Grizzlies Mailbag: Is it too late for Ja Morant to regain All-NBA form?
Chris Herrington answers some interesting questions about the Grizzlies’ two ostensible tentpole players: Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr.
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May 2025
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Ask the Memphian: Why is the Memphis NBA team named the Grizzlies? (There’s more to it than you think.)
You know the Memphis NBA team is named the Grizzlies became they moved from Vancouver. But why did the Vancouver team have that name?
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Herrington: How far-fetched is Giannis to Grizzlies?
Will Milwaukee trade Giannis? Do only the healthy teams advance in the NBA playoffs? Can we get a conference quota in the draft lottery? Do you remember Luigi Datome? And much more.
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TJ Shorts to Grizzlies? It’s too soon to be sure
Memphis Grizzlies roster news began circulating on social media Monday afternoon, May 12, but the timing of the update was perplexing.
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NBA Draft lottery results not what Memphis Grizzlies wanted to see
The Grizzlies are going to be seeing a lot of Cooper Flagg in their future.
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Herrington: What the ongoing NBA playoffs say about the Grizzlies
How fully have the Memphis Grizzlies been passed by other young teams? How accurate was Grizzlies general manager Zach Kleiman’s same-day assertion/admission that the team is “not close” to contention?
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Mama Bears: Jay Huff’s mom Kathy is ‘Huff Stuff,’ too
The years Kathy Huff and her husband spent cultivating an atmosphere of reading, relationships and recreation have come to fruition now that their children, including Memphis Grizzlies player Jay Huff, are grown.
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Mama Bears: On Jaylen Wells’ journey to NBA, his mother has cheered him on
“He doesn’t care about the glitz and glam of all of this stuff,” Laketia Wells said about her son. “He just lives.”
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Mama Bears: Cam Spencer’s mom hopes her son’s NBA road is a long one
Cam Spencer’s grandfather was known for saying, “Enjoy the journey,” encouraging the people he loved not to focus so hard on the destination they miss the fun of the road that gets them there.
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Herrington: Memphis Grizzlies 2025 offseason roster rankings, Part 2
Chris Herrington counts down from No. 9 to No. 1 in the second installment of his two-part, offseason Memphis Grizzlies player rankings list.
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Grizzlies Insider: Memphis still waiting for All-NBA results
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Grizzlies Insider: Memphis still waiting for All-NBA results
As the NBA playoffs roll on, the Grizzlies are still waiting for the announcement of the league’s All-NBA teams, which could impact their financial flexibility.
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Herrington: Memphis Grizzlies 2025 offseason player rankings, Part 1
Chris Herrington counts down from No. 18 to No. 10 in the first installment of his two-part, offseason Memphis Grizzlies player rankings list.
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Grizzlies summer dates: A look at the draft, free agency, summer league
The Memphis Grizzlies have a lot on their plate before NBA free agency arrives July 1. Here’s a look at the key offseason dates.
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Herrington: Grizzlies bet on coaching-history carryover with Tuomas Iisalo
Tuomas Iisalo only got to coach fifteen games and have two practices, but the work he did in his interim role was enough to earn him the full-time coaching job.
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Why did the Grizzlies hire Tuomas Iisalo? The answer is in the details.
Tuomas Iisalo pushed just hard enough to make Grizzlies leadership believe he can do the job, but he also won the trust of the franchise’s most important players.
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Memphis Grizzlies make Tuomas Iisalo full-time head coach
Iisalo arrived in Memphis as the lead assistant prior to the 2024-25 season but previously generated head coaching interest while leading Paris Basketball in France.
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Grizzlies Insider: What should Memphis make of first-round playoff results?
The NBA’s postseason results might be showing one thing: That the Grizzlies aren’t quite as far away as they thought.
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April 2025
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Herrington: Keep it together or break it up? Grizzlies offseason decisions start at the ‘core.’
There have been a lot of whispers in recent weeks of the potential for major change on the Grizzlies roster this summer.
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Herrington: Reacting to nine notable end-of-season Grizzlies quotes
Chris Herrington breaks down what the Memphis Grizzlies were saying one day after their 2024-25 season ended and what he thinks it really means.
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How far are Grizzlies from contending? Morant, Bane, Jackson share thoughts
“Expectations are here,” Desmond Bane said Sunday from the Grizzlies’ final media session. “This is reality, and we came up short. We have to be better.”
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GM Zach Kleiman dishes on Grizz big three, coaching search, young roster
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GM Zach Kleiman dishes on Grizz big three, coaching search, young roster
General manager Zach Kleiman made it a point to say that the Grizzlies got “unintentionally younger” this season, but that they are not just one veteran away from being a contending team.
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Herrington: Missing Morant? Coming up short? That was the Grizzlies’ series and season.
“As overmatched as the Grizzlies often seemed, there’s every reason to believe this series would have been going back to Oklahoma City 2-2 if Ja Morant hadn’t gotten hurt in Game 3.”
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After a sweep, what will be the lasting image from this Grizzlies season?
The Grizzlies’ season was a roller coaster, with high moments mixed in with injuries, a coach fired and a playoff sweep. Here are seven key moments of the 2024-25 season.
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Thunder complete sweep of Grizzlies with 117-115 victory
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 38 points, and the Thunder beat the Grizzlies on Saturday to complete a four-game sweep. Scotty Pippen Jr. led the Grizzlies with 30 points.
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Herrington: Worst playoff loss in Grizzlies history? No. Then again …
With Ja Morant finding his rhythm as both a scorer and a playmaker, the Grizzlies were about to win Game 3. And then it all evaporated in the split second between contact and collapse.
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