Mid-Summer Grizzlies Mailbag, Part 2: The rotation, trade talk and more
Chris Herington’s mailbag addresses how the Memphis Grizzlies roster will be deployed in the coming season and peeks ahead to next February’s trade deadline. Coach Taylor Jenkins talks to guard Luke Kennard (10) during the first half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Orlando Magic, Saturday, March 30, 2024, in Orlando, Fla. (Kevin Kolczynski/AP Photo file)
For the first half of this Mid-Summer Grizzlies Mailbag, I fielded questions mostly related to this basketball summer.
For this second part, we turn the page to questions about how this Grizzlies roster will be deployed in the coming season and — because we can never help it — even peek ahead to next February’s trade deadline.
Per usual, I got more good questions than I could answer even in a two-parter. As always, thanks to everyone who sent a question.
Rotation speculation
W/ Kennard, how do you think minutes will be divided under a nine man rotation ?
— ILL SUBLIMINAL ✌🏾 (@_edxiv) July 30, 2024
Coach Taylor Jenkins has historically deployed a 10-man rotation, though he seems to have become a little less wedded to that. But if this roster is at full health, which is the spirit of the question, I think Jenkins would have a hard time shrinking it down to nine.
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Chris Herrington covers the Memphis Grizzlies and writes about Memphis culture, food, and civic life. He lives in the Vollintine-Evergreen neighborhood of Midtown with his wife, two kids, and two dogs.
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