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For the Memphis Grizzlies, the process of integrating two-time All-Star Jaren Jackson Jr. with second-year center Zach Edey is viewed not as a puzzle but as a necessary investment. Despite offensive growing pains as they learn to play together, the team’s leadership is expressing clear, long-term confidence in the pairing’s foundational potential. However, the adjustment […]

Building on a promising rookie year is always tough; no one is going to be taken by surprise in Year 2 after all. Responsibilities and burdens change, meaning second-round players on a rookie deal really have to adapt. For Jaylen Wells, the drama-driven Memphis Grizzlies were not simply asking him to “do more” on the […]

Few moments in an NBA player’s career crystallize the payoff of relentless work and collective trust quite like a major scoring milestone. While Jaylen Wells has not been immune to the fits and starts slowing down the Memphis Grizzlies this season, the second-year swingman did cross the 1000-point threshold before Thanksgiving dinners went cold. Yet, […]

As the Memphis Grizzlies navigate the demanding holiday stretch of their schedule, one of the most encouraging developments has been the rise of rookie wing Cedric Coward. What began as a cautious, minutes-managed introduction to NBA life has quickly evolved into a meaningful rotation role. Tuomas Iisalo’s recent comments shed light on why the team […]

Anyone around sports has heard stories about when preparation meets opportunity. The eventual victories have always been less about a sudden breakout and more about the simple, often overlooked, luxury of consistency. Well, coaches needing a new grind-it-out example can put Jock Landale’s journey to the unbothered Memphis Grizzlies in an encyclopedia. After years of […]

On Wednesday, a report was published by ESPN detailing the opinions of several scouts and executives around the league, who predictably chose to remain unnamed, around All-Star point guards Ja Morant, Trae Young, and LaMelo Ball. The opinions and analyses were overwhelmingly negative and painted the three potential trade candidates in an unflattering light as […]

Has Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies reached the point of no return? One rival executive believes so, as many wonder if the Grizzlies will trade Morant despite All-Star Jaren Jackson’s downplay of this season’s drama surrounding Ja. Since his exchange with head coach Tumoas Iisalo to his conduct in a postgame interview, which led […]

The Memphis Grizzlies have heard the noise. They know the narratives, the speculation, and the imaginative drama that tends to swirl anytime the season bends in unexpected directions. However, when asked about everything from rotations to chemistry to the latest social-media theories about Ja Morant and the locker room, Jaren Jackson Jr. barely blinked. Why? Because […]

The Memphis Grizzlies are seeing a breakout stretch from center Zach Edey, who just achieved something even phenom Victor Wembanyama hasn’t done in his young NBA career. The second-year big man has recorded at least 15 rebounds in four straight games, an impressive run that highlights his emergence as one of the league’s most productive […]

Memphis Grizzlies star Jaren Jackson Jr. has been in an unexpectedly good mood lately, and fans are starting to understand why. Even without All-Star point guard Ja Morant, the Grizzlies have found a way to click, showing signs of resilience and cohesion that have reignited hope for the rest of the season. Jackson, who signed […]

One of the key NBA rumor mill storylines so far this year has been the trade speculation surrounding Memphis Grizzlies former star point guard Ja Morant. Morant has been in and out of the lineup so far this year due to injury, but when he’s been on the court, he’s seen his play taper off […]

Under the Sunday night lights, the Memphis Grizzlies needed someone to seize control, and Zach Edey answered the moment with authority. The Grizzlies handled the Kings 115–107 as the young center delivered a phenomenal performance that placed him beside Shaquille O’Neal in the history books. Edey overpowered the Kings with 32 points, 17 rebounds, five […]

The Memphis Grizzlies have flipped the script on their early-season struggles, turning potential embarrassment into a surge of confidence with back-to-back road comebacks. Overcoming double-digit deficits to edge the New Orleans Pelicans (132-128) in overtime and the LA Clippers (112-107) has boosted the Beale Street-based squad into 10th in the Western Conference standings. The Grizzlies look […]

The Memphis Grizzlies have been perhaps the most drama-filled NBA team this year, and Ja Morant is at the forefront of their issues. The two-time All-Star was once viewed as a potential face of the NBA. He has since been suspended multiple times and dealt with injury issues. The frustrations of the last couple of […]

Cleveland Cavaliers teammates Lonzo Ball and Larry Nance Jr. revisited a little-discussed chapter from their Los Angeles Lakers tenure, teasing an untold story involving Kentavious Caldwell-Pope’s brief “work release” period during the 2017–18 season. The discussion surfaced on the latest episode of the Ball in the Family Podcast, hosted by Lonzo and Gelo Ball. Nance […]

Trade rumors have swirled around Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant in recent weeks. According to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype, the Sacramento Kings are one of the teams to have checked in on a potential Morant trade. “The Sacramento Kings were among the teams to inquire regarding the availability of Ja Morant and have signaled the […]

Kenyon Martin has a simple question for Ja Morant. When, exactly, did he become “tough”? On a recent episode of Gil’s Arena, former All-Star Kenyon Martin ripped into Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant for his postgame altercation with Dallas Mavericks guard Klay Thompson after Memphis’ 102-96 win in Dallas. Morant, out with a calf strain, […]

Recently, the Memphis Grizzlies picked up a second straight win with a road victory over the Dallas Mavericks, without Ja Morant in the lineup. However, the biggest story coming out of that game was an altercation between Morant and Klay Thompson, with Thompson having some scathing words for the former All-Star after the game. One […]

The Memphis Grizzlies have a tough assignment to deal with this Monday night, as they are about to host Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets at FedExForum in Memphis. Beating the Nuggets will always be a big challenge for any team, and for the Grizzlies, that order seems a bit taller with talented forward/center Jaren […]

Get the Three Six Mafia mix ready. Something worth sampling is finally brewing on Beale Street, even as the Memphis Grizzlies navigate some early-season absences. After stumbling to a 4-11 record, Tuomas Iisalo has strung together back-to-back victories while developing something that can’t be drawn up on a whiteboard: attitude. Not recklessness. Not immaturity. Just […]

The Memphis Grizzlies are signing former first-round pick Kobe Bufkin via a 10-day hardship exception, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. The move comes as the Grizzlies battle injuries to numerous key contributors — including Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr., Scotty Pippen Jr., Brandon Clarke and Ty Jerome — amid a 6-11 start. The Atlanta Hawks […]

On Saturday evening, the Memphis Grizzlies picked up a narrow road win over the Dallas Mavericks to push their record to 6-11 on the young 2025-26 NBA season. The Grizzlies did it without point guard Ja Morant, who sat this game out due to injury but was still in attendance on the bench. At one […]

Ja Morant did not touch the floor against the Dallas Mavericks, but he still managed to light the fuse. As Memphis wrapped up a 102-96 win in Dallas, Morant crashed Cam Spencer’s postgame interview and pointed at the rookie sharpshooter: “Tell ’em who the best shooter in the house was, it wasn’t bro from Golden […]

Cooper Flagg didn’t wait for help. He grabbed a defensive rebound, put his head down, and went the full length of the floor, slicing through two Memphis Grizzlies defenders before hammering home a coast-to-coast dunk that had the Dallas Mavericks bench up and the visitors looking around for answers. COOPER FLAGG GOES COAST-TO-COAST FOR THE […]

The Dallas Mavericks will face the Memphis Grizzlies without Dereck Lively II on Saturday. On the second night of a back-to-back, the Mavericks will look to build off Friday’s win against the New Orleans Pelicans. However, they’ll have to pull it off with Lively II, who joins an extended list of players on Dallas’ injury […]

The Memphis Grizzlies have listed Jaren Jackson Jr. as doubtful for Saturday night’s road game against the Dallas Mavericks due to a right ankle sprain, according to the team’s latest injury report. Jackson sustained the injury during Tuesday’s 111–101 loss to the San Antonio Spurs. In that game, the 26-year-old forward logged 33 minutes and […]

The Memphis Grizzlies limped into FedEx Forum carrying a five-game losing streak, four straight road defeats, and no Ja Morant or Jaren Jackson Jr. Their most faithful fans left celebrating a demolition of the Sacramento Kings. It was all made possible by the most efficient home debut ever for any Bluff City big man. Zach […]

Ever since trade rumors seeped into the Memphis Grizzlies locker room, talk around Ja Morant and the franchise’s trajectory has moved in a new, uneasy direction. Memphis isn’t just evaluating options. It’s confronting a version of Ja Morant that no longer resembles the star who once carried the Grizzlies franchise forward. And one number reveals […]

Memphis Grizzlies center Zach Edey made a startling confession following his team’s dominant 137-96 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Thursday night. Edey revealed that he played the majority of his rookie season “on an ankle and a half,” a disclosure that sheds light on some of the struggles he faced during his first year […]

The Memphis Grizzlies showcased a masterclass in team basketball on Thursday night, routing the Sacramento Kings 137-96 in a statement win, despite being without Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr. The victory not only snapped a five-game losing streak for Memphis but also saw the Grizzlies set a franchise record with 42 assists while committing […]

The Charlotte Hornets won 67 games combined in the three previous seasons and have not made the NBA playoffs since 2016. Fans were cautiously optimistic that their team would experience clear growth this year, but a 4-11 start to the campaign is causing them to wonder if this franchise will ever attain respectable status. If […]

The Memphis Grizzlies and Sacramento Kings will go head-to-head on Thursday night. However, Memphis is dealing with a number of injury concerns on the roster. Jaren Jackson Jr. is dealing with a right ankle sprain and is among the players listed on the injury report. So, is Jackson playing tonight vs. the Kings? The Grizzlies […]

The Memphis Grizzlies need no reminders of how thin their margin for error is without Ja Morant. Analytics, film, and the standings have delivered the message every night that the All-Star has missed over the past few years. Fourteen games into a season they thought would reestablish their place in the Western Conference hierarchy, Tuomas […]

Memphis star big man Jaren Jackson Jr. appears to be in danger of missing a game for the first time in the 2025-26 NBA season. On Wednesday, Memphis released its injury report ahead of Thursday’s home matchup against the Sacramento Kings, and Jackson’s name appeared on it with a doubtful status due to an ankle […]

The clock is ticking toward the NBA’s trade deadline, and for Tuomas Iisalo’s banged-up Memphis Grizzlies, this season’s calculus is uniquely complex. With the specter of Ja Morant’s injury-riddled availability and long-term commitment levels hanging over every decision, President of Basketball Operations Zach Kleiman operates in a space between present and future. What the Grizzlies […]

The Memphis Grizzlies expected turbulence this fall, but not a full-on identity crisis. Fourteen games into Tuomas Iisalo’s first season, with a 4-10 start and Ja Morant sidelined, the offense has sputtered into predictable, stagnant patterns. The silver lining has been the rise of the 24-year-old Spanish forward whose blend of size, touch, and feel […]

The promise of a new era for the Memphis Grizzlies has been tempered by a familiar sting. After months of envisioning a triumphant return to Western Conference contention, the first 14 games have been sobering for Tuomas Iisalo’s Memphis Grizzlies. A familiar, gut-wrenching reality set in early, as evidenced by the 4-10 start. Then the […]

As the Memphis Grizzlies fell to 4–10 after a 108–100 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night, former Grizzlies forward Chandler Parsons raised concerns about the long-term trajectory of Ja Morant’s career. Speaking on FanDuel TV’s Run It Back, Parsons said he believes Morant’s best basketball may already be behind him. Parsons, who played […]

The Memphis Grizzlies entered the week facing heavier questions about Ja Morant, and the swirling trade discussion only intensified after new reporting clarified the Grizzlies’ position. They are not pursuing a Ja Morant trade. They are not encouraging Grizzlies trade talks. They want to keep their franchise star, and they still believe the partnership can […]