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Ja Morant Named 19-20 NBA Rookie Of The Year
Ja Morant has been named the 2019-20 NBA Rookie of the Year. The 6-3 guard is the second player to win the Rookie of the Year Award with the Grizzlies, joining Pau Gasol (2001-02). Morant received 99 first-place votes from a global panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters and earned 498 total points. Miami Heat […] More
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Play-In Game Was 11th Highest Rated National TV Game Of Restart
The Western Conference play-in game between the Portland Trail Blazers and Memphis Grizzlies averaged 1.52 million viewers on Saturday. The game was the first ever play-in game in NBA history. The game was the most-watch season finale on TNT since 2011 when a Spurs-Lakers game drew 2.62 million while viewership increased 15 percent from TNT’s […] More
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Ja Morant Played Final Four Games With Fractured Right Thumb
Ja Morant revealed he played the final four games of the restart with a fractured right thumb. Morant scored a season-best 35 points in a 126-122 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers in the play-in game. “For the past four games, since the [Toronto] Raptors game, I was out there playing with a fractured thumb,” […] More
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Blazers Given 75 Percent Chance Of Reaching Playoffs By FiveThirtyEight
FiveThirtyEight gives the Portland Trail Blazers a 75 percent chance of making the playoffs, compare to 17 percent for the Memphis Grizzlies, six percent for the Phoenix Suns and two percent for the San Antonio Spurs following Sunday’s games. The New Orleans Pelicans and Sacramento Kings were eliminated on Sunday. The Blazers are a half […] More
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Jaren Jackson Jr. Out For Season With Torn Meniscus
Jaren Jackson Jr. will miss the remainder of the season with a torn meniscus in his left knee. Jackson suffered the injury after making contact with an opposing player while contesting a shot in Monday’s game. Jackson is expected to make a full recovery. Jackson averaged 17.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.6 blocks in 28.5 […] More
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Justise Winslow Says ‘The Bubble Is Tricky’ Due To Movement Of Employees
Justise Winslow called the Orlando bubble idea “tricky,” especially considering how Disney employees would be able to freely move outside of the campus. “The bubble is tricky, man. From the COVID standpoint, I don’t think it’s a great idea just to have all these people in a bubble and tight spaces. It’s almost the opposite […] More
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Anthony Tolliver Attracting Interest From Multiple Teams, Likely To Return To Grizzlies
Anthony Tolliver is likely to return to the Memphis Grizzlies after his 10-day contract expires, league sources told Marc Stein of The New York Times. Tolliver is reportedly attracting interest from multiple teams around the league. Tolliver signed a 10-day contract on March 2nd. NBA teams will be allowed to be make transactions starting on […] More
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Ja Morant Asks Kentucky Judge To Remove Confederate Monument In Murray
Ja Morant wrote a letter to a Kentucky judge asking for the removal of a Confederate monument in downtown Murray. “As a young Black man, I cannot stress enough how disturbing and oppressive it is to know the city still honors a Confederate war general defending white supremacy and hatred,” wrote Murray in the letter […] More
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Grizzlies Considered -190 Favorites To Win Eighth Seed In Western Conference
The Memphis Grizzlies are the favorites to end up as the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference at -190, according to odds from BetOnline. The Grizzlies will likely remain as the eighth seed ahead of a Play-In Tournament Game in which they would have to be defeated twice. The Portland Trail Blazers have the […] More
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Grizzlies Able To Re-Open Practice, Training Facilities
The Memphis Grizzlies will be able to open their practice and training facilities as part of Phase 1 of Shelby County’s “Back to Business” plan. The NBA will allow teams in areas with loosened restrictions to re-open their facilities on May 8th. “We are in the process of reviewing the criteria received from the League […] More
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Niele Ivey Returns To Notre Dame As Head Coach Of Women’s Team
Niele Ivey has been hired as the head coach of Notre Dame’s women’s basketball team. Ivey spent this past season as an assistant coach for the Memphis Grizzlies. Ivey made two appearances in the Final Four as a player at Notre Dame and seven as an assistant coach. Ivey will replace Muffet McGraw as head […] More
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Brandon Clarke Out At Least Two Weeks With Right Quad Injury
by Colin McGowan It remains potently strange that Larry Bird, three-time MVP and something like the sixth-best player of all-time, breezed through Indiana, organized one of the best teams in the league, and then quietly walked away from a profession nobody knew he would be good at or even wanted to pursue in the first […] More