Category: Articles
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MikeCheck: Conley’s impact growing on, off court as Grizzlies celebrate MLK legacy and embrace national volunteer month
As the longest-tenured player with the Grizzlies, no one on the roster gets Memphis as a basketball town quite like the 12-year veteran playmaker who, on the court, has dished and dazzled the franchise through some of its most challenging lows as well as it highest peaks.
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#IMHO: The Celtics, Rockets, The Brow and the MLK Celebration
Grind City Media’s Lang Whitaker and Michael Wallace have been covering the NBA since shorts were short and socks were long, but their opinions about the League don’t always mesh. #IMHO is their weekly chance to weigh in on the most pertinent news from around the NBA. What’s lit? What’s lame? Find out each week…
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Lang’s World: Ready For The Ride
While this season’s Grizzlies team and coaching staff is mostly new, Gasol remains the same, averaging about 16 points and boards, knocking down a few threes per game, and playing free safety for one of the NBA’s most stingy defenses. The 2018-19 season still has a ways to go, but Marc Gasol seems ready for…
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#IMHO: Thibs, All-Star voting, and mid-season awards (plus, Tony Allen!)
Grind City Media’s Lang Whitaker and Michael Wallace have been covering the NBA since shorts were short and socks were long, but their opinions about the League don’t always mesh. #IMHO is their weekly chance to weigh in on the most pertinent news from around the NBA. What’s lit? What’s lame? Find out each week…
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MikeCheck: Holiday arrives in desperate times as Grizzlies grind to rescue themselves from slide
Holiday’s crash course in the playing rotation continues Monday when he plays his second game with the Grizzlies (18-21) as they face the Pelicans (18-22). The game carries added significance for both Memphis and Holiday, considering developments over the weekend.
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Lang’s World: Why the College Football Playoff needs to change
The best thing about this year’s College Football Playoff is that it has proven plainly that the College Football Playoff needs to change. At least, if you want to have some fun.
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MikeCheck: Grizzlies vow to move past locker room incident, steer season back on track
Memphis players, coaches and executives took significant steps Thursday to move past an emotionally charged locker room incident that followed Wednesday’s loss to the Pistons in which veterans Garrett Temple and Omri Casspi had to be separated amid a heated exchange.
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#IMHO: Jaren Jackson, Harden and LeBron, and All-Star selections
Grind City Media’s Lang Whitaker and Michael Wallace have been covering the NBA since shorts were short and socks were long, but their opinions about the League don’t always mesh. #IMHO is their weekly chance to weigh in on the most pertinent news from around the NBA. What’s lit? What’s lame? Find out each week…
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#IMHO: Christmas Games; LeBron and the Lakers; Conley for All-Star?
Grind City Media’s Lang Whitaker and Michael Wallace have been covering the NBA since shorts were short and socks were long, but their opinions about the League don’t always mesh. #IMHO is their weekly chance to weigh in on the most pertinent news from around the NBA. What’s lit? What’s lame? Find out each week…
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MikeCheck: Conley, Grizzlies seek solutions for sluggish offense at midpoint of turbulent trip
SACRAMENTO – Mike Conley was soaking in his search for answers. Sitting shirtless in his locker, with his knees wrapped and feet submerged in an ice-water bucket, the exhausted Grizzlies point guard sought the proverbial keys to free a Memphis offense that’s been recently locked in the doldrums. The streaks are stacking in the wrong…