Grits and Grinds: Memphis Grizzlies

The Grizzlies were able to beat the Chicago Bulls in their thrid preseason game, which was the second straight game that Memphis was able to deploy their fully-healthy starting lineup, While Zach Edey's involvement and availability is a big story, the bigger story might be just how elite rookie Cam Boozer and Ty Jerome have looked.

Is three games enough to consider Cam Boozer the frontrunner for Rookie of the Year? And is late career breakout for Ty Jerome something to consider?

To discuss these topics and also cover the entire preseason for the Grizzlies, including roster battles, Chris Herrington joins the show.

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The Grizzlies debuted their healthy starting lineup in the second preseason game, with Zach Edey returning to the court for the first time since surgery in March. They may have come up just short against the Magic and Desmond Bane, but the debut of Edey and the continued positive display from Cam Boozer made this another encouraging game.

This episode discusses Edey's performance, Cam Boozer's play and the lineups that featured him at the 5, the "point per minute" offense of Ty Jerome and GG Jackson, plus goes every player that got minutes.

Also: Keith takes a close look at the rotation and the clues it gives to the final roster cutdown. 


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Cam Boozer had 11 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists and Ty Jerome had 12 points and 5 assists as the Grizzlies raced out to a twenty point halftime lead in their first preseason game. It was a successful preseason debut for Boozer and the Grizzlies, that also provided a lot of information about the rotation and specific roster battles.

This episode reviews the game, including Quentin Post getting the start, and discusses every player who played.

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The Grizzlies completed training camp on Friday, with more talk about Cam Boozer's passing and processing, Zach Edey's health, and Ty Jerome's ability. The team also addressed their roster crunch by "mutually agreeing to part ways" with Jordan Hawkins.

This episode discusses the waiving of Hawkins, Tuomas Iisalo's comments about Walter Clayton Jr, and all the latest Grizzlies news ahead of Monday's preseason game.

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The Grizzlies have completed two days of practices at training camp at Belmont University. Players have spoken about the high level of competition and great chemistry among the squad, and luckily the heatlh reports from training camp have stayed positive.

This episode discusses the key takeaways from training camp so far, including comments from Tuomas Iisalo, Cam Boozer, Cedric Coward and Ty Jerome, plus re-examines the roster crunch and wonders if GG Jackson could actually be a candidate to get traded before the preseason ends.

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The update from Grizzlies' media day was that Zach Edey is a full-go (mostly) and there were no other major injuries to report, which is a pleasant change from previous years. That means, however, that training camp in Nashville will be a fierce competition as the team must cut several guaranteed deals to get down to 15 by opening night. 

But the players are excited and ready for the opportunity, as they told the media in Memphis on Monday. They talked about their season goals, their thoughts on rebuilding, defying expectations, and what they've seen already from Cam Boozer.

This episode goes over the most important takeaways from what  the players, Zach Kleiman and Tuomas Iisalo said at Media Day, plus discusses the training camp roster, including Carson Cooper finally getting officially signed.




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The Grizzlies are hosting Media Day on Monday before kicking off training camp in Nashville on Tuesday September 29. This episode goes over some questions we'd like to see answered during Media Day and training camp, plus looks at key positional battles, the roster crunch, the waiving of D'Angelo Russell, and more.



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The Grizzlies announced a partnership with DAZN to be the television and streaming partner for the team. This episode discusses the pros and cons of the move, and why the Grizzlies probably had very few options available to them to broadcast their games. 



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The Grizzlies picked up a 2nd round pick and a 2nd round pick swap from the New Pelicans in exchange for taking on the contracts of Jordan Hawkins and Micah Peavy. To match the salary, the Grizzlies included Taj Gibson and AJ Johnson, two players who were unlikely to make their opening night roster.

This move clears the way for the Pelicans to complete their signing of Bennedict Mathurin, and provides the Grizzlies some draft capital for taking on money. It also possibly further compounds the Grizzlies roster crunch ahead of training camp and a final cutdown to 15 guaranteed deals.

On this episode, Keith reacts to the trade, explains the details and looks at the updated depth chart and the seven players currently fighting for three roster spots.

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What are reasonable expectations for a team that doesn't have anyone projected to come anywhere close to the All-Star game? Of all the teams in the NBA, do the Grizzlies actually have the worst best player?

To answer this question, Chris Herrington joins this episode. He and Keith also discuss potential training camp battles, assumptions about the Grizzlies that might be wrong, the number of games Zach Edey can be hoped to play, GG Jackson's ceiling, and a lot more. 

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