Tuomas Iisalo pushed just hard enough to make Grizzlies leadership believe he can do the job, but he also won the trust of the franchise’s most important players. 

Iisalo arrived in Memphis as the lead assistant prior to the 2024-25 season but previously generated head coaching interest while leading Paris Basketball in France. 

The NBA’s postseason results might be showing one thing: That the Grizzlies aren’t quite as far away as they thought. 

Drew Hill and Chris Herrington pick five quotes from Memphis Grizzlies exit interviews to give more thought. 

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.

There have been a lot of whispers in recent weeks of the potential for major change on the Grizzlies roster this summer.

“Expectations are here,” Desmond Bane said Sunday from the Grizzlies’ final media session. “This is reality, and we came up short. We have to be better.”

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General manager Zach Kleiman made it a point to say that the Grizzlies got “unintentionally younger” this season, but that they are not just one veteran away from being a contending team. 

The Grizzlies’ season was a roller coaster, with high moments mixed in with injuries, a coach fired and a playoff sweep. Here are seven key moments of the 2024-25 season.

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Thunder complete sweep of Grizzlies with 117-115 victory

Box score: Thunder 117, Grizzlies 115

“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.”

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 38 points, and the Thunder beat the Grizzlies on Saturday to complete a four-game sweep. Scotty Pippen Jr. led the Grizzlies with 30 points.

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Box score: Thunder 117, Grizzlies 115

Box score for Game 4 of the best-of-seven game series between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Oklahoma City Thunder played Saturday, April 26, in Memphis, Tennessee.

Grizzlies star Ja Morant avoided a serious injury but will not play in Game 4 on Saturday against the Oklahoma City Thunder. 

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?

The Memphis Grizzlies have updated the status of star guard Ja Morant for Game 4 against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss the postseason performance of the Memphis Grizzlies’ big three, starting with Ja Morant.

Ja Morant hit the floor and the Grizzlies fell apart. They couldn’t believe it either. 

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Box score: Thunder 114, Grizzlies 108

Ja Morant leaves Game 3 against Oklahoma City with injury

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It was going to be a magnificent night for Memphis. Then Ja Morant and the Grizzlies crashed to the earth.

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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Ja Morant was hurt with just over three minutes left in the first half and Memphis leading 67-40. But Oklahoma City closed the gap to make the series 3-0.

This is the box score for the NBA playoffs game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday, April 24, 2025, at FedExForum.

Grizzlies star Ja Morant was undercut by Thunder guard Lu Dort during Thursday’s Game 3 and exited the game with an injury.

Here’s the latest in a spin around the Memphis Grizzlies universe before Game 3 against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

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.

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a teenager who accused the NBA All-Star of punching him during a pickup game in 2022.