Tag: Memphis Grizzlies
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MikeCheck: As Grizz teammates advance in FIBA World Cup, Watanabe and Japan build for 2020
MEMPHIS – For a moment, the score didn’t matter. Yuta Watanabe only wanted his teammates on the court for Japan to focus on the vast experience, the global exposure and the growing expectations that lay ahead. Still, the magnitude of the moment wasn’t lost on Watanabe when that capacity crowd in Shanghai roared every time…
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MikeCheck: After answering national team calls, prideful Grizzlies thriving on FIBA World Cup stage
Essentially at the ‘now-or-never’ stage of his fledgling NBA career, forward Bruno Caboclo simply doesn’t back down from many challenges. The way Caboclo sees it, only one of two things can happen – and either outcome is personally productive. Several of Caboclo’s teammates on the Grizzlies’ roster share that sense of purpose as they spend…
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Memphis Grizzlies 2019/20 Schedule Release Breakdown!
See Grind City Media’s Meghan Triplett, Micheal Wallace, and Chris Vernon’s first look at the newly released Memphis Grizzlies 2019/20 NBA schedule. 48-Hour Flash Sale going on NOW: https://on.nba.com/31DisT9 —- Subscribe to Grind City Media on Youtube: http://bit.ly/subscribe2gcm Check out…
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MikeCheck: Team USA staff, players confident Jenkins will prove ideal fit as Grizzlies new coach
By all accounts, Jenkins blends a surgeon-like attention to detail with an in-your-face intensity. The Grizzlies and the league saw signs of that last month in Las Vegas. Three weeks after taking the job, Jenkins guided Memphis to the MGM Resorts Summer League championship while still working to finalize his staff and with No. 2…
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Grizzlies’ David McClure joins the show! | Chris Vernon Show – 8/7/19
Grizzlies new Assistant Coach David McClure joins the show in-studio to talk about his playing career, his knee problems, playing at Duke, his time in the Spurs organization, getting into coaching, coming to Memphis, working with the Pacers last season…
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MikeCheck: Team USA workouts boost Jackson Jr.’s momentum for sophomore NBA season
Jackson is competing with the Select Team of NBA rising stars to help the USA National Team prepare for the FIBA World Cup qualifier that starts later this month in China. His presence at Team USA training camp makes Jackson the lone teenager among 30 NBA players gathered in Vegas – a talent crop that…
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#IMHO: Hot Grizz Summer, shooting stars and CP3
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: Two takeaways from Grizzlies 3-0 Vegas start and a look-ahead to Celtics clash
LAS VEGAS – Although both Ja Morant and DeAnthony Melton are sitting out of summer league action, the Grizzlies made a strong play this week off the court to solidify the point guard position by agreeing to terms with restricted free agent Tyus Jones.
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MikeCheck: With waiting game behind, Clarke and Allen getting up to speed with revamped Grizzlies
Just imagine unwrapping a gift, but then being prevented from opening it, embracing it and enjoying it for more than two weeks. Having to juggle that anticipation, that angst and that nervous energy for that long was essentially unbearable for Brandon Clarke and Grayson Allen.
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MikeCheck: Once-heralded Shittu eager to regain ground with Grizzlies after rocky NBA transition
The only problem is Shittu didn’t get enough done in that one-and-done season at Vanderbilt to propel himself into the NBA via the lottery, the first round or even as a selection at all in last month’s draft. So a little more than a year removed from playing in the McDonald’s All-American prep game and…