Terry Davis
Memphis Grizzlies’ get-better moves just got more daunting
The expectation heading into summer was that the Memphis Grizzlies would make a strong push to be more competitive next season and go deeper into the NBA playoffs. Now, any plans along those lines may have to be altered – dramatically – given the...
The good and bad of the Grizzlies’ past season and what’s next
OK, the Memphis Grizzlies crash-landed; no getting around that. Still, assessing the 2022-23 campaign for the NBA title requires taking note of the good, the bad and the focus going forward.
Memphis claimed the Western Conference’s second seed in the playoffs despite the weight of...
Memphis basketball legend James ‘Spook’ Bradley dead at 67
James “Spook” Bradley, who played basketball for the then-Memphis State University Tigers from 1976-79, died on April 12. He was 67
Bradley played for Connors State Community College (1975-76) before transferring to Memphis State, now the University of Memphis. He was an honorable mention All-American...
Back to ’Cali for the Grizzlies after backcourt rules in Game 5
The Memphis Grizzlies routed their survival quest back to L.A. with a gutsy Game 5 win that kept them alive and dangerous in the Western Conference playoffs.
Written off for “dead” by assorted basketball pundits, the No. 2 seed Grizzlies rode the resolve of backcourt...
Football Tigers ‘spring’ into formation at Blue-Gray game
The University of Memphis held its annual Blue-Gray game last Friday (April 21) with a traditional game format. With the roster sporting 100-plus players, the teams were divided into separate units as the Blue vs Gray teams played four 12-minute quarters.
The first half was...
IF the Grizzlies take the playoff series from the Lakers now, well ….
LOS ANGELES -- Now it’s about playoff survival for the Memphis Grizzlies. Win three games in a row – starting with a FedExForum home-court advantage on Wednesday night – and they dam up what has been an overwhelming surge to a 3-1 series lead...
Game 4 – another shot for the Grizzlies to ‘Beat L.A.’ in L.A.
LOS ANGELES – After the Memphis Grizzlies’ workout Sunday on the University of Southern California’s campus, Ja Morant exhibited the confidence fans have come to know – and rely upon – during the soaring point guard’s association with the team that made him the...
Historic first-quarter hole proves too deep for the Grizzlies
LOS ANGELES – Going in, the Memphis Grizzlies knew Game 3 of the Western Conference Playoffs against the Lakers was pivotal to their chances of regaining homecourt advantage. They won the second and fourth quarters by 10 points and lost the second by four...
Never mind the missing; Grizzlies man up and deck Lakers
The truth is every NBA team embraces the next-man-up mentality. That’s because it’s a mindset proven to be effective when injuries and/or other circumstances leave the team in a shorthanded bind.
The Ja Morant-less Memphis Grizzlies played that truth to power with a game-two, opening-round...
Ouch! Grizzlies go down in game 1
In the NBA, a star that goes up doesn’t always come down in the same condition, and when he doesn’t in the first game of a playoff series, the possibility of a winning outcome – for the game and the series –takes a hit.
With...