Category: Articles
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MikeCheck on Grizzlies: With McLemore, Green and Selden on the mend, Grizz endure growing pains as trip concludes
Mike Wallace gives his take on three key players returning from extended injury absences with the goal of crashing the primary rotation.
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MikeCheck on Grizzlies: Parsons’ progress pushes Grizz into positive dilemma as Fizdale’s rotation deepens
The source of David Fizdale’s insomnia has been a case of Chandler Parsons. A month into the season, there are still restless nights when the Grizzlies’ second-year coach wrestles with balancing the encouraging progress Parsons has made and the patience required to sustain it.
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MikeCheck on NBA: The Best and Worst of the NBA’s opening month
Now that we’re approaching the one-month mark of NBA action this season, there’s no better time than now to examine the biggest early surprises and most stunning disappointments.
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Why I believe Memphis
In the interest of not burying the lede, let’s start with the news: I’m signing with the Memphis Grizzlies. The Memphis Grizzlies have hired me to be the General Manager of the Grizzlies Team in the NBA 2K League, as well as a contributor to their in-house digital content group, Grind City Media.
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Hustle Focus: Head Hustler Glynn Cyprien eager to get Memphis NBA G League squad moving on opening weekend
The expansion Hustle open their inaugural regular season with a two-game home set over this weekend against Sioux Falls on Saturday and Salt Lake City on Sunday. It represents a new beginning for players and a revival of sorts for the first head coach in Hustle history.
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MikeCheck on NBA: Looming first look at Lonzo – and LaVar – prompts rookie flashbacks for Grizz guards
The Grizzlies play the first of their four matchups against Ball and the Lakers on Sunday in the second game of a five-game trip that starts Saturday in Los Angeles against the Clippers.
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MikeCheck on Grizzlies: Conley pushing to regain solid footing as shooting woes and soreness persist
Conley’s next shot to emerge from his early season struggles comes as soon as Wednesday, when the Grizzlies (5-2) close out a four-game homestand against the Magic (5-2) at FedExForum.
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MikeCheck on NBA: Look no farther than Memphis, where Gasol’s growth and urgency have sparked Grizzlies to one of NBA’s best starts
Every game, it seems, there’s another first. The season-opening win over New Orleans was only the third time in Gasol’s career he debuted with a double-double. He’s now got three double-doubles through four games.
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MikeCheck on NBA: Enthusiasm over start of NBA season tempered by demoralizing rash of opening-night injuries
The Grizzlies’ next two games are against the Warriors and Rockets, two teams that are already coping with injury scares that knocked Draymond Green and Chris Paul out of Houston’s season-opening win over Golden State.
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Fizdale sets bar high for retooled – not rebuilding – Grizzlies
“Honestly, I want to get off to a fast start, so I’m challenging this team to pick up things quickly,” Fizdale said. “I really thought the front office did a great job of adding some multi-dimensional players. I really feel like we’re faster. We’re definitely more skilled from that standpoint.”