Two years ago, Andre Iguodala declined to report to the Memphis Grizzlies after a trade. Now they have essentially clinched the No. 2 seed in the West. So what did Dillon Brooks have to say to him after the Grizzlies smashed the Warriors? Calkins: Remember the kid Ja stared down? The one in the Warriors jersey? He’s a Grizzlies fan now.Related story:
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After the Grizzlies beat the Warriors in January, Ja Morant stared down a kid in a Golden State jersey. The kid is Maddox Hehn, 8, from Nashville. He was back at FedExForum Monday night. But he sure looked different this time around.
The Grizzlies forward will join star point guard Ja Morant on the bench. The Warriors are missing Steph Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson.
“Not to be a total buzzkill here, but clearly this game isn’t the mega-showdown we thought it was going to be.”
When De’Anthony Melton is hot from 3-point range, the record shows it means great things for the Grizzlies.
The Memphis Grizzlies, one of the youngest NBA teams this season, just beat two of the league’s biggest stars in a span of four days, and with their own best player unavailable both times.
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The Grizzlies scored 120-plus points for the sixth time in seven games, and De’Anthony Melton continued his hot streak, scoring 24 points, including six 3-pointers.
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Coach Taylor Jenkins said Wednesday’s MRI on Morant’s knee showed no structural damage.
The Grizzlies center was 13 when he met and played for Kenny McFadden in New Zealand after Adams’ father died.
“It doesn’t worry me a lot, we just have to get the group whole and build that chemistry as quick as possible,” coach Taylor Jenkins said Wednesday.
“We still got the grit, and we still got the grind, and we got a lot of swagger to us,” Grizzlies guard Dillon Brooks told a reporter after the Memphis NBA team’s defeat of the Brooklyn Nets.
ESPN came to Memphis to cover Ja Morant. They got a whole team of swaggering Grizzlies instead.
The Grizzlies guard hopes to get Mike Miller, whose record he broke, to sign the keepsake.
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ESPN scrambled to get “NBA Today” live from Memphis, and the analysts and show crews loved their NBA reunion in the city.
Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant appeared to tweak his knee at a March 18 game and is being evaluated.
ESPN is spending the entire day in Memphis. Which is great, sure. But how are we going to keep that chip on our shoulder now?
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