Memphis Grizzlies

By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Rudy Gay and Zach Randolph scored 21 points apiece and the Memphis Grizzlies won their second straight, 106-91 over the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night.

The New York Kni cks need a point guard and Allen Iverson needs a job. A match made in heaven, right?

By By HOWARD BECK The Grizzlies announced that they had come to a mutual agreement with Allen Iverson to end their contractual agreement. Iverson played in three games this season.

By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Marc Gasol scored 17 points and matched his career high with 16 rebounds, and the Memphis Grizzlies snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 97-87 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night.

By By REUTERS NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Memphis Grizzlies, who are short a player with Allen Iverson taking personal leave, have signed free agent guard Jamaal Tinsley, the NBA team said on Saturday.

Houston Rockets coach Rick Adelman ripped his team after a sluggish first half against Memphis on Wednesday night. The Rockets got the message and then routed the lowly Grizzlies. Luis Scola had 22 points and 15 rebounds and Carl Landry scored 20 points in the Rockets' 104-79 victory. Trevo...

Disgruntled vet Allen Iverson has disappeared from the Memphis Grizzlies ' bench, which is likely the for...

NOVEMBER 6: Carolyn and Suzanne Radcliffe accept a 2008-09 NBA Championship ring from Executive Vice President of Business Operations Jeannie Buss of the Los Angeles Lakers during a break in the action of a game against the Memphis Grizzlies at Staples Center on November 6, 2009 in Los A...

By squingy Last night, Iverson made his debut for the Memphis Grizzlies, coming off the bench to score 11 points on 5-9 shooting with an assist and two turnovers in 17 minutes during an overtime loss to the Sacramento Kings, 126-117. Not great as far as debuts for new teams go, but it’s about what is to be...

Kevin Martin scored 48 points and Beno Udrih hit a game-tying layup in the closing seconds of regulation to give the Sacramento Kings a 127-116 overtime victory over the Memphis Grizzlies in their home opener Monday night. After starting the season with three straight losses on the road,...

G O.J. Mayo and F Rudy Gay got in a face-to-face shouting match in the final minutes of Sunday's loss. Mayo was critical of teammates who didn't retreat on defense fast enough. "We just felt that defensively we weren't communicating," Mayo said. "Our energy was going down and we said some things....

It could be a really busy night for Grizzlies forward Rudy Gay on Monday. Before he even takes the court to play the Kings in Sacramento, Gay is faced with a deadline to sign a long-term deal with the Grizzlies or become a restricted free agent next summer. Gay wants a five-year deal worth betwe...

By Rafael Uehara 1 – Boston Celtics 2 – Orlando Magic 5 – Denver Nuggets 6 – Dallas Mavericks 7 – Cleveland Cavaliers 8 – Atlanta Hawks 9 – Phoenix Suns 12 – Houston Rockets 14 – Philadelphia 76ers 18 – Toronto Raptors 19 – Milwaukee Bucks 21 – Memphis Grizzlies 22 – Detroit Pistons 23 – Charlotte Bobcats

The Memphis Grizzlies believe they are much better than they showed in a 22-point loss in their opener. Strong defensive intensity, better offensive rebounding and a 39-point fourth quarter Friday night helped Memphis prove it with its first victory of the season, 115-107 over the Toro...

Allen Iverson wasn't the answer the Detroit Pistons were looking for to help them contend for an NBA title in 2008-09. He likely won't be on the court with his new team to face Detroit to open this season. The new-look Pistons begin their quest to return to prominence in the Eastern Conference...

The Memphis Grizzlies got the Answer during the offseason. Now they're about to find out how much Allen Iverson really can help solve the problems of a team trying to rebuild. The Grizzlies won just 24 games last season and had trouble scoring, averaging just 93.9 points per game - among the wo...

Allen Iverson wants to prove he's not finished yet. The Memphis Grizzlies want to rev up the rebuilding process with a young roster. That is why the 34-year-old Iverson signed a one-year contract Thursday with a team that hasn't reached the playoffs since 2006 and has never won a postseason...

By Dashiell Bennett The Memphis Grizzlies confirm they have offered a contract to Allen Iverson, because the best way to bring along a young, unpolished team is to add a shoot-first point guard with no patience for teaching. Memphis Grizzlies GM confirms making offer to Allen Iverson [ESPN]

By Tommy Craggs In January 1997, the Lakers' Nick Van Exel handed out 23 assists in a 95-82 victory over Vancouver, a feat less attributable to his sharpshooting teammates than to the numbers-fudging Lakers fan working the Grizzlies' scorer's table.

The Denver Nuggets swapped Steven Hunter, a protected 2010 first-round pick and cash to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for a future conditional second rounder, Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace said Friday. The trade could give Memphis three first-round selections in the 20...

2009 NBA MOCK DRAFT: First Round Pick Team Player Pos. Height Weight School/Country Class 1. Clippers Blake Griffin PF 6-10 252 Oklahoma Sophomore Some have compared this year's draft to the 2000 draft with Griffin being similar to K-Mart at the top. This draft is a little better and so is Gri...

DPA SPORTS Basketball NBA ROUNDUP: Blazers burn through Spurs, tighten up playoff race in West By Paul Levine, dpa?? = ?? Los Angeles (dpa) - For the past seven seasons the Portland Trail Blazers have been road kill in San Antonio, but on Wednesday night they became road Warriors. ?? Brando...

DPA SPORTS Basketball NBA Allen's game-winning three in double OT lifts Celtics over Bobcats By Paul Levine, dpa?? = ?? Los Angeles (dpa) - With the game on the line, Paul Pierce had the ball and the Boston Celtics star didn't have to think twice about what he was going to do with it. ?? Pierce h...

TVNZ   Canada Memphis Grizzlies veteran centre Chris Mihm has undergone surgery on his right ankle. The team said there is no timetable for his return ... The Houston Rockets signed James White to a 10-day contract. The 6-foot-7 White was averaging 25.9 points and ...

New York Daily News  - OJ Mayo, Grizzlies, had 32 points in Memphis' 104-93 victory over Houston. -Devin Harris, Nets, scored 26 points in New Jersey's 115-88 win over Washington ... LeBron scores 52 vs. Knicks Detroit Free Press Court Awareness: Wednesday Review FOXSports.com

DPA SPORTS Basketball NBA LeBron, Cavs crush slumping Celtics, move to 19-0 at home By Paul Levine, dpa?? = ?? Los Angeles (dpa) - With the snow falling outside, the visiting Boston Celtics ran into a perfect storm inside. ?? LeBron James poured in 38 points, and the defensive-minded Cleve...

By Erick Blasco And to the Knicks 100-88? Big Loss For Cleveland Mavs Suffer Bad Loss In the cutthroat Western Conference, the Mavericks simply can’t take days off defensively like they did against Memphis, and they must get production from players other than Dirk and Terry. Notes

Lakers guard, Kobe Bryant, speaks with Spero and Mychal after the Lakers defeat the Grizzlies!

CharlotteObserver.com  CA - As the anti-climatic bowl season commences on December 20, the NFL, NBA, college basketball and even thimble collecting will take precedence over the ... Richmond wins title contest St. Louis Post-Dispatch

By Coach Samuel LeBron James- Cleveland Cavaliers OJ Mayo - Memphis Grizzlies Mike Woodson - Atlanta Hawks Zach Randolph - Los Angeles Clippers Jason Terry - Dallas Mavericks Other candidates: Nate Robinson, JR Smith, James Posey, and Joel Przybilla. Mark Warkentien/Rex Chapman - Denver Nuggets

By R Dizzle Hakim Warrick - high flyin, high powered, and monster jams.  That's how you destroy a team's confidence late in a game.  How do we get this guy on the Warriors? Next up - the Wack-town Kings!  Should be a guaranteed win, but hey, that's what I said about both Grizzlies games.  Maybe I should just...

By Kelly Dwyer Golden State at Memphis Cleveland at Dallas? Slow and dull and ultimately boring. Fine players, popular players, but it doesn't strike a chord with me. It makes you wonder why ESPN hasn't picked this one up. Clippers/Jazz? Too many missing people.

By Tom Ziller Filed under: Clippers, Grizzlies, Kings, Nuggets, Suns, Timberwolves, Warriors, ThunderThe Knights of the FanHouse Roundtable have assembled to consider the NBA in '08-09. In this dispatch, we discuss the bottom half of the Western Conference. On Thursday, we'll look higher. Be sure t...

By Matt Moore Filed under: Grizzlies, Western, InterviewsMike Conley Jr. is at the forefront of the Grizzlies' youth movement. Drafted fourth overall in the 2007 NBA Draft, he entered a team in the midst of tearing down the old roster in pursuit of rebuilding. Conley eventually worked his way into the ro...

By Matt Moore As for my predictions? Well, last year was some of the best basketball from the Rockets I've seen to date - right up to the part where they got killed by Utah . They definitely crashed and burned. This year? Well, I know it's pretty arrogant, considering the Western Conference company the Rock...

By Matt Moore Filed under: Grizzlies, Mavericks, Rockets, Spurs, Western Trade Possibilities: Mo Peterson, Peja Stojakovic, Ime Udoka, Hilton Armstrong, Josh Howard, Jose Juan Barrea, Chuck Hayes, Rafer Alston, Shane Battier (?), The Entire Grizzlies Team Except For Rudy Gay and OJ Mayo.

 Canada - The 31-year-old Abdur-Rahim played 12 NBA seasons for four teams, beginning his career in 1996 when the Vancouver Grizzlies made him the third overall draft ...

By dberri Of course, Milicic is not the only player the Grizzlies are depending upon.  Memphis also added O.J. Mayo on draft night. Unfortunately - as Ryan Schwan noted - Mayo really wasn't that good in college (a point Erich Doerr has also made).  This statement also led to a response from Coleman: DJ

But it’s hard to find equal value when you’re not trading from a position of strength, which the Grizzlies definitely aren’t since the other 29 teams in the league all know that Memphis has a PG and now C-log-jam, which gives them a clear advantage over the Grizzlies in any negotiations.

By noreply@blogger.com (David Friedman) The L.A. Lakers improved to 1-1 in Vegas Summer League play with an 85-76 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday night. The Grizzlies are now 2-1. Of course, team records are meaningless during the summer: what counts are the player development and player evaluations that are going on as teams get a first look at some of this year's draft picks and decide which players will fill out their rosters once the regular season begins. The Lakers closed the first half with more determination and aggressiveness than the Grizzlies and L.A. enjoyed a 40-30 halftime lead. "The Grizzlies have not responded," Jones said, adding that Conley should have pushed the ball more to create easier scoring opportunities because the Grizzlies are a young team that st...   [read the full post]

Riding yesterday's victory, the Memphis Grizzlies improved their record to an 2008 NBA Summer League best 2-0 as they defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 88-79 in ... Mayo makes NBA debut with Memphis Grizzlies in summer league The Canadian Press

These are really the main players the Grizzlies have to choose from and it’s a really tough choice, as they’ll either have to take another combo guard or choose between a couple of questionably athletic big men. Honestly, the best scenario would be for the Grizzlies to trade down with a team...

Nuggets Shoot for 50 Wins and 7th Seed vs. Grizzlies  CO - They need to beat the Grizzlies Wednesday night coupled with a Hornets win over the Mavericks. The 7th seed gets the Nuggets a date with upstart New Orleans ... The Spokesman Review - Yahoo! Sports

Kevin Durant (37 points, nine assists, eight rebounds) and Jeff Green (35 points, 10 rebounds) both had career highs in points, and Durant made clutch 3-pointers at the end of regulation and in overtime to keep the game going. Ron Tillery of the Memphis Commercial Appeal talks to Memphis G...

By FLCeltsFan Here are comments found around the Grizzlies boards during their game with the Celtics. My heart goes out to the Grizzlies' fans. The Celtics are riding high right now, but I remember all too well the last 20 years when we were right there where they are. Unfortunately, they have Chris Wallace, who was responsible for some of Boston's woes, as their GM so it may not get better for them in the immediate future as seen by the fact that he already gave away their best player for nothing. Enjoy the comments Allen vs Miller Offensively: Allen Defensively: Allen Garnett vs Warrick Offensively: Garnett Defensively: Garnett   [read the full post]

By Atma Brother ONE I'd love to keep all of them, but over the next few seasons, I expect at least two of these players to be in other cities. I cannot see any way that Rudy Gay isn't playing in the All-Star game, and I'd say the same about Mike Conley if it weren't for Chris Paul and Deron Williams both being employed...

NBA Draft Review  - Jul 1, 2007 Memphis Grizzlies- Another team who will be up at the top in a few years. 11. LA Lakers- If he stays, Kobe won't be too happy. 12. New Orleans Hornets- Need ...

  USA - one of the Grizzlies, that is - and pumped the first slug into them as the Mavs did everything right down the stretch for a 103-93 defeat of Memphis in the ...

 - The Los Angeles Clippers and Memphis Grizzlies are the teams competing for those two spots in the Western Conference. The one that ...

By DON WADE In this, the season of NCAA Tournament pools, perhaps there should be a special Memphis Grizzlies pool, too - for the number of stitches forward Shane Battier has had sewn into his coconut this season. In a patented Battier move early in the fourth quarter of Sunday's 90-84 win over Utah at F...