where the Grizzlies (now 19-26) play a pretty good game but just can’t close it out. At Miami, which started the team's current four-game losing streak, was one of those. And so was Friday night’s 122-116 road loss to a very good Boston Celtics team.
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Basketball box score: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Boston Celtics
Boston: 122, Memphis: 116
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Grizzlies Podcast: Mulling over Marc Gasol
Chris Herrington welcomes Grizzlies blogger Matt Hrdlicka to talk about what kind of player Marc Gasol is becoming and what his future with the Grizzlies might be.
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Grizzlies Mailbag: To tank or not to tank, Marc Gasol predictions, and more
Over the past couple of weeks, the Grizzlies have been less successful but more newsy: Chandler Parsons’ exile, the Justin Holiday trade, and Marc Gasol whispers.
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Herrington: Mapping the Marc Gasol decision tree
Last week in this space, I wondered how much Marc Gasol’s name would pop up in chatter ahead of the NBA’s Feb. 7 deadline.
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Lost: Grizzlies, caught in time warp, slide farther from team they used to be
In this age of advanced analytics and algorithms for everything, we turn to Grizzlies forward Omri Casspi – yes, one of the most viable offensive options they have these days – for the technical explanation of team morale after having now lost nine of their last 10 games.
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Grizzlies Postgame: Grizz fall apart fast in third against East-leading Bucks
It was fun for a short little while. Eighteen minutes and six seconds of game time to be exact.
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Antetokounmpo leads streaking Bucks past Grizzlies 111-101
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 27 points and 11 rebounds as the Milwaukee Bucks used a third-quarter outburst to capture their third straight win, 111-101 over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night.
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Basketball box score: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee: 111, Memphis: 101
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Calkins: The Grizzlies are a mess – and there's no easy fix
So Marc Stein of The New York Times says there is a “whisper making the rounds” that Marc Gasol might exercise his right to become a free agent this year.
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James Harden lights up Grizzlies for 57 points as Rockets win 112-94
Monday night in Houston, the Rockets’ James Harden was seeking his 17th straight 30-point game. He chose to end any suspense early.
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Basketball box score: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Houston Rockets
Houston: 112, Memphis: 94
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How the Grizzlies will cope as Kyle Anderson misses at least 2-4 weeks
The good times for the Grizzlies didn’t last following Wednesday night’s streak-breaking home win against the Spurs.
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Herrington: Mike Conley’s All-Star odds, trade deadline options, and other Grizzlies midseason notes
The holidays were not a festive time for the Memphis Grizzlies.
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Calkins: Grizzlies win! And like each other! (According to team source)
BREAKING: The Grizzlies like each other, according to a source within the locker room.
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Grizzlies Podcast: Midseason check-in
Chris Herrington, Geoff Calkins and Don Wade take a look at the Grizzlies season at is midway point, including whether they’re still in a playoff race, the Chandler Parsons mess, J.B. Bickerstaff’s coaching job, trade deadline expectations and more.
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Grizzlies Postgame: Marc Gasol goes large, Grizz end losing streak in win over Spurs
A few weeks ago, San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich complained that in the current NBA you could look at which team made the most threes in a game and know who won.
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At The Horn: An inspired Marc Gasol helps send Grizzlies past Spurs, snapping skid
Marc Gasol had 26 points and 14 rebounds, and the Memphis Grizzlies snapped a six-game slide with a 96-86 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night.
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Grizzlies' Dillon Brooks could miss rest of season with toe injury
Dillon Brooks has played seven games for the Grizzlies since returning from a knee sprain in late December. Now he’s out again, and likely for the rest of the season, due to a toe injury suffered late in the team’s weekend loss in San Antonio, a source confirms.
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Grizzlies return home with new roster, new resolve, but will it matter?
A lot happened to the Grizzlies on a two-game road trip to San Antonio and New Orleans. They added a new player, with trade acquisition Justin Holiday making his team debut, and subtracted one, with Chandler Parsons leaving Memphis with the team but not returning with them.
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Grizzlies drop sixth straight, 114-95 in New Orleans
It was fleeting, but at the start of the third quarter Monday night the Grizzlies showed a little spunk. With Mike Conley hitting a pair of triples and Garrett Temple also knocking down a three, the Grizzlies went on a 9-2 run and held a 60-55 lead over the Pelicans in New Orleans.
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Basketball box score: Memphis Grizzlies vs. New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans: 114, Memphis: 95
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Herrington: Five questions (and answers) on the Chandler Parsons fiasco
Last week, I put out my weekly call for Grizzlies Mailbag questions and was ready to answer them. But news kept getting in the way.
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Chandler Parsons, Grizzlies agree on indefinite separation
Chandler Parsons' rocky, disappointing marriage with the Memphis Grizzlies is officially on the rocks, with Parsons and the team agreeing on Sunday to an indefinite separation.
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Calkins: Chandler Parsons may be an entitled phony — but ultimate blame lies with the Grizz
“We don’t see it as taking any risk at all.”
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Grizzlies Postgame: Grizz lean on starters against Nets, but lose fourth straight game
It was a dark, wet day in Memphis and the weather wasn’t much better inside FedExForum Friday night.
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Russell, Carroll lead surging Nets past Grizzlies, 109-100
D'Angelo Russell had 23 points and 10 assists, DeMarre Carroll added 20 points, including a season-high five 3-pointers, and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Memphis Grizzlies 109-100 on Friday night.
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Basketball box score: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Brooklyn Nets
Brooklyn Nets: 109, Memphis Grizzlies: 100
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Grizzlies trade for Bulls wing Justin Holiday
How about a do-over?
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Grizzlies regroup, search for 'spirit,' 'swagger' and renewed connection. Can they find it?
The Grizzlies’ recent unpleasantness raises an essential chicken-or-egg question: Has the team’s poor play been provoked by internal unrest, which bubbled up and over after Wednesday night’s home loss to Detroit, or has internal unrest evolved from the pressures of losing?
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Grizzlies Postgame: Conley scoreless as Grizz collapse against Pistons, then talk it out
It took so long after the Grizzlies’ 101-94 loss to the Detroit Pistons for head coach J.B. Bickerstaff to emerge from the locker room and into his post-game presser that you’d be forgiven for thinking the team was once again trying to figure out which Brooks they were trading.
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At the Horn: Griffin's 26 points leads Pistons past Grizzlies 101-94
Blake Griffin had 26 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, and the Detroit Pistons beat the Memphis Grizzlies 101-94 on Wednesday night to snap a three-game skid.
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Basketball box score: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Detroit Pistons
Detroit: 101, Memphis: 94
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Grizzlies Podcast: The Washington Post’s Ben Golliver on Jaren Jackson Jr. and the playoff race
Chris Herrington welcomes Washington Post national NBA writer Ben Golliver to talk about his recent profile of Grizzlies rookie Jaren Jackson Jr., the West playoff race, and Ben’s visit to Memphis earlier this summer.
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Calkins: Once again, Chandler Parsons is unwilling to bet on himself
Back in the summer of 2016, back when Chandler Parsons was about to become a free agent, the Dallas Mavericks asked him to opt in to one more year of his contract for $16 million.
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December 2018
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Grizzlies Road Recap: James Harden shoots the Grizzlies back to .500 in a double-digit loss to the Rockets
The Grizzlies found a way to break some bad habits in Houston. Losing close games? Don’t be in one. Blowing early leads? Don’t have one.
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Box score: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Houston Rockets
Houston: 113, Memphis: 101
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Let Chandler Parsons play? Over whom?
Chandler Parsons wants to play.
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Grizzlies Postgame: It was Groundhog Day at FedExForum as Grizz lose lead, then game to Celtics
Build and then lose a big early lead? Come up short in what becomes an up-for-grabs game? Do so with Jaren Jackson Jr. mostly on the bench in the fourth quarter? It may have come between Christmas and New Year’s, but Saturday night's 112-103 loss to the Boston Celtics felt more like Groundhog Day for the Grizzlies.
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Irving, Horford lead rally as Celtics beat Grizzlies 112-103
Kyrie Irving had 26 points and 13 assists, Al Horford added 18 points, including a pair of key 3-pointers in the closing 1:32, and the Boston Celtics rallied for a 112-103 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night.
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Basketball box score: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Cleveland Cavaliers
Memphis: 95; Cleveland: 87
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Basketball box score: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Boston Celtics
Memphis: 103; Boston: 112
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Grizzlies: Jaren Jackson Jr.’s place in the pecking order, Shelvin Mack’s regression, and more
Like many of us, the Memphis Grizzlies’ holiday travels weren’t exactly a triumph, but could have been worse.
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Grizzlies benefit from poor shooting by Cavaliers for second straight win
Whether because of holiday hangovers, having to take a flight to another NBA city on Christmas Day or any other reason, Boxing Day – otherwise known as Dec. 26 – has not been kind to the Memphis Grizzlies in recent years.
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Gasol scores 20 points, Grizzlies beat Cavaliers 95-87
Marc Gasol had 20 points, nine rebounds and six assists to help the Memphis Grizzlies beat Cleveland Cavaliers 95-87 on Wednesday night.
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Sacramento's Hield scores 28 points to push Kings past Grizzlies 102-99
Buddy Hield made four of his six 3-pointers over the final 8 1/2 minutes to help the Sacramento Kings rally for a 102-99 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night.
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Basketball box score: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Sacramento Kings
Sacramento: 102, Memphis: 99
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Basketball box score: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Golden State Warriors
Golden State: 110, Memphis: 93
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Reports of Grizzlies signing Austin Rivers have been greatly exaggerated
What a week.
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Grizzlies: Is this a temporary slump or was that great start a mirage?
The Grizzlies had a busy weekend, with two losses on a home back-to-back. But the on-court disappointments were obscured a bit by some off-court activity.
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Grizzlies Road Recap: Mike Conley sits and the Grizz fall to the reigning NBA champs
Before Monday night in Oakland, Mike Conley had played in every game for the Grizzlies and was averaging his most minutes (34.1) in six years. And still the Grizzlies came into the game with the NBA’s 26th-ranked offense.
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Grizzlies Podcast: Robert Pera talks, and we talk about it
Chris Herrington and Geoff Calkins discuss the Daily Memphian’s exclusive interview with Memphis Grizzlies owner Robert Pera and what it says about the direction of the franchise.
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Exclusive Q&A: Robert Pera says he remains committed to Memphis and is more hands-on than ever
Robert Pera remains committed to keeping the Grizzlies in Memphis and is more active than ever in running the team. That emerged as the theme of The Daily Memphian’s interview with Pera – the product of a longstanding request – during halftime of Friday’s game against the Miami Heat.
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Calkins: How the MarShon Brooks fiasco unfolded — and why you shouldn't blame the Grizz
MarShon Brooks could hear his mother, he just couldn’t hear what she was saying to him.
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Grizzlies Postgame: Grizz take a loss to Rockets
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Grizzlies Postgame: Grizz take a loss to Rockets, but make a find in rookie Jevon Carter's debut
Friday night at FedExForum, the Grizzlies took a double loss. They fell 100-97 to the visiting Miami Heat and, soon after, lost what they had thought was the addition of a young talent in the form of 23-year-old Washington Wizards forward Kelly Oubre, whom the Grizzlies believed they’d secured in a trade until a bit of now NBA-infamous confusion blew up the deal.
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Chris Wallace, J.B. Bickerstaff, MarShon Brooks talk about the Grizzlies trade that fell apart
Memphis Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace conducted a media availability outside the Grizzlies locker room at FedExForum on Saturday to discuss the reported, then aborted three-team trade between the Grizzlies, Phoenix Suns, and Washington Wizards from the night before.
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A tale of two Brooks: How the Grizzlies, Suns, Wizards trade fell apart
The Grizzlies were at the center of the NBA world on Friday night and it had nothing to do with their homecourt loss to the Miami Heat. Rather it was the breaking news about a trade that quickly fell apart. Or maybe never quite was.
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At the Horn: Richardson, Olynyk lead late rally as Heat beat Grizzlies
Josh Richardson and Kelly Olynyk scored 18 points each as the Miami Heat snapped a two-game losing streak with a 100-97 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night.
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Basketball box score: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Miami Heat
Miami: 100, Memphis: 97
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Graceland loses round, vows to appeal bid for arena funding
Graceland’s battle with the city and Memphis Grizzlies over a FedExForum noncompete clause is expected to continue in a higher court after a lawsuit was dismissed in Shelby County Chancery Court.
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Grizzlies Postgame: Defense bears down, Conley steps up as Grizz extinguish Blazers
The Grizzlies starters didn’t actually start very well, but they closed strong against the Portland Trail Blazers in a 92-83 win on Wednesday night at FedExForum.
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Grizzlies Mailbag: JaMychal Green’s groove, ‘Grizz Killers,’ clutch play, road-trip expectations, and more
Lots of good questions this week, both current, historical, and a double-dip of life-beyond-hoops. Let’s do it.
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Wade: Gasol’s heart keeps overruling his head; so far, that’s a good thing
There is no use in asking Marc Gasol to quantify his lingering ankle sprain by tossing out some silly question aimed at getting him to put a percentage on it.
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Basketball box score: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Portland Trail Blazers
Memphis: 92, Portland: 83
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At the Horn: Conley leads late rally as Grizzlies defeat Portland 92-83
Mike Conley scored 23 points and keyed a fourth-quarter outburst as the Memphis Grizzlies pulled away for a 92-83 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night.
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Grizzlies Game Day: Should the Grizz have sat Marc Gasol after his ankle sprain? Should they still?
Is an immobile Marc Gasol worse than no Gasol at all?
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Grizzlies Road Recap: Gasol struggles, Grizz can't close in loss to Nuggets
Down three with under two minutes to go, Marc Gasol and Kyle Anderson played hot potato when the Grizzlies needed a bucket.
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Basketball box score: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Denver Nuggets
Memphis: 99, Denver: 105
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Grizzlies Game Day: Injuries impacting Conley, Gasol at a time when schedule offers little rest
Saturday’s Grizzlies home loss to LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers may have just been “one of those nights,” but a loss you want to keep in your rear-view has a way of creeping back in when it’s followed by another.
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Calkins: Great night for some Memphians (really!) as Grizzlies smashed by Lakers
You know who had a good night for Memphis Saturday?
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Grizzlies Postgame: LeBron James and Lakers hand Grizzlies biggest 'home' loss of the season
Late in the third quarter at FedExForum, Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma ran down an offensive rebound, one of the Lakers’ 19 on the night, and whipped the ball to LeBron James, who exploded over Marc Gasol for a dunk, landed on the floor, and bounced up the stanchion behind the basket, as if the hardwood were instead a trampoline.
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Grizzlies Road Recap: Kyle Anderson has best game as a Grizzly in road win over Pelicans
With fewer than 40 seconds to play and a two-point lead, Kyle Anderson slipped over to double team New Orleans Pelicans forward Julius Randle en route to the rim, using his long reach to poke the ball loose and force the Pelicans deep into the shot clock.
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At the Horn: Green's 24 points lifts Grizzlies past Pelicans, 107-103
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — JaMychal Green scored 24 points in a reserve role, and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the New Orleans Pelicans 107-103 on Friday night.
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Basketball box score: Memphis Grizzlies vs. New Orleans Pelicans
Memphis: 107, New Orleans: 103
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Grizzlies Game Day: LeBron James and the Lakers come to town (and more)
For most of the Grizzlies’ time in Memphis, the arrival of LeBron James has been an event. For all of the Grizzlies’ time in Memphis -- the old heads can still hear “Beat L.A.” reverberating around the Pyramid -- the arrival of the Los Angeles Lakers has been an event.
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How good can Jaren Jackson Jr. be? A look at five historical comparisons
The Grizzlies got a split on a two-game East Coast trip, but rookie Jaren Jackson Jr. had a weekend.
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Grizzlies Mailbag: Joakim Noah’s arrival, MarShon Brooks’ role, the state of Grizz rivalries and more
It's Mailbag time again. I got a lot of good questions this week, many of them about new Grizzly Joakim Noah.
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Grizzlies Postgame: Noah’s energy, Conley’s offense lead Grizz to win over Clippers
Marc Gasol had his worst game of the season. Jaren Jackson Jr. fouled out in 21 minutes. The Grizzlies had more missed free throws (nine) than made three-pointers (seven). And they still notched a double-digit win against what is so far one of the West’s best teams.
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At the Horn: Conley, Green lead Grizzlies past Clippers 96-86
Mike Conley scored 22 points, JaMychal Green had 19 points and 11 rebounds, and the Memphis Grizzlies held the Los Angeles Clippers to a season scoring low in a 96-86 victory Wednesday night.
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Basketball box score: Memphis Grizzlies vs. L.A. Clippers
Memphis: 96, L.A. Clippers: 86
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Grizzlies Game Day: Joakim Noah hits the practice floor, Mike Conley paces himself, and the Clippers come to town
The Grizzlies took to the practice court on Tuesday afternoon with two former Defensive Players of the Year (Marc Gasol, Joakim Noah) and what they hope is a future one (Jaren Jackson Jr.).
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Finally official: Grizzlies sign Joakim Noah for the rest of the season
As expected, the Memphis Grizzlies officially announced Tuesday the signing of veteran center Joakim Noah for the remainder of the season.
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Grizzlies Road Recap: Faulty execution foils comeback bid in Philly
The Grizzlies left their late-game magic somewhere on the New Jersey Turnpike.
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Grizzlies Road Recap: Conley closes in Brooklyn, but this was the Jaren Jackson Jr. Game
Mike Conley brought the Grizzlies home in Brooklyn to end a three-game losing streak, but it was rookie Jaren Jackson Jr., with a career-high 36 points and a breathtaking fourth-quarter flurry, who kept hope alive.
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November 2018
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Basketball box score: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Brooklyn Nets
Memphis: 131, Brooklyn: 125
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Grizzlies reach agreement with free agent center Joakim Noah
After a lengthy courtship, the Grizzlies appear on the verge of tying the knot with free agent center Joakim Noah.
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Grizzlies adjust to bigger lineups, try to correct defensive slippage
Ten games, 20 games? Arbitrary designations over the course of an 82-game season. But the Grizzlies are six games into a more tangible turning point: the return of JaMychal Green.
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Grizzlies Mailbag: Revised expectations, Conley’s All-Star odds, trade speculation, and more
After taking Thanksgiving off, it’s time for a return of the Grizzlies Mailbag, where we’re updating predictions after 20 games and already gazing ahead to the All-Star game and the trade deadline.
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Grizzlies Postgame: League-best Raptors close strong, send Grizz to third straight defeat
Tuesday night at FedExForum felt a whole lot like Sunday afternoon. Once again, the Grizzlies built a game-high double-digit lead early in the third quarter and lost (nearly) all of it before the quarter was over.
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At the Horn: Lowry, VanVleet lead Raptors to 122-114 win over Grizzlies
Kyle Lowry had 24 points and six assists, Fred VanVleet added 18 points and Toronto used a 3-point shooting burst in the fourth quarter to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 122-114 on Tuesday night.
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Basketball box score: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Toronto Raptors
Toronto: 122, Memphis: 114
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Basketball box score: Memphis Grizzlies vs. L.A. Clippers
L.A. Clippers: 112, Memphis: 107
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Grizzlies Game Day: Three reasons to be concerned about the Grizz
For most NBA teams, individual game outcomes shouldn’t be surprising, and despite their unexpected appearance atop the Western Conference standings a few days ago, the Grizzlies are one of those teams.
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Grizzlies Postgame: Grizz come undone, run out of gas in loss to Knicks
The Grizzlies took a second straight loss and in both cases they needed Mike Conley a little too much.
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At the Horn: Fizdale's return successful as Knicks down Grizz
Enes Kanter had a career-high 26 rebounds and scored 21 points, Tim Hardaway Jr. finished with 22 points and the New York Knicks overcame a poor shooting first half to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 103-98 on Sunday night.
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Grizzlies Road Recap: Conley fouls out, Grizz sputter as winning streak ends in Los Angeles
One of the keys to the Grizzlies’ surprising start to the season is that Mike Conley and Marc Gasol have played every game so far. But the Grizzlies got a reminder on Friday afternoon in Los Angeles of what playing without Conley is like, and it wasn’t pretty.
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Grizzlies Road Recap: Gasol's late free throws seal victory, first place in the West
It took three big men in constant foul trouble, three technical fouls, and a fading, falling DeMar DeRozan jumper with 1.2 seconds to play for the San Antonio Spurs to almost beat the Memphis Grizzlies at the AT&T Center in San Antonio on Thanksgiving eve. But even that wasn’t quite enough.
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Marc Gasol is the best player in the world, and other early season Grizzlies stats highlights
After Monday night's 98-88 win over the Dallas Mavericks, the Memphis Grizzlies found themselves in a three-way tie for first place in the Western Conference.
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Grizzlies Postgame: Grizz win fourth straight, take share of first place in the West
It’s not always so simple, but in the modern NBA the team with the best perimeter scorer and playmaker has a pretty big advantage, and it was advantage Grizzlies as Mike Conley scored 28 points to lead the team to its fourth straight win, 98-88, over the Dallas Mavericks (7-9).
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At the Horn: Conley, Gasol lead Grizzlies past Mavericks 98-88
Mike Conley scored 28 points, Marc Gasol had 17 points and 15 rebounds and the Memphis Grizzlies broke open a close game in the fourth quarter to beat the Dallas Mavericks 98-88 on Monday night.
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Grizzlies' Jaren Jackson Jr. and Mavericks' Luka Doncic meet for first time in battle of top NBA rookies
At 10-5, the Grizzlies are in a playoff race again after a two-year absence. But in an unusual double-dip, they may also be in a Rookie of the Year race for the first time in a decade, since O.J. Mayo finished second to Derrick Rose in 2009.
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Road Recap: Grizzlies 100, Timberwolves 87
Marc Gasol made four three-pointers on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis and each one extended the Grizzlies’ lead over the Minnesota Timberwolves from single to double digits. Gasol added three blocks and drew a key late charge on opposing center Karl-Anthony Towns as the Grizzlies beat the Timberwolves 100-87 to improve to 10-5 and into a three-way tie for third place in the Western Conference.
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Grizzlies Postgame: Grizz hold off Kings in a family affair
Let posterity note that rookie Jaren Jackson Jr. set a new career scoring high with an alley-oop dunk that doubled as a "Whoomp! There It Is!" request, a FedExForum rite of passage that pushed the Grizzlies lead to a game-high 14 points in the third quarter of an eventual 112-104 win over head coach Dave Joerger, suited-and-booted Zach Randolph, and rest of the oh-so-familiar visiting Sacramento Kings.
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Jackson, Gasol lead Grizzlies past Kings 112-104
Rookie Jaren Jackson Jr. scored a season-high 27 points, Marc Gasol added 19 points and 15 rebounds, becoming Memphis' all-time leading rebounder, and the Grizzlies defeated the Sacramento Kings 112-104 on Friday night.
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Grizzlies Game Day: Sorting season may start now in the Western Conference playoff race
Every NBA season for every team meanders from fall to spring at an irregular rhythm. Some turns are hard ones (an injury, a trade), other points of departure are only seen in hindsight.
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Grizzlies Mailbag: Jaren Jackson’s role, the Carmelo Anthony possibility and more
The Grizzlies are coming off a big win in Milwaukee, with an interesting, and potentially telling, stretch of games ahead.
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Road Recap: Grizzlies 116, Bucks 113
Mike Conley scored nine points in the last 3:13 to preserve a late Grizzlies lead in Milwaukee, including a spinning fadeaway in the lane to keep the charging Bucks at bay with under 30 seconds to play.
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What Dillon Brooks' injury means for the Grizzlies
Dillon Brooks exited Grizzlies practice on Tuesday afternoon with a brace on his left knee and a cane in his right hand. It’s a disappointing turn in what had already been a disappointing start to the second season for the team’s unexpected break-out rookie of last season.
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Conley’s 24 points not enough as Jazz send Grizzlies to first home loss
The Grizzlies weren’t just missing shots. No, they were missing so badly that a spontaneous Tony Allen conversation broke out on press row. How bad was it? The official play-by-play sheet for the early minutes of the first quarter looked like a reading of beauty pageant contestants: MISS K. Anderson, MISS M. Gasol, MISS J. Jackson, MISS G. Temple …
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Grizzlies' Dillon Brooks out 6-8 weeks
Asked about the Grizzlies’ health going into tonight’s game vs. the Utah Jazz, coach J.B. Bickerstaff didn’t talk around it.
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At The Horn: Jazz end Grizzlies home winning streak with 96-88 win
Joe Ingles scored 19 points, Rudy Gobert added 15 points and 16 rebounds and the Utah Jazz won their third straight, 96-88 over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night.
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Grizzlies Postgame: Grizz survive Sixers in overtime to remain perfect at FedExForum
The Grizzlies stayed undefeated on the FedExForum floor with a 112-106 win over the Philadelphia 76ers, but it took an extra five minutes to get there.
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At the Horn: Conley's season-high 32 send Grizz over 76ers in OT
Mike Conley scored a season-high 32 points, including 21 after halftime, as the Memphis Grizzlies defeated the shorthanded Philadelphia 76ers 112-106 in overtime on Saturday night.
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Grizzlies: Ten Takes After Ten Games
Ten games does not a season make, but it’s close enough to draw some preliminary conclusions. The Grizzlies have played four games at home and six on the road. Record-wise, they’ve played two of the league’s three best teams (Warriors, Nuggets) and three games against two of the league’s three worst (Suns, Wizards). What do we think we know so far? Here’s an annual taking of the temperature, now at a new home. Ten takes after ten games.
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Grizzlies Postgame: Grizz hand Nuggets second loss
Winning big is fun, but winning close is better. The building back-and-forth tension is a richer, deeper experience, creating the kind of basketball games that keep you up, sifting through the string of moments lingering in your mind. These games seem longer, in a good way, because all 48 minutes matter.
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Development first, wins second for Memphis Hustle
The Grizzlies had forced the Denver Nuggets into another throwback NBA game where defense matters and had emerged on the other side with an 89-87 victory, a score that must have had people around the league doing a double-take:
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Gasol's closing free throws, Grizzlies defense send Memphis past Denver
Marc Gasol scored 20 points, including the go-ahead free throws with 4.6 seconds remaining, to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to an 89-87 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night.
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Grizzlies Game Day: Conley, Gasol will try to get back on track to start three-game homestand
After losing both halves of a road back-to-back, what will home-cooking mean for the Grizzlies big two? I mean Shelvin Mack and Dillon Brooks, of course.
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Road Recap: Warriors 117, Grizzlies 101
We’ll find out by Tuesday night whether there’s a “blue wave” in the midterm elections. But on Election Day eve, the Grizzlies ended their three-game West Coast road trip submerged by a familiar Golden wave.
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Road Recap: Suns 102, Grizzlies 100
For the first time this season, the Grizzlies found themselves in a single-possession game in the final five minutes.
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Road Recap: Grizzlies 110, Jazz 100
Is it too early to think about playoff positioning? The Grizzlies secured at least a season-series tie with the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City Friday night, beating the Jazz in their building for the second time in the season’s first seven games. The win moves the Grizzlies to 5-2 and tied with the San Antonio Spurs for fourth place in the Western Conference.
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Grizzlies Game Day: Jaren Jackson Jr.’s fouls, Andrew Harrison’s departure, and the weekend matchups
As the Grizzlies head out on a three-game Western Conference road trip, a quick look at a couple of the team issues of the moment and the matchups this weekend:
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Grizzlies waive Andrew Harrison
Andrew Harrison was waived by the Memphis Grizzlies, the team announced Thursday morning, a move apparently made to create roster flexibility for future needs.
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Grizzlies Mailbag: Zach Randolph’s future, Chandler Parsons’ contract, Kyle Anderson’s role, and more
Welcome to the second Grizzlies Mailbag of the 2018-2019 season, where the Grizzlies are piling up wins and we’re piling up questions. Let’s dig in.
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October 2018
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Veteran Shelvin Mack good fit as Grizzlies’ backup point guard
As the Memphis Grizzlies tweaked their roster during the offseason, they weren’t necessarily looking for longshot gambles that might pay off big but also could go bust. They were looking for reliable players to fill roles that again would make the team’s sum much greater than its individual parts.
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At The Horn: Grizzlies send Wizards to fourth straight loss 107-95
Garrett Temple scored 20 points, Marc Gasol and Mike Conley added 19 apiece and the Memphis Grizzlies sent the Washington Wizards to their fourth straight loss with a 107-95 victory on Tuesday night.
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Grizzlies Postgame: Grizz lean on deep roster to beat road-weary Wizards
It was the pre-Halloween game at FedExForum on Tuesday night and the Grizzlies decided to come out dressed as the road-trip Washington Wizards.
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Grizzlies Game Day: Which team really has the stars when the Grizz and Wiz(ards) face off?
Five games into an 82-game schedule is too soon to draw firm conclusions. The Grizzlies’ most-used lineup so far has played only 22 minutes and features two players (JaMychal Green, Chandler Parsons) out and likely to be for a while longer. They’ve played three games against teams widely projected to be among the league’s half-dozen worst.
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Grizzlies Postgame: Gasol leads balanced offense in romp over Suns
NBA practices are off-limits to non-team personnel, but listen closely and you can hear (some of) what goes on behind closed doors.
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Grizzlies Game Day: Hosting the Suns, hoping for health
Marc Gasol heard a pop and then went numb.
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Road Recap: Kings 97, Grizzlies 92
This was one of those games, for the Grizzlies, where the outcome that mattered most was not the final score.
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Grizzlies Mailbag: Jaren Jackson Jr.’s future, Conley and Gasol’s sustainability, Bickerstaff’s coaching and more
Welcome to the first Grizzlies Mailbag of this season. This one was a test-run, with no guarantee of a follow-up, but I got more good questions -- on short notice -- than I had time and space to use.
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Grizzlies Game Day: A short road trip minus a key big man
The Grizzlies are hitting the road for a two-game West Coast trip a man short, with forward JaMychal Green likely out more than a month with a broken jaw suffered in the second half of Friday’s home opener.
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Grizzlies' Garrett Temple was already living 'Grit and Grind'
The 19-year-old rookie, the guy that was the fourth overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, showed out in his home debut as a Memphis Grizzly. He was fast and he was natural as he scored 24 points, grabbed seven rebounds, and blocked two shots.
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Grizzlies forward JaMychal Green to miss at least a month with broken jaw
For the second season in a row, Grizzlies forward JaMychal Green will miss significant time due to a random injury suffered in the team’s home opener.
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Calkins: Grizzlies win just what the team and city needed
Jaren Jackson Jr. began the night by dapping up Young Dolph during the introductions.
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Grizzlies Postgame: Conley, Gasol get offense into gear in win over Hawks
It’s a first-quarter timeout at the Grizzlies home opener and Grizz, the mascot, comes through the tunnel with something in his hands. It’s an infant in costume, a bear-cub cutie. Grizz carries his cub to midcourt, “Circle of Life” from The Lion King playing. He raises the little one above his head, toward the rafters. The crowd -- appropriately -- roars.
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Grizzlies Game Day: A must-win home opener?
A home opener is supposed to be a day of celebration, whatever the future holds, not a time for the biting of fingernails.
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Penny, Jackson Jr. say they would not have taken G League option
If Memphis head coach Penny Hardaway was offered a chance at $125,000 to skip a year of college and go to the G-League, he would decline.
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Calkins: Grizzlies embarrassed in opener
By the end of this one, the Grizzlies commercials almost felt like an affront, didn’t they?
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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.
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Grizzlies Game Day: The history of franchise rookie debuts
When Jaren Jackson Jr. takes the court Wednesday night in Indianapolis, he will become the youngest player to ever suit up for the Grizzlies, in Memphis or Vancouver. Jackson’s debut is perhaps the most intriguing thing about this season’s opener, but how much does a debut typically tell us?
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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?
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How Memphis students came face to face with the painful history in their school’s backyard
A few yards across from the parking lot of an all-boys Memphis school lies a small, tree-lined courtyard, where a class of eighth-graders studies a large historical marker.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Grizzlies veterans lead way in home preseason debut
Score one for the grown folks.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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September 2018
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Calkins: For these Grizzlies, just one thing will spell success
The final dance contestant was Yuta Watanabe.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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Memphis Express? It beats the Fever Germs
Welcome, Memphis Express!
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Consumer’s Guide to the 2018-2019 Grizzlies Home Schedule
From a competitive standpoint, the Memphis Grizzlies’ 2018-2019 schedule is the kind of unremarkable to which NBA schedule-makers aspire.
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Grizzlies introduce well-traveled quartet of veteran additions
What did you do this summer?
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