Monday, Chris Herrington counted down from No. 18 to No. 9. Today, the eight most valuable members of the Grizzlies’ roster.

With the passage of both bills Monday, attention can now shift to local governments receiving the needed approvals to allocate the funding.

The trial in the lawsuit between Memphis Grizzlies’ star Ja Morant and Joshua Holloway over a fight during a pickup basketball game is delayed indefinitely. 

Chris Herrington ranks the Grizzlies roster on a holistic view. It’s the kind of thinking that might guide team decision-makers in the contract and trade decisions that could come this summer.

Watanabe only played in five games for Memphis during the 2023-24 season.

Chris Herrington is joined by independent basketball (and more) writer Matt Hrdlicka, a frequent Daily Memphian Grizzlies podcast guest. 

Senate Bill 2711, sponsored by state Sen. Brent Taylor, was held during the Tennessee Senate’s session Wednesday morning.

It’s finally over. The Memphis Grizzlies’ record-breaking (in a bad way) season has come to a close. Before we put this all behind us, let’s take stock of what we’ve been through.

How should Grizzlies fandom be applied to these Grizzlies-free playoffs? There’s no one way to fan, but Chris Herrington offers some playoff observations and advice here, filtering it all through Beale Street Blue glasses. 

One day after the Grizzlies' 27-55 season concluded, Chris Herrington counts the ways the team had one of the most productive bad years ever.

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“The kid’s got so much potential,” Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins said of GG Jackson II. “But we want to see that potential realized. And it’s not just saying it — it’s doing it.” 

The Memphis Grizzlies completed one last round of interviews before heading out for the summer. Here are the major highlights. 

Ja Morant didn’t need to recruit Derrick Rose’s son to play on his AAU program. PJ Rose was texting his dad begging to get on it. 

Here is the box score for the Memphis Grizzlies’ game against the Denver Nuggets Sunday, April 14, at FedExForum. 

After losing to the Los Angeles Lakers Friday night, the Memphis Grizzlies close their season with a loss to Denver.

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Box score: Nuggets 126, Grizzlies 111

Taylor Jenkins comments on game clock error in Grizzlies’ loss to Lakers

Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins called game clock mistake in Friday’s loss to the Lakers “a shock to everybody.”

Coach Taylor Jenkins didn’t promise a win, not with this roster against this opponent. He only promised that the guys he was putting out there would play their tails off. Mission accomplished.

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Box score: Lakers 123, Grizzlies 120

The box score for the NBA game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Los Angeles Lakers played at FedExForum on Friday, April 12, 2024.

Chris Herrington sounds off on the best moments of what has been a sad rollercoaster of a Memphis Grizzlies season.

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In December, as he soared through the air for his first dunk in 291 days, Grizzlies big man Brandon Clarke realized all of his hard work was paying off. 

Jake LaRavia played the best game of his career, but the undermanned Memphis Grizzlies couldn’t match the Cavaliers in the second half on Wednesday night in Cleveland. 

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GG Jackson’s church came to Memphis, so he rocked the drums and the basketball court

The box score for the NBA game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Cleveland.

Although a major win for the Memphis Grizzlies point guard, it is only temporary. The case will likely move on, either over self-defense or Tennessee’s “stand-your-ground” law.

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When the congregation of GG Jackson’s church loaded a bus to Memphis, the Grizzlies’ team chaplain opened the doors to his church for worship.