Tag: MikeCheck
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MikeCheck on Grizzlies: Three Takeaways From J.B. Bickerstaff’s Opening Day As (Full-time) Coach
Wednesday represented the start of a clean slate for Bickerstaff and the Grizzlies, who are regrouping from a 22-60 finish that left the team out of the NBA playoffs for the first time in eight years. Bickerstaff and Wallace covered plenty of ground during Wednesday’s hour-long press conference inside the Grand Lobby at FedExForum. Let’s…
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MikeCheck: Grizzlies Offseason Outlook – Tyreke Evans
Through the first half of the season, there was arguably no better bargain from 2017 free agency than what Evans provided the Grizzlies while playing on a one-year, $3.3 million deal. When available and healthy, a strong case can be made that Evans was the Grizzlies’ best player this season.
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MikeCheck: Grizzlies Offseason Outlook – Deyonta Davis
As the old adage goes, “You don’t teach NBA size.” And at nearly 7 feet and 240 pounds, Davis has the physical foundation of a prototype professional center. He’s also almost automatic when the ball finds him operating within his wheelhouse slicing down the paint and at the rim. This past season, 196 of his…
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MikeCheck: Grizzlies Offseason Outlook – Wayne Selden Jr.
There’s a pretty good reason his last three NBA coaches continued to essentially leave the porch lights on and the door unlocked to their rotation for Selden. It’s because they know when he gets right, shows up and sustains that effort and energy level, highlights tend to happen.
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MikeCheck: Grizzlies Offseason Outlook – Ivan Rabb
Rabb showed all the signs why the Grizzlies maneuvered high into the second round of last summer’s draft to grab him at No. 35 overall. The face-up game. The footwork in the post.
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MikeCheck: Grizzlies Offseason Outlook – Kobi Simmons
Speed, quickness, athleticism and length were all what made Simmons such an attractive developmental prospect when the Grizzlies snagged him after he went undrafted out of Arizona last summer.
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MikeCheck: Grizzlies Offseason Outlook – Dillon Brooks
Dillon Brooks is the definition of upside. His emergence – aside from the guarantee of a top-five lottery pick – is the most rewarding takeaway from an otherwise dreadful season.
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MikeCheck: Grizzlies Offseason Outlook – Jarell Martin
Outside of rookies, arguably no one took a bigger step in improvement over the course of the season than Martin. And that might be an understatement.
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MikeCheck: Grizzlies Offseason Outlook – Marc Gasol
Gasol finished a second straight season on his feet and appears in the best shape of his career. At age 33 and two years removed from foot surgery, that’s highly encouraging. His 25 double-doubles shouldn’t be dismissed in the rubble of a crumbled season, considering they were three off his career high of 28 double-doubles…
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MikeCheck: Grizzlies Offseason Outlook – Chandler Parsons
If incremental progress was the goal, then Parsons took a few small steps in the right direction in Year Two with Memphis. He played in two more games than he did in his first Grizzlies season, and shot a career-high 42.1-percent on threes in 36 appearances.