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Dillon Brooks has had quite the eventful offseason ever since reports of his inevitable departure from the Memphis Grizzlies. With uncertainty swirling his future playing destination, the reality of him going overseas to play for the Shanghai Sharks is starting to materialize. Although he will most likely end up on an NBA team, the Sharks […]

Ever since nabbing Jaren Jackson Jr. with the fourth pick in 2018, the Grizzlies have seemingly mastered the NBA Draft. Of their top 10 scorers this year, nine of them were drafted by the Grizzlies or signed with them as an undrafted free agent. They’ve nabbed stars in Ja Morant, Desmond Bane and Jackson Jr. […]

The Memphis Grizzlies have made it clear that Dillon Brooks is not a part of their future. Recent reports have swirled about their intentions to cut ties with the six-year veteran. Desmond Bane, who shared a locker room with Brooks for three years, was asked about his sentiments on Memphis moving on from the polarizing […]

Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant surprised the Overtime Elite Takeover event on Friday, as he showed up with her daughter and cheered for his sister Niya Morant. Niya was a participant in the Queen of the Court competition on Friday, and so the rest of the family made sure to show their support as she […]

With contract demands seemingly among myriad reasons that the Memphis Grizzlies are reluctant — if not outright unwilling — to re-sign 27-year-old wing Dillon Brooks, the Detroit Pistons have emerged as a potential suitor for the former second-round pick. In his recent roundup of NBA news and rumors, longtime NBA insider Marc Stein notes that […]

The Memphis Grizzlies are so close to being so good. With a young core of Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson and Desmond Bane locked in place for the foreseeable future, the Grizzlies already have the bones of a potential contender in place. To graduate to that next level of eliteness, Memphis must find the right assembly […]

The 2023-24 free agency period is approaching quickly, and the Memphis Grizzlies are clearly already thinking about how to approach their offseason. Fortunately for them, the only rotation player whose contract with the franchise expires this offseason is Dillon Brooks, a high-quality wing defender whose future with them seems to have already been decided. While […]

Dillon Brooks will be a key name to keep tabs on heading into the NBA offseason, especially after the recent news regarding him and the Memphis Grizzlies. With the Grizzlies not expected to bring Brooks back, the 27-year-old wing will be an unrestricted free agent that several other teams may look to target. One of […]

There are a lot of rumors floating around about why the Memphis Grizzlies have reportedly refuse to re-sign defensive-minded forward Dillon Brooks. Brooks is said to want a different offensive role than Memphis placed him in, seemingly tired of being pigeonholed into 3-and-D responsibilities. Fans are accusing the Grizzlies of using Brooks as a shield, […]

Mike George, the agent representing Memphis Grizzlies‘ star Dillon Brooks, took to Twitter to deliver a knockout blow to Shams Charania for spreading false information about the player. George’s tweet came in response to Charania’s report claiming the Grizzlies had decided not to re-sign Brooks under any circumstances. @ShamsCharania the leader of spreading false news […]

Heading into the Western Conference first-round playoff series between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Los Angles Lakers, the Grizzlies were the prohibitive favorites to come out on top and advance. After all, the Grizzlies finished the regular season with the second-best record in the conference and the best home record in the NBA at 35-6. […]

Former NBA player Stephen Jackson was not a fan of how the Memphis Grizzlies handled the Dillon Brooks saga. News broke Tuesday that the Grizzlies would not be bringing Brooks — an unrestricted free agent in the summer — back next season “under any circumstances” following their first-round exit to the Los Angeles Lakers. Brooks […]

Renowned NBA insider Shams Charania is now under fire for his controversial tweet where he reported that there is no way the Memphis Grizzlies would bring back Dillon Brooks next season. Early on Tuesday, the whole NBA Twitter went buzzing when it was revealed that the Grizzlies have made the decision not to bring back […]

It now appears that Dillon Brooks is officially on his way to NBA free agency this summer. This is after reports emerged of the Memphis Grizzlies‘ intention to dump the controversial forward once his contract comes to an end this season. Given that he’s embraced the role of a villain in the NBA, it comes […]

The Memphis Grizzlies will not bring Dillon Brooks back “under any circumstances,” according to Shams Charania. This comes after the Los Angeles Lakers eliminated the Grizzlies in six games in the first round. Brooks trash-talked LeBron James in a postgame interview after Memphis’ Game 2 victory before declining media availability after the Grizzlies lost. In […]

Dillon Brooks is technically still a member of the Memphis Grizzlies, but his days with them are numbered, with the team informing him that it’s not going to be resigning him under any circumstances, as earlier reported by Shams Charania of The Athletic. However, it does appear that the door is not permanently closed on […]

It’s a sad day for Dillon Brooks today. This is after NBA guru Shams Charania dropped a bomb on Brooks’ future with the Memphis Grizzlies in that the team has reportedly advised him that they do not intend to bring him back next season “under any circumstances.” Brooks will now need to look for a […]

The Memphis Grizzlies’ decision to part ways with Dillon Brooks this summer was met with laughs and praise from most corners of the NBA world. One flamboyant former player, though, has been left unnerved by Brooks’ pre-free-agency exile from Memphis—at least if it’s related to his headline-grabbing trash talk about LeBron James. Nick Young voiced […]

The Memphis Grizzlies have announced they will not be bringing Dillon Brooks back next season, and thus the Grizzlies guard will now be looking for a new team. The Chicago Bulls Bleacher Nation account asked their Twitter followers if they would like Brooks on the Bulls next season, and the replies were unanimous. pic.twitter.com/FgA65FiMV5 — […]

Losing in the first round of the playoffs was not what the Memphis Grizzlies envisioned this season, especially after their major growth en route to the Western Conference Semifinals a year ago. Then again, not much has gone right for this organization over the last year other than finishing the regular season with a 51-31 […]

The Memphis Grizzlies are just days removed from a playoff loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. Since then, they have made plenty of headlines, and DPOY Jaren Jackson Jr. got fans wound up with a cryptic tweet that went viral on Monday. However, Jackson came back a day later and has apparently cleared the air […]

The Memphis Grizzlies saw their season end in the first round of the NBA Playoffs at the hands of LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers. Days later, reports claimed that the Grizzlies would not be bringing Dillon Brooks back “under any circumstances.” This isn’t entirely surprising given Brooks’ troublesome past and drama-filled tenure with […]

Dillon Brooks will have to take his villain persona somewhere else. That’s after the Memphis Grizzlies communicated to the forward that he’s no longer a part of the future of the team, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. “The Memphis Grizzlies have informed pending free agent Dillon Brooks that he will not be brought […]

Memphis Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks will become an unrestricted free agent this summer. And after his poor performances in the first round of the NBA Playoffs, it appears he’ll be playing elsewhere next season. Per Shams Charania, the team has informed Brooks that the Grizzlies won’t re-sign him. “After his tumultuous end to the season, […]

Well, that was a massive disappointment. The Memphis Grizzlies were expected to be one of the biggest threats in the Western Conference in the playoffs. They had the second-best record in the West, after all. Despite a rocky end to the regular season, Memphis was able to right the ship in time for the postseason. […]

There are quite a few people who might only think of Ja Morant when talking about the Memphis Grizzlies. However, another reason the Grizzlies are so dominant is that they have multiple players that can impact the game at a major level. Jaren Jackson Jr., the 2023 Defensive Player of the Year, and Desmond Bane […]

Dillon Brooks talked the talk ahead of and throughout the Memphis Grizzlies’ opening-round series against LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers. Unfortunately for the outspoken forward, he wasn’t able to walk the walk as the No. 2 seed Grizzlies suffered a heartbreaking first-round exit against the Lakers, 4-2. The bad news for Brooks is […]

After a second consecutive 50+ win season, the Memphis Grizzlies were quickly bundled out of the playoffs by the Los Angeles Lakers, with the cocky young side sent thudding back to earth by the might and experience of LeBron James, Anthony Davis and their vastly improved supporting cast. That series will leave them with plenty […]

Jaren Jackson Jr. of the Memphis Grizzlies put out a cryptic tweet after the team’s playoff exit. The Los Angeles Lakers eliminated the Grizzlies in six games in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. “Memphis I’m forever grateful,” Jaren Jackson Jr. wrote on Twitter. In the replies, Grizzlies fans were concerned that Jackson Jr. […]

An embattled Memphis Grizzlies season came to an unceremonious end Friday night versus the Los Angeles Lakers. The 125-85 shellacking in Game 6 of the opening round of the NBA Playoffs leaves the franchise in need of serious soul-searching and much better luck with injuries. It is difficult to not let frustration creep in when […]

The Memphis Grizzlies season came to a disappointing end on Friday. The Lakers beat the Grizzlies in Game 6 by a final score of 125-85 behind 31 points in 30 minutes from guard D’Angelo Russell. Los Angeles became just the second play-in team in NBA history to go on to win a playoff series, joining […]

The Memphis Grizzlies have a couple of positions that they could look to address in the 2023 NBA Draft as a team with depth and durability issues in the backcourt and at the pivot. Furthermore, with questions regarding their desire to re-sign defensive-minded Dillon Brooks, the Grizzlies could be enticed to look for an athletic […]

The 2022-23 NBA season for Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies ended in brutal fashion, as they got thumped by the Los Angeles Lakers by 40 points last Friday. There are plenty of lessons to be learned from that early exit for the Grizzlies. For Ja Morant, one of the adjustments he’s looking to make […]

The Memphis Grizzlies will have multiple crucial decisions to make in this year’s free agency period. For one, the Grizzlies will have to decide whether they will push to re-sign Dillon Brooks. Brooks is set to become an unrestricted free agent in July. He played the 2022-2023 season in the final year of the three-year, […]

Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies have been eliminated from the NBA Playoffs at the hands of LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers. As the Grizzlies look towards next season, Morant has laid out a plan on the changes he is looking for for Memphis to improve. Morant wants more variety in the offense […]

Dillon Brooks poked the bear, and LeBron James punched back. In the aftermath of his team’s ugly defeat to the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the playoffs, though, the Memphis Grizzlies’ brash, confident wing doesn’t regret his inflammatory comments about the four-time champion. Brooks, in fact, has no plans on changing his […]

Memphis Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks had a tragic ending to his 2022-23 season, and it’s culminated in both his popularity and his bank account taking a hit. In an official announcement by NBA executive vice president and head of basketball operations Joe Dumars, Brooks was fined $25,000 for violating the league rules governing media interview […]

It’s not often that a team goes from beloved to hated like the Memphis Grizzlies. Yet, it’s difficult to feel bad for the Grizzlies. Not because they exuded so much confidence after their 2022 NBA Playoff run or because they dug into the role of NBA villains. It was because, throughout the season, report after […]

The Los Angeles Lakers upset the Memphis Grizzlies in the Western Conference Quarterfinals, earning a 4-2 series victory following Friday’s 125-85 win over Memphis. LeBron James previously shut down any talk of tension between the Grizzlies and Lakers despite Memphis’ trash talk, however, he posted a savage Instagram message on Saturday indirectly aimed at the […]