NBA Rookie Ladder: Zach Edey, Ryan Dunn Top Initial Rankings

One of my personal favorite parts of any new NBA season is learning about the rookie class. After many months of scouting, watching these fledgling pros adjust to the league will always be fascinating. This is the first NBA rookie ladder for the 2024-25 season. After a star-studded 2023 rookie class, scouts expected the 2024 […]

benpfeifer  •  06 Nov 2024
Ja Morant’s Acrobatic Layups Have Generated 161M Views Across NBA Social Media

Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant put on a show with two acrobatic layups during Tuesday night’s 106-104 loss to the Brooklyn Nets, and the plays have already generated 161 million views and counting across NBA social media, the league announced. Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant reacted to the NBA’s social media post after the league’s […]

James Foglio  •  06 Nov 2024
Jaren Jackson Jr.’s Growth As A Scorer Is Integral To The Grizzlies’ Title Hopes

What comes to mind when you think of Jaren Jackson Jr.? If you haven’t paid much attention to the Memphis Grizzlies over the past few seasons, it’s possible to conceive of Jackson as a rangy stretch big who struggles on the interior. That’s a fairly accurate representation of Jackson throughout parts of his career. As […]

benpfeifer  •  04 Nov 2024
Grizzlies Decline Jake LaRavia’s $5.16M Team Option For 2025-26

The Memphis Grizzlies declined their $5.16 million team option on forward Jake LaRavia for the 2025-26 season. This is part of the four-year, $14.76 million rookie-scale contract he signed in July 2022. Memphis Grizzlies intend to re-sign forward Jake LaRavia after declining his $5.16 million team option LaRavia, the 19th pick of the 2022 NBA […]

James Foglio  •  01 Nov 2024
NBA Role Player Roundtable: Which Supporting Cast Members Are Shining This Season?

At the dawn of the new NBA season, stars take center stage. We shouldn’t forget the unsung contributors to basketball success, though. Our group of experts wrote about one role player they believe deserves some spotlight through the first week and a half of the year. Jay Huff Huff has been somewhat of a revelation […]

benpfeifer  •  01 Nov 2024
One Question For Each NBA Team In The 2024-2025 Southwest Division

The NBA season is around the corner, and to preview the upcoming year, our group of experts has been asked to think of one question for every team. Here it is for the Southwest division! Houston Rockets: Can their young guns develop and help buoy a shaky offense? After three seasons of nestling near the […]

Esfandiar Baraheni  •  14 Oct 2024
30 Intriguing NBA Lineups To Watch For In The 2024-2025 Season

I’ll be the first person to tell you that lineup data is tricky. While it is a valuable tool for sifting through what works and what doesn’t for any NBA team, it often doesn’t provide the whole picture and is filled with an abundance of ‘noise.’  Besides, it all comes down to sample size, and […]

Esfandiar Baraheni  •  17 Sep 2024
Grizzlies Trade Ziaire Williams To Nets For Mamadi Diakite

The Memphis Grizzlies traded forward Ziaire Williams to the Brooklyn Nets on Friday, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Brooklyn also received a 2030 second-round pick via the Dallas Mavericks for Mamadi Diakite and the draft rights to Serbian Nemanja Dangubic, the 54th pick in the 2014 draft. Memphis Grizzlies traded Ziaire Williams to Brooklyn Nets […]

James Foglio  •  19 Jul 2024
Ja Morant Wrongly Criticized For Gun Celebration That Was Actually NOT A Gun-Related Celebration

Ja Morant was the subject of controversy once again after beating the Pelicans by one in overtime. The Memphis Grizzlies star was criticized for celebrating a dunk by pretending to spray bullets in the crowd and putting a bazooka on his shoulder. That, of course, would have been problematic if it was true. Morant has […]

Grayson Weir  •  27 Dec 2023