The voters have spoken, and they have chosen Josh Taylor and Alana Whiten as The Daily Memphian’s high school basketball players of the week.

Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss the past and future on the wing for the Memphis Grizzlies. 

The Bartlett coach is also recognized after leading his team to a state championship. 

Coach Matt Riser’s first season at Memphis will begin with a three-game series at Jacksonville State that opens Friday. 

Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins said Jake LaRavia and Ziaire Williams have to acknowledge the accomplishments of their peers on the wing. But he wants them to seize the moment, too. 

CBHS is working on the mental side just as much as the physical in preparation for a good showing at the Division 2 state tournament.

Jackson’s valentines were less Forget-Me-Not than Forgive-Me. But he led the Grizzlies to a surprising win over the Houston Rockets.

The box score from the NBA game played between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Houston Rockets on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, at FedExForum.

Dillon Brooks told the Houston Chronicle in December that he was the girlfriend that the Grizzlies still missed. But Memphis has a new heartthrob. His name is GG Jackson.

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The Tigers’ game versus the Mean Green will be their first against a top-100 opponent in more than a month.

Curtis Akins, who played for the Tigers from 2014 to 2018, will be a defensive quality-control assistant coach.

Christian Alston and R’Chaun King will be the keys to Bartlett’s postseason hopes.

Hutchison and Middle College ranked in final regular-season state polls.

Cordova (4A), Douglass (2A) and Briarcrest (D2AA) end regular season ranked No. 1 in their divisions.

This weekend’s Rising Stars event serves as a good excuse to weigh the emergence of Vince Williams Jr. and GG Jackson against the rest of their respective draft classes.

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Penny Hardaway and Shaquille O’Neal were teammates in Orlando from 1993 to 1996.

Have Penny Hardaway’s Tigers dug too deep of a hole to rebuild their NCAA Tournament resume, or have they turned the corner? Parth Upadhyaya, Tim Buckley and host Greg Gaston discuss.

Jake LaRavia has played in just 11 games this season. Will he get healthy in time for a chance to prove he can be part of Memphis’ long-term depth?

The former Heisman Trophy runner-up and Super Bowl champion is this year’s Distinguished Citizen award winner.

Advanced analytics websites KenPom and Bart Torvik don’t have much confidence in the Tigers going better than 2-2 in their next four games.

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School’s culture is already deeply ingrained in the new MUS head football coach. 

Chuck Gallina’s mother, Mimi, has Alzheimer’s disease, but he still takes her to all the Memphis Grizzlies’ home games. And, even during this lost NBA season, those games have come to mean something more to this family — and it can teach us all about love. 

A wraparound feed from Santi Aldama for a two-hand slam from Jaren Jackson Jr. brought the Grizzlies to within five points with a little more than three minutes to play, but that was as close as it would get.

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Box score: Pelicans 96, Grizzlies 87

Box score for game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024.

“The ceiling is in the way for Nae’Qwan,” Penny Hardaway said of Nae’Qwan Tomlin during his radio show Monday night. “Because he still has so much growth to do from where he is right now.”

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