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A day after being told the franchise will begin listening to trade offers for them, Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol and point guard Mike Conley played their best games of the season.
Wednesday night against the Charlotte Hornets, Marc Gasol recorded a triple-double by scoring 22 points, grabbing 17 rebounds and dishing out 10 assists. Mike Conley, meanwhile, scored 31 points.
The Grizzlies wound up losing to the Charlotte Hornets, 118-107, but a message was clearly sent by Conley and Gasol, who have both spent their entire NBA careers with Memphis.
The Grizzlies will lose, but Marc Gasol has got a triple-double. Meanwhile, Mike Conley has 30 points.
As someone on press row just remarked, "it's almost as if it's the other guys on the team that are the problem."
— David Cobb (@DavidWCobb) January 24, 2019
The Grizzlies currently have the second-worst record in the Western Conference at 19-29. Mike Conley, Marc Gasol and rookie Jaren Jackson Jr. are really the only players on the team who have been a positive this season. It looks like a full rebuild could be in the works in Memphis, but you can count on Gasol and Conley giving it their all for the franchise until they are traded.
There isn't a guarantee that both players will be traded, but it's highly likely at least one will be moved. This is all speculation at this point, but the Grizzlies will probably have better luck trading Mike Conley than Marc Gasol.
In 47 games this season, Conley is averaging 20.0 points, 3.2 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game. Gasol, meanwhile, has appeared in 47 games as well and is averaging 15.4 points, 8.7 rebounds and 4.8 assists.
