The Grizzlies made Zach Kleiman the NBA’s youngest lead executive when they promoted the 30-year-old in 2019.
Grizzlies’ Zach Kleiman wins 2021-22 NBA Executive of the Year — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins on Wednesday doubled down on his post-Game 3 comment during which he insinuated Jordan Poole intentionally injured Ja Morant, who has since been diagnosed with a bone bruise. “That’s what our medical team and Ja said was when the injury was felt was on that play, so I’m…
Grizzlies coach doubles down on Jordan Poole comment — East Bay Times
SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors were minutes away from a potentially series-shifting loss. Ja Morant, out for Game 4 with knee soreness, wasn’t standing in their way. A 30-point win in Game 3 wasn’t the momentum shifter it seemed to be. With coach Steve Kerr out due to COVID-19, the Warriors were listless. And down…
Steph Curry is the NBA’s most impactful fourth quarter player right now — East Bay Times
SAN FRANCISCO — Dillon Brooks would like to put the play that injured Gary Payton II behind him. “It’s in the past,” he said Monday. “I didn’t mean for it to hurt somebody.” 618 more words
Dillon Brooks on play that injured Gary Payton II: ‘If I were to take it back, I would’ — Marin Independent Journal
The NBA Playoffs have always been a war of attrition. Injuries are inevitable when great teams play intense games. The human body can only handle so much. But this Warriors-Grizzles second-round series has the makings of something even more punishing. If you have been clamoring for the days of the low-skill, all-guts NBA of the…
Kurtenbach: Warriors-Grizzlies is a war no one will truly win — East Bay Times
SAN FRANCISCO — Gary Payton II and Andre Iguodala will miss significant time in these playoffs with injuries. Payton, 29, will miss the remainder of the second-round series against the Memphis Grizzlies with a fractured left elbow, the Warriors saying he will be re-evaluated in two weeks. 270 more words
Warriors give timeline on injuries to Iguodala and Payton — Chico Enterprise-Record
SAN FRANCISCO — The NBA on Thursday suspended the Grizzlies’ Dillon Brooks one game for his hard foul on Gary Payton II during Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals that left the Warriors guard with a fractured left elbow. 741 more words
What the Warriors are saying about Gary Payton II’s injury and Dillon Brooks’ suspension — Marin Independent Journal
“I always say, this is my favorite matchup playing against a guy like him, a great talent.”
After Game 2 win, Morant let Curry know he was right, this is going to be fun — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports
Ja Morant Morant summed up the ending this way: “Klay hit a big-time 3, and I missed the layup.”
Warriors rally after Green ejected, make plays in clutch to beat Grizzlies in Game 1 — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports
First-round NBA playoff games have a few different potential television destinations. Most first-round games are aired on each team’s respective regional sports network — hence why you can catch every Timberwolves-Grizzlies game on Bally Sports North this series, if you have it. Then there’s the national broadcasts. The games deemed to be the most attractive […]
Armed with their young, bright stars and fun style of play, Memphis and Minnesota don’t belong on NBA TV — Twin Cities
The Timberwolves made 16 three-point shots in Saturday’s NBA playoff victory in Memphis, while the Grizzlies hit just seven. That’s 27 additional points in Minnesota’s column before considering anything else that takes place on the floor. The math problem that befuddled the Timberwolves’ organization for the better part of a decade is working distinctly in…
Timberwolves have massive 3-point shooting advantage over Grizzlies — Twin Cities
MEMPHIS — The Timberwolves got off to a lightning-quick start in their NBA playoff opener Saturday against the Memphis Grizzlies, opening up a 9-2 lead on the strength of an Anthony Edwards surge just moments into the game, causing the Grizzlies to call timeout. Immediately after that whistle, veteran Timberwolves guard Patrick Beverley looked at […]
Patrick Beverley seems to be shifting gears for playoffs, turning into Timberwolves’ calming force — Twin Cities
The view from left field 