Category: Articles
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MikeCheck: Building toward healthy return, Conley eyes Team USA minicamp with 2020 (Olympic) vision
Conley continues to progress through the rehab and conditioning process, and will work out during Team USA practices but won’t compete in full scrimmages or contact drills. The Grizzlies have sent a member of their training staff to Las Vegas to help maintain Conley’s regimen in addition to the national team’s practices, meetings and film…
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Lang’s World: Much like gardening, Grizz Gaming’s growth predicated on patience, perseverance 7.24.18
We have as good a chance as anyone to make the playoffs. And while there are certainly some competing teams that could lose here or there to enhance our chances, there’s really only one thing we can control: Our play.
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MikeCheck: Grizz impact comes full circle as Bibby aims to parlay summer volunteer stint into NBA coaching role
Judging by all that remain intact – Bibby’s clean-shaven boyish looks, the feisty demeanor and the bulked-up yet seemingly sub-zero body fat percentage – it seems Mother Nature and Father Time conspired to never inform the former NBA point guard that two decades have passed.
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MikeCheck: Five Things We Learned From Grizzlies’ Summer League Play in Salt Lake City and Las Vegas
The Grizzlies went a combined 6-4 in their respective stints in the Utah Jazz Summer League and Las Vegas Summer League. Here are five things we learned from hoops summer school.
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MikeCheck: Grizzlies impressively multitask in acquiring Temple, sending Davis, McLemore, pick and cash to Kings
The team’s offseason makeover and upgrade continued with another big swing with Tuesday’s trade to acquire well-respected, veteran swingman Garrett Temple from the Kings in exchange for center Deyonta Davis, guard Ben McLemore, a future second-round pick and cash considerations.
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Pete’s Perspective: Grizzlies’ 2018 Summer League
After playing lights out in their first two games in Utah, the Memphis Grizzlies have lost three of their last four games, including a 1-2 mark here in Las Vegas. Not coincidentally, the offensive slide has included the return to earth of Jaren Jackson, Jr. who burst onto the scene with one of the most…
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MikeCheck: Grizzlies coaches, teammates envision Anderson at four positions as ‘needed and complete’ fit
Moments after signing his free-agent contract with the Grizzlies at the team’s summer league hotel, Kyle Anderson glanced into a video camera and emphasized he couldn’t wait to get back to Memphis to join the Grit and Grind movement.
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MikeCheck: Grizzlies relying on ‘Slow Mo’ Anderson’s unique style to fortify roster as prized free agent
LAS VEGAS – As an NBA player, Kyle Anderson is an acquired taste. Nicknamed ‘Slow Mo’ because of his deliberate and moderate pace, Anderson doesn’t have a library of viral dunks or explosive plays out there on the internet.
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MikeCheck: Summer School for Grizz players, coaches shifts to Vegas after passing initial Salt Lake City tests
Grizzlies assistant coach Greg Buckner broke up the scrimmage session, stood between Wayne Selden and Kobi Simmons beneath the basket and shouted a question – at first, to no one in particular.
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MikeCheck: Selden making most of summer league assignment as Grizzlies stay unbeaten in Utah
I feel like I’m in pretty good shape right now, but you can always get better with it. So I think that’s the biggest thing for me. I just want to play in as many games as I can next season.