Grizzlies Insider: Zach Kleiman talks, draft odds set
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington recap exit interviews and discuss the Grizzlies’ position in the NBA Draft Lottery.
Topic: Zach Kleiman
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April 2026
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Calkins: The Grizzlies need some lottery luck. Maybe that will stop people from talking about Ja Morant.
Did the Grizzlies mistreat Ja Morant? No, of course not. But it’s telling (and unfortunate) that the question had to be asked.
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Injuries, Memphis and Ja Morant: Grizzlies exec Kleiman on this season and next
The Memphis Grizzlies wrapped up a tough season. Some fans are already looking to the future, as others are stuck on what could have been. Here’s what general manager Zach Kleiman had to say.
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Herrington: As Grizzlies begin new build, should Zach Kleiman lead it?
A Memphis Grizzlies rebuild is underway. Some fans think embarking on this rebuild is premature. Some wonder if Zach Kleiman’s the right person to lead it.
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Herrington: Evaluating Zach Kleiman’s history of coach and player management
It can be fairly easy to evaluate a transaction: a draft pick, a trade, a signing. But many important parts of the job are less tangible and less public: managing people and personalities, from front office to coaching staff to players.
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Herrington: Evaluating Zach Kleiman’s Grizzlies free agency/contract negotiation record
In Part 3 of Chris Herrington looking at the Grizzlies’ basketball-management track record in the seven seasons under Zach Kleiman’s direction, he considers free agency and contract negotiations.
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Herrington: Evaluating Zach Kleiman’s Grizzlies trade record
A look at Memphis Grizzlies basketball executive Zach Kleiman’s major trades and ones that might have something to tell us about front office tendencies and the future.
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March 2026
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Herrington: Evaluating Zach Kleiman’s Grizzlies draft record
In the NBA Draft, teams “hit” about a third of the time. How have the Grizzlies done under Zach Kleiman?
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February 2026
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Grizzlies Mailbag: Can Zach Kleiman steer the rebuild? Will Cedric Coward get the ball?
As the Memphis Grizzlies shift to a rebuild, fans have a lot of questions about the franchise’s direction.
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Calkins: Will Ja Morant play for the Grizz again? We have an answer to that — and more.
Grizzlies GM Zach Kleiman was asked if Ja Morant will play for Memphis again this year. He gave an answer — which you can read for yourself.
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Grizzlies podcast: Ja Morant remains, Zach Kleiman speaks
Chris Herrington and Drew Hill are fresh from FedExForum where Zach Kleiman fielded questions about what the franchise did and did not do at the NBA’s Thursday trade deadline.
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Zach Kleiman defends Grizzlies’ change in direction
The Memphis Grizzlies general manager spoke Friday for the first time after the NBA trade deadline. He said the franchise is pivoting to a younger build.
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Calkins: Jaren Jackson had to be traded. Because it’s time for the Grizzlies to start again.
The Grizzlies stunned the city by dealing Jaren Jackson Jr. Yes, it’s disappointing. But it’s time to start fresh.
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January 2026
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Calkins: Ja Morant is still ‘the most famous’ Grizzly. But Sunday may have been the end.
Sunday may have been Ja Morant’s last appearance at FedExForum as a Grizzly. If so, it was a fittingly disappointing end.
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October 2025
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Grizzlies podcast: Media day reactions, start of camp
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington react to the best quotes from media day and the start of training camp in Nashville.
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September 2025
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Herrington: For the Grizzlies, class is again in session
Not much actual instruction happens on the first day, of course. For the 2025-2026 Memphis Grizzlies, instruction will begin Tuesday during a training camp held, for the second consecutive year, in Nashville.
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June 2025
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Hill: Grizzlies drafted three ‘dawgs’ — and one’s a chef. Will new recipe pay?
One by one, the members of the Memphis Grizzlies NBA Draft Class of 2025 paused for a few minutes to describe their “dawg” credentials.
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Zach Kleiman talks Desmond Bane, Cedric Coward and free agency
Grizzlies general manager Zach Kleiman spoke for the first time on NBA Draft night since trading away Desmond Bane and selecting Cedric Coward with the 11th pick.
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April 2025
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Grizzlies podcast: Five quotes to discuss from exit interviews
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington pick five quotes from Memphis Grizzlies exit interviews to give more thought.
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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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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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March 2025
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Herrington: Sorting through the aftermath of Taylor Jenkins’ dismissal
We are only hours away from getting answers to how the players will respond and just how different Interim Coach Tuomas Iisalo’s lineups, rotations and game strategies will or even can be.
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Grizz GM Zach Kleiman says choice to fire Jenkins was ‘mine and mine only’
Memphis Grizzlies general manager Zach Kleiman kept his comments brief Saturday morning as he addressed the firing of Coach Taylor Jenkins.
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Herrington: Jenkins’ run comes to an end. Who will be the new voice?
Now new-this-season lead assistant turned interim head coach Tuomas Iisalo will take the reins, at least through the rest of this season and the playoffs.
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February 2025
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Grizzlies podcast: Memphis responds to trade rumor
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss the All-Star break, Desmond Bane’s jersey retirement and Grizzlies GM Zach Kleiman’s statement on Ja Morant trade rumors.
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