The "Grit and Grind" dynasty in Memphis has collided head on with a nightmare season. Once lauded as the National Basketball Association's (NBA) most exciting young team, the Grizzlies now find themselves...
5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Kill the lights. There’s a girl coming to the stage, and she’s not to be messed with. Her graduating class of over four hundred students voted her “Most Talented,” and they did it...
In 1998, the Memphis Redbirds were created as an expansion team in Minor League Baseball. Then, in 2001, the Vancouver Grizzlies National Basketball Association franchise moved to Memphis. Now, in 2018,...
Twenty-nine players in one season, a new coach, the biggest contract in NBA history and Chandler Parsons the retooled 2016-2017 Memphis Grizzlies have taken to the basketball court. With Coach Dave Joerger...
2015’s NBA trade deadline was one of the most memorable in recent years. While 2016’s break may not have been as noteworthy overall, it was definitely noteworthy for the Memphis Grizzlies.
The Grizzlies...
Jacob Boughter, Sports Section Leader
• October 28, 2015
Chandler Parsons and DeAndre Jordan ate dinner together for a week and Jordan still couldn’t decide whether he wanted to play in Los Angeles or Dallas. Chris Paul rode a banana boat and Paul Pierce tweeted from a Gameboy Color. Most importantly, of course, Luke Ridnour was traded three times in one day (including a brief, 10 hour stint with the Grizzlies) and once more five days later. The Grizzlies had a quiet offseason compared to the big moves of their rivals. But did they improve?
The Memphis Grizzlies literally and figuratively limped toward the finish line to end the season. A year that seemed destined for greatness from the start began to spiral out of control, as the Griz won...
On February 1, 2008, the Memphis Grizzlies traded for Marc Gasol. People were furious.
It’s hard to blame them, actually. The Grizzlies had just traded the best player in their short franchise history,...
James Johnson backs down the weaker Wesley Johnson on the free throw line. He fakes right, buts spins left for the wide-open layup. It’s a great play and another display of what Johnson brings to the...
Lionel Hollins has been with the Grizzlies since the beggining. He was the interim head coach for the Vancouver Grizzlies in 1999 when they only won 22 games. He was an assistant from 2004 until 2009,...
The end of basketball season last year did not signify the time for the city of Memphis to retire its Grizzlies garb. Wherever you go in the city, people can be seen sporting Grizz t-shirts or bumper...
