Category: Memphis Grizzlies

Memphis Grizzlies announces seeding schedule

Brandon King

Via the Memphis Grizzlies: The Memphis Grizzlies will resume the 2019-20 season on Friday, July 31 against the Portland Trail Blazers at The Arena at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World in Orlando, the NBA announced tonight. The Grizzlies are one of 22 teams that will be resuming the season and will compete in eight “seeding games” to determine the participants and order for the 2020 NBA Playoffs. Earlier today, the NBA and National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) announced that they have finalized a comprehensive…

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Memphis Grizzlies sign Anthony Tolliver to ten-day deal

Brandon King

According to The Athletic and Stadium’s Shams Charania, Memphis Grizzlies signed free agent Anthony Tolliver to a ten-day contract. Charania adds that the free agent had several suitors after agreeing to a buyout with the Sacramento Kings, for whom he only appeared in nine games after being traded there, along with Kent Bazemore in exchange for Trevor Ariza, Wenyen Gabriel and former Blazer Caleb Swanigan.  Between the Trail Blazers and Kings, Tolliver appeared in 42 games, averaging 3.3 points, 2.9 rebounds and 0.8 assists. To make room for Tolliver, the…

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Zach Randolph is hanging his sneakers up

Brandon King

Zach Randolph is calling it a career. Z-Bo told TMZ Sports that playing in the Association is no longer on his mind. Randolph did not appear in one game in 2018-19 and the Dallas Mavericks waived him in February after acquiring the vet in a trade with the Kings. Z-Bo was drafted back in 2001 out of Michigan State by the Portland Jail Blazers, where he would spend his first six seasons. In his time as a Blazer, he averaged 16.0 points and 7.7 rebounds per game , including his…

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Ja Morant to play tonight against Golden State

Brandon King

Memphis Grizzlies rookie sensation Ja Morant will return to the lineup tonight when the team takes on the Golden State Warriors, according to Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes. Morant had missed the previous four games after suffering a sore back after a fall into the camera area on the baseline against the Indiana Pacers and has been diagnosed as week to week.

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Ja Morant “week to week”

Brandon King

Memphis Grizzlies rookie sensation Ja Morant is off to a tremendous start in his maiden NBAvoyage. In his first games, the number two overall selection has averaged 18.6 points, 6.4 assists and 3.2 rebounds per game. Saturday the Grizzlies gave an update on Morant’s medical status: He’s being termed “week-to-week” with an aggravated back ( could have happened on that spill he took into the cameras against the Pacers) and will need a “period of short-term off-loading , whatever that is.

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Jaren Jackson Jr. out against Rockets

Brandon King

Memphis Grizzlies big man Jaren Jackson Jr. won’t be in action when the teams takes on the Houston Rockets Monday night due to right knee soreness. The promising young big has started all five games this season, averaging 13.2 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per contest.

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