Having traded Ben McLemore to the Kings in a deal for Garrett Temple, the Grizzlies were able to transform their shooting guard spot from an area of concern into a potential strength, contends Michael Wallace of Grizzlies.com.
As Wallace notes, eight different players started at the shooting guard position for the Grizzlies last season, but there should be more stability in 2018/19. While the team may still take a committee approach to the two spot, Temple, Dillon Brooks, MarShon Brooks, and Wayne Selden provide a handful of solid options who possess different sets of skills.
Here’s more on the Grizzlies:
- After an unsettled contract situation and an ankle injury hindered JaMychal Green‘s development last fall, he’s healthy entering a contract year in 2018/19. However, it remains to be seen what sort of role he’ll have in a crowded Grizzlies frontcourt, according to Peter Edmiston of The Commercial Appeal, who speculates that trade whispers may follow Green throughout the season.
- The Grizzlies have made a conscious effort this offseason to make roster moves that will help the club recapture its old grit ‘n’ grind mentality. In a separate article for The Commercial Appeal, Edmiston explores whether or not it’s reasonable to expect a defensive-first roster to have on-court success in the modern NBA.
- Former Grizzlies two-way player Kobi Simmons, who was waived by Memphis on Tuesday, is on track to clear waivers today, assuming he goes unclaimed.
- For more notes on the Grizzlies, be sure to check out our team page for the club.
Playing that defensive style is the only way they can win games, realistically. That’s for sure if they try to play like GSW or most of the other teams in the league trying to play like the Warriors, they will get slaughtered out there, night in night out. Is so good that they wanna try something differents, maybe they will make it into the playoffs if they can do ok in offence while defending for their lifes. Though I have never been a fan of the ol’ grit n’ grind, just hope it works for them & they can have a good season. Maybe other teams will try to play different ways too, like the Lakers will, so we can have a more attractive league to watch, boring when most teams play the same way.