Jaylen Wells and Zach Edey will play on Sunday in the NBA All-Star tournament after Team C won the Rising Stars event. 

Jaylen Wells isn’t a player who throws many alley-oop lobs for the Memphis Grizzlies. On Friday, his goal is to connect on one with teammate Zach Edey in the Rising Stars tournament. 

The Memphis-Shelby County Sports Authority is the board that owns FedExForum’s debt and pays the bonds for the publicly owned arena.

Luke Kennard grabbed a small Ohio town’s attention as a seventh-grader. More than a decade later, the Grizzlies guard will have his name on the Franklin High School basketball court.

Drew Hill and Chris Herrington recap the Grizzlies’ performances against the Suns and Clippers and discuss the importance of Vince Williams Jr. as Memphis looks to the playoffs. 

In this first installment of the Mid-Season Mailbag, Herrington takes questions on the trade deadline, the post-deadline Western Conference landscape and the team’s core stars. 

Memphis Grizzlies rookie Jaylen Wells will represent his alma mater, Sonoma State University, on his shoes during Friday’s Rising Stars mini-tournament during All-Star Weekend.

It was a bad night for Memphis in the franchise’s first game at the Intuit Dome. It was clobbered in a 128-114 loss to the Clippers. 

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Box score: Grizzlies 128, Clippers 114

Memphis committed 22 turnovers that led to 41 Clippers points. The Grizzlies have lost two of their last three.

This is the box score for the NBA game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California.

With 34 points and four blocks, Durant was the most productive player on the floor, helping the Suns stay in the game. But the Grizzlies halted the Suns run and never let their lead get below four.

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This is the box score for the NBA game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona.

As All-Star weekend approaches, so comes an eight-day vacation. After a humbling loss to Oklahoma City, what does this break mean for the Grizzlies? 

Chris Herrington divides the roster into fourths — the stalwarts, the sure things, the uncertainties and the next-men-up.

MLB All-Star and Germantown resident Brent Rooker’s Grizzlies fandom has had a resurgence thanks to a budding friendship with Memphis guard Luke Kennard. 

The Memphis Grizzlies were finally healthy. The Thunder still thoroughly beat them on Saturday inside FedExForum.

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Box score: Thunder 125, Grizzlies 112

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This wasn’t a playoff game, but was like it in some ways. The stars played bigger minutes than usual — Morant, Bane and Jaren Jackson Jr. were all above 35 minutes — and plans changed in a hurry.

NBA crew chief Josh Tiven said Tee Morant, the father of Grizzlies star Ja Morant, was ejected from Saturday’s game for making “overtly disrespectful comments about the integrity of the crew.”

The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Memphis Grizzlies in a showdown of the top two teams in the Western Conference.

NBA box score for the Feb. 8, 2025 basketball game between the Oklahoma Thunder and Memphis Grizzlies at FedExForum.

Grizzlies general manager Zach Kleiman talked about the deadline move that traded away Marcus Smart and Jake LaRavia on Friday. 

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The Memphis Grizzlies traded Marcus Smart and Jake LaRavia, bringing back two future second-round draft picks and a pair of Washington Wizards players, Marvin Bagley III and Johnny Davis. What will come next? Time will tell.

Drew Hill and Chris Herrington break down the Marcus Smart trade and what it means for the Memphis Grizzlies.

Chris Herrington breaks down all the different scenarios involving Jaren Jackson Jr.’s contract situation and what’s best for the Grizzlies.

Was the draft-pick cost of the deal and the short-term risk of sapping the team’s depth and experience worth whatever flexibility is gained next summer? 

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