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<strong>Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant (12) and Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant (35) shake hands after an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Phoenix.</strong> (Rick Scuteri/AP file)Premium Memphis Grizzlies

Herrington: After Bane deal, trade market is wide open for Grizzlies

The Demond Bane trade instantly reframes the Grizzlies’ summer from one with limited means to add players to one with theoretically unlimited means. Who are some of the players the team may go after?

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Grizzlies Podcast: Breaking down the Desmond Bane deal

By Chris Herrington June 17, 2025
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Herrington: Grizzlies’ Desmond Bane trade invites opportunity and risk

A look at what the Grizzlies got, why they did the trade, where it leaves the team going into the summer and what could be next.

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By Chris Herrington June 15, 2025
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Herrington: Can the Grizzlies strike gold on the low-cost free agent market?

A look at the guards and wing players that might be available in the Grizzlies’ price range.

By Chris Herrington June 13, 2025
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Herrington: With Edey out, which centers could the Grizzlies target?

Zach Edey has undergone ankle surgery. Which NBA big men might the Memphis Grizzlies consider acquiring this summer?

By Chris Herrington June 11, 2025

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    Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Materialists,’ an intriguing rom-dram

    Plus, Chris Herrington ranks the Wes Anderson films he’s seen.

    By Chris Herrington June 11, 2025
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    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.

    By Chris Herrington May 20, 2025
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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.

    By Chris Herrington May 15, 2025
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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?

    By Chris Herrington May 13, 2025
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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

    By Chris Herrington May 09, 2025
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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.

    By Chris Herrington May 05, 2025
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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.

    By Chris Herrington April 28, 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.

    By Chris Herrington April 28, 2025
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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.”

    By Chris Herrington April 27, 2025
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    Herrington: Ja’s fall, JJJ’s touches and other Grizz-Thunder thoughts

    The Memphis Grizzlies think they found a formula to combat the Oklahoma City Thunder. But is there any hope of deploying it without Ja Morant?

    By Chris Herrington April 25, 2025
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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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    Herrington: Grizzlies-Thunder is a rivalry renewed

    By Chris Herrington April 26, 2025
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    Herrington: Grizzlies-Thunder is a rivalry renewed

    Win or lose, the “we’re in this together” energy can enrich a community. Memphis now gets at least two chances to show it in this series.

    By Chris Herrington April 24, 2025
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    Herrington: Grizzlies Game 2 loss was just close enough to hurt a little more

    Tuesday night in Oklahoma City, after his team’s 118-99 Game 2 loss, was as close as Memphis Grizzlies interim head coach Tuomas Iisalo has seemed to angry.

    By Chris Herrington April 23, 2025
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    Herrington: In Game 2, Jaren Jackson Jr. has something to prove

    Jackson’s career playoff averages are: 15 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks, shooting 39% from the floor and 33% from 3-point range. Can he do more than that Tuesday night in Game 2?

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    Grizzlies Insider: Jaylen Wells named Rookie of the Year finalist

    By Chris Herrington April 22, 2025
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    Herrington: Here’s hoping magic is real

    The Grizzlies lost Game 1 to Oklahoma City by 51 points, and as interim head coach Tuomas Iisalo said, “It’s very hard to play worse than this.”

    By Chris Herrington April 21, 2025
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    Herrington: After two-year drought, FedExForum drinks in postseason Grizzlies win

    It’s been too long since Memphis Grizzlies fans have seen, heard and felt postseason hoops. Whatever comes next, everyone invested in the enterprise needed this. 

    By Chris Herrington April 21, 2025
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    Herrington: Grizzlies, Mavs meet in a game neither expected to be playing

    The Mavs were in the NBA Finals last spring and then added title-tested veteran Klay Thompson in the offseason to aid what they hoped would be another run.

    By Chris Herrington April 17, 2025
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    Herrington: Keys, concerns as Grizzlies renew postseason rivalry with Warriors

    Underdog Memphis can beat Golden State in their NBA play-in game, but the Grizzlies will have to be at their best. Their best has been hard to locate in recent weeks, and even harder to maintain. 

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    The 28 best moments of the 2024-2025 Grizzlies season

     

    By Chris Herrington April 15, 2025
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    Herrington: Early returns on Tuomas Iisalo and late-season Grizzlies player trends

    Are the five games since interim coach Tuomas Iisalo took over progress or variance and what are the latest player trends for the Memphis Grizzlies? 

    By Chris Herrington April 08, 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.

    By Chris Herrington March 30, 2025
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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.

    By Chris Herrington March 29, 2025
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    Herrington: With Brandon Clarke out, Grizzlies closing stretch gets rockier

    “With 11 games to play as the Grizzlies get ready to face Utah on Tuesday night, the team currently just below the NBA’s ‘play-in’ line. These are precarious times and have just grown more so.”

    By Chris Herrington March 24, 2025
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    Herrington: Cavaliers show Grizzlies what serious looks like

    The Cavs are something like what the Grizzlies could be. They made it clear Friday night.

    By Chris Herrington March 15, 2025
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    Herrington: Ja Morant hit the road and brought home a new mood

    Basketball players, like other humans, are complex, and maybe Morant more than most. There’s no precise formula to get the best of Morant on the floor with mood, health, on-court approach and on-court outcomes all interrelated.

    By Chris Herrington March 11, 2025
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    Herrington: His last shot rolled out, but maybe Ja Morant is rounding into form

    Ja Morant’s last shot missed, costing the Grizzlies the game against New York. But he had 25 points and seven assists in this one. It was 29 and eight against Phoenix. It was 21 and 10 in a close loss to Cleveland. And 23 and five in the win at Orlando.

    By Chris Herrington February 28, 2025

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