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As a youth army that cannot be ignored in the West, the Memphis Grizzlies have performed enough in recent years to make people look differently. They went 51-31 last season and tied the franchise's all-time record of 56-26 the previous season, the first time the team has reached 50+ wins since 2014-15.
The Grizzlies' first-ever best record was led by the likes of Marc Gasol, Zach Randolph, Mike Conley, Tony Allen and others in 2012-13, and they also won at least 50 games in the next two seasons.
For a long time, the NBA has generally regarded 50+ wins as an important dividing line for team records. 50 wins means that the team has a winning rate of more than 60%, and it has basically entered the playoffs. Popovich led the Spurs to 50+ wins in 18 consecutive seasons, one of the most memorable achievements in NBA history. Looking back now, the last time the Grizzlies won 50+ games was in the 2014-14 season, which was eight years ago. And now do you still remember those main players back then?What about the subsequent development of these grizzly heroes?
In the 2014-15 season, the Grizzlies retained the main lineup that had reached the playoffs four times in a row since the 2010-11 season, and continued to play Memphis's unique style with a highly pressing, disruptive defense and interior centered offensive play. They finished the regular season with a 55-27 record, the second-highest record in team history at the time. Later, he defeated the Trail Blazers 3-1 in the first round of the playoffs, and faced the champion Warriors of the year in the second round, but was eventually eliminated by the opponent.
Manager: Dave Joe Gore
Dave Joe Gore has been coaching in the minor league since 2000, leading three teams to five championships and helping 18 players enter the NBA.
He joined the Grizzlies assistant coach in 2007-08 and worked his way up to the position of defensive coach and head assistant coach before taking over the team's lead role in 2013-14 as head coach for the NBA debut. Thanks to the defensive system he developed as an assistant coach, he scored more than 50 wins in his first two seasons in charge.
Then in his third season as Grizzlies head coach, his team faced a very serious injury problem, and the team hired a total of 28 players throughout the season, the most players in the tournament at the time. No team had ever made the playoffs with more than 24 players, and the Grizzlies ended up making the playoffs that season, when they were swept out of the first round by the Spurs and subsequently fired by the team.
Just two days later, Joe Gore was hired by the Kings as head coach. During the three years in charge of the Kings, the team's record did not improve much, continuing the decline of missing the playoffs since the 2005-06 season. However, they finished ninth in the Western Conference in 2018-19, the closest they have come to the playoffs in the last 16 years. On April 12, 2019, Dave Joe Gore was fired by the Kings and hired by the 76ers as an assistant coach in 2020 to assist Doug Rivers. He was then diagnosed with early-stage cancer and was able to return to competition after a period of recuperation.
Combined with the coaching results, Joe Gore has a win rate of 49 as head coach8 per cent, which is better than many of the current good managers. His offensive and tactical prowess is well known in the industry, and combined with the Grizzlies' iron-blooded defense, which is the most prominent on his resume, he is also a strong mark in the history of coaching in the league.
Mark Gasol
As the absolute core of the Grizzlies, Jr. was at his peak in the 2014-15 season, and at the age of 30, he averaged 174 points 78 rebounds 38 assists 16 blocks, the team's leading scorer and block, second on the team in rebounds and assists, was the All-Star starter that season, and was the only player selected to the All-Star team at the time.
In the following seasons, Gasol Jr. began to be plagued by injuries, while another main player, Randolph, was deteriorating, and even though Gasol Jr. was selected as an All-Star for the third time in 2016-17, the Grizzlies were unable to break the 50-win record again, and lingered on the fringes of the playoffs for many years. It wasn't until the middle of the 2018-2019 season that the Grizzlies decided to disband the roster and enter a rebuild, trading 34-year-old Jr. and 31-year-old Conley.
The Grizzlies sent Jr. to the Raptors in exchange for Valanciunas and additional assets. After Xiao Jia switched to the Raptors, his personal data was far worse than during the Grizzlies, with an average of 15 per game8 points 86 rebounds** to 91 point 66 rebounds, but his high post and defensive judgment made him the final key piece of the puzzle for the Raptors to win the championship, and finally completed the unfulfilled championship wish during the Grizzlies era. In the summer of the same year, Xiao Jia helped the Spanish men's basketball team win the World Cup, becoming the second player in history to win the NBA championship and the World Cup in the same year. (PS: The first place is Lamar Odom).
After one more year with the Raptors, Jr. joined the defending champion Lakers, but unfortunately he was no longer the brave man he used to be and could not support the team without Davis. After the end of the season, the Lakers chose to send Jr. back to the Grizzlies in order to avoid taxes. The Grizzlies opted for a cut a few days later, allowing him to officially end his NBA career at the point of fame. Since then, he has returned to play for the Spanish minor league team he founded in 2014.
During his ten years with the Grizzlies, Jr. contributed everything to the team and won numerous individual accolades, including Defensive Player of the Year, All-Star of the Season, and three All-Stars. On the one hand, his departure allowed him to successfully win the championship at the end of his career, and on the other hand, it also brought future assets to the team, and made the Grizzlies the next era.
Zach Randolph
Randolph, another Grizzlies interior core that year, spent the peak years of his career with the Grizzlies, making three All-Star selections and two All-Star selections. After the 2014-15 season, he played two more seasons for the Grizzlies, the last season, at the age of 35, where he played primarily off the bench with the team, starting just five of his 73 games this season, averaging 24You can still hand over 14 in 5 minutes1 point 8Solid stats of 2 rebounds.
After his contract expired, Randolph signed a two-year contract with the King. In his first year, he served as the team's starting power forward, averaging 145 points 67 rebounds. The following year, as the Kings entered a rebuild, he did not play again for the entire season, and was traded to the Mavericks in the middle of the season and then cut, ending his NBA career at the age of 37. Later, in 2020, he joined the big3 3x3 basketball league as the captain, and left the game after a short year of play.
At the end of 2021, Randolph's No. 50 jersey became the first retired jersey in the Grizzlies' more than 20-year franchise history. Despite retiring from the NBA, Randolph has not completely left basketball, becoming a shareholder of the Melbourne Phoenix in the Australian basketball league before retiring, while his daughter McEnlee Randolph continues to shine on the basketball court after his father's mantle, and previously helped the team win the California championship. (PS: Her former teammate is none other than Gianna Bryant, who also inherited the basketball mantle of her father Kobe Bryant, unfortunately.)
Mike Conley
Only Mark Gasol and Randolph were selected to the All-Star list in the Grizzlies' last era, but in the eyes of most fans, it is not the two of them who have really been in control of the team, but Mike Conley on the guard line.
Conley was selected by the Grizzlies with the fourth overall pick in the 2007 draft, ahead of him by Greg Oden, Kevin Durant and Al Horford. Prior to that, the team's main guard was Kyle Lowry, who was drafted with the 24th pick, and after a year and a half, Lowry was waived by the Grizzlies and immediately traded to the Rockets.
After the 2014-15 season, Conley played four full seasons with the Grizzlies. He scored more than 20 points per game in the 2016-17 and 2018-19 seasons, but he has still not been able to cross the threshold of All-Star guards, because there were too many top guards in the West that year, just later selected as the NBA's top 75 stars include Curry, Harden, Westbrook, Lillard, Paul, etc., and the depth of the Western Conference backcourt is even exaggerated to the point that the above top guards have never been selected as All-Stars at the same time, in addition to these people, there are Mitchell, Booker, Fox and other rising stars.
In the second half of Marc Gasol's departure from the Grizzlies, Conley was sent to the Jazz to replace Rubio as Utah's new head guard. The Grizzlies traded their 12-year picks to get a lot of assets, including Kyle Korver, and then traded for backup players D'Anthony Melton, Josh Jackson, and some draft picks, and the team attached other assets in exchange for the 21st pick to select Brandon Clarke. These assets ultimately became key to the Grizzlies' subsequent performance, and that doesn't include the unfulfilled first-round picks for the Jazz this year, the departed Grayson Allen, Joe Crowder, and other second-round picks.
Conley struggled in his first season with the Jazz, averaging just 144 points 44 rebounds, 40The 9% shooting percentage is the second-lowest of his career. In the end, the Jazz entered the playoffs with a sixth place in the West, and were eliminated by the Nuggets in the first round with a 3-1 lead.
In the subsequent 2020-21 season, Conley's personal performance rebounded, with comprehensive data such as points, assists, and steals per game, and a three-point shooting rate of 412%, helping the team to play the best record in the league. Conley was named to the All-Star team with teammate Mitchell that season, and it was the first time he was selected as an All-Star in his 14th career.
Looking back at Conley's deal to leave the Grizzlies, like Marc Gasol, the Grizzlies sent the team's heroes to the right team for them, in exchange for the important power needed at the moment, and it was a trade for both sides to get what they needed. Today, the 36-year-old Conley is still chasing the title, and we expect him to be able to get a glimpse of the championship in the twilight like Gasol Jr.
Tony Allen
When it comes to the Grizzlies' iron-blooded defense, Tony Allen is a ruthless character who has to be mentioned.
Tony Allen had already played with defense early on the Celtics, and once made the peak Kobe Bryant deflated in the 2008 Finals. In Kobe's last season, he also gave Tony Allen a pair of sneakers with a pen on the shoeTo Tony, the best defensive player I've ever faced.
In the 2014-15 season, Tony Allen was 33 years old at the time, and although his athleticism and physical strength declined from his peak, he was still an important member of the Grizzlies that season, ranking sixth on the team in minutes played. The individual offensive end is average, but the defensive end is still a monster-level existence. Experience and strong physical condition to compensate for the decline in individual athleticism, averaging 2Ranked third in the league with 1 steal, 4His 1% steal rate ranked first in the league and he was named to the All-Defensive Team of the Season for the third time that season for his outstanding defensive performance.
After that season, Tony Allen spent another two years with the Grizzlies and was still able to contribute consistently on the defensive end, averaging more than 1 steals per game in both seasonsFive times, referring to 25 minutes of playing time, this is still a high enough stat for a 35-year-old veteran. He then chose to join the Pelicans and spent a season with his new team, but only played 22 games, averaging 12 minutes per game, and set a new career low in all personal statistics.
After leaving the Grizzlies, the team announced that his No. 9 jersey would be hung over the arena, and Tony Allen became only the second player after Randolph to receive the team's retired jersey honor. But after retiring from the army, Tony Allen's life is not very good, and he was arrested for insurance fraud and domestic violence in 2020 and 2021, respectively.
Courtney Lee
Courtney Lee had a chance to come close to a championship early in his career, helping the Magic reach the Finals in his rookie season. With a solid three-point hand and high-quality defense, he's definitely a jack-of-all-trades for every team. And as a consistent starter for the Grizzlies that year, he handed over 40The 2% three-point shooting rate is an important support point for the outside to open up space.
In the 2015-16 season, the 30-year-old Courtney Lee was traded to Huang Feng. After the end of the season contract expired, he joined the New York Knicks in the offseason with Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah, plus the team's superstar Carmelo Anthony, and Porzingis, who played impressively in his rookie season, the Knicks' prospects are still enough to be expected. Unfortunately, the team's final result was a big disappointment, with a 31-51 record and 12th place in the Eastern Conference, and at the end of the season, the team's general manager Phil Jackson was fired by management and the star Anthony was sent away.
As he aged, Courtney Lee's performance also declined with age. In the 2018-19 season, he was reduced to a trade for Porzingis and sent to the Mavericks. In 2020, he had an accident at home, his lower leg was cut by glass, and his nerve tendons were damaged, and he never returned to the field after surgery.
While Courtney Lee wasn't a great finalist in his career, his professional attitude was widely acclaimed in the league. He was named captain of the team as soon as he joined the Knicks and was a key part of the locker room. Although he didn't have many opportunities to play in the Mavericks in the later period, he still played an impact off the court. As then-head coach Carlisle once praised: Courtney Lee is a great dressing room leader and a mentor to every one of our young players. He has earned the respect of everyone and deserves a place in the team.
Jeff Green
Jeff Green was drafted by the Celtics with the fifth pick in the 2007 draft and was immediately traded to the Seattle SuperSonics, where he formed an early two-gun roster with fellow Durant. Unfortunately, Green was not able to fully realize his talent potential, and was sent back to the Celtics after three seasons, and was subsequently diagnosed with heart problems, and at one point almost ended his career early.
After a one-year off-season, Green was able to return to the game, playing the best of his career in 2013-14, averaging 169 points 46 rebounds. But given his heart problems, after this, he is no longer seen as a future alternative for the team.
In the 2014-15 season, the Grizzlies sent Prince and a future first-round pick to get Jeff Green in a three-way trade, hoping that the 28-year-old Jeff Green could replace the 34-year-old Prince and improve the offensive firepower of the game. After joining the team, Green's ** power has decreased compared to the Celtics who were in the rebuilding before, but he can still play the role of the team's fourth scoring point, and his three-point shooting rate has remained stable at 36%, and along with Courtney Lee, he has become a key output in the team's perimeter shooter group.
A year later, a week after Courtney Lee left, the wounded Grizzlies traded Jeff Green, whose contract was expiring, to the Clippers in exchange for Lance Stephenson and a future first-round pick. For the Clippers on the other side of the trade, in order to help the big three Paul, Griffin, and Jordan Jr. impact the championship, they did not hesitate to exchange future first-round picks for Jeff Green's use rights for half a year, but unfortunately, although the Clippers delivered the fourth place in the West that season, they were eliminated by the Trail Blazers, who were fifth in the West, in the first round of the playoffs, winning four games in a row and missing the championship.
In the offseason, Jeff Green did not choose to re-sign with the Clippers, but instead signed a one-year contract with the Magic. But the Magic were strange at the time, with Bismarck Biyombo, the highest-paid player on the team, and Jeff Green, the third-highest, not in the team's regular starting lineup, and the two of them even played only 22 minutes per game. Due to a serious misallocation of resources, the Magic ended the season in 13th place in the East, and Jeff Green's player value also fell to the bottom with the decline in statistics, officially starting his wandering career.
In the 2017-18 season, Green joined the Cavaliers with a base salary, and next to James, he played close to the most efficient performance of his career at the time, at just 23In four minutes of playing time, Jeff Green handed over 477% hit, 312% three-point shooting and 868% free throw shooting, averaging 10 per game8 points 32 rebounds 13 assists. He has shown his ability to play multiple positions in this seemingly civilian championship team, and has even been able to make a cameo appearance in the number five of the small-ball lineup for a limited time to improve the team's offensive and defensive mobility. In the end, he went all the way to the finals with the team, but unfortunately lost to the Warriors in the end and was swept out by the opponent.
After that, Green briefly played for the Wizards, Jazz, Rockets, and Nets. During his time with the Rockets, he was transformed into a small-ball center by head coach D'Antoni, completely clearing the box space for Harden and Westbrook. After the season, he moved to the Nets, who owned Harden, Durant and Irving, and became the main center after the team traded center Jarrett Allen. Excellent mobility and interior defense allowed the Nets to effectively execute a full rotation and were the main contributors to the team's ability to play the eventual champion Bucks until the last minute despite being full of injuries.
Last summer, Jeff Green, who can accommodate multiple positions, became the target of many championship teams, and finally he chose to join the Nuggets, signing a long-awaited, multi-year, non-base salary long-term contract, and finally won the championship trophy with the team. The veteran of many eras, who joined the Grizzlies in his prime, has been on a decline since leaving, and was almost eliminated from the league at one point, but he was lucky to find his ultimate goal. This offseason, the 37-year-old Jeff Green returned to the Houston Rockets as a mentor to the young team, and after winning the championship, he began to play his last value in a whole new field.
Tyshawn Prince
In early 2013, the Grizzlies traded the team's star Rudy Gay in a three-way trade for Prince, a trade that symbolized the change of generations. Although Guy was still able to play some highlights, he was only able to deliver 18 points in the previous two seasons, and his shooting percentage was only 40%, which is completely unsatisfactory by the standards of the main wing in his prime.
Therefore, using him as a bargaining chip in exchange for a defensive focus on Press can fit the style of the rest of the team. In the end, the Grizzlies ended the regular season with a wave of 27 wins and 10 losses, playing a team-best 56 wins and entering the division finals stage for the first time in the playoffs.
But Prince was 32 years old when he joined the Grizzlies, and after playing one more season with the Grizzlies, he slowly faded out of the starting lineup, and in the middle of the 2014-15 season, the Grizzlies sent him to the Celtics, and his Grizzlies career officially came to a comma. Since then, Prince has been largely on the fringes of the team's rotation, with the main task of teaching the younger players experience, and finally officially announced his retirement in 2016.
Jermichael Green
Jermichael Green, who was drafted in the 2012 draft, spent three years in the Development League, receiving a 10-day contract from the Grizzlies in February 2015 and a full contract in March of the same year. He played in 20 games for the Grizzlies that season, averaging just seven minutes per game. But no one could have imagined that this seemingly inconspicuous draft pick would be the longest-serving player in the league other than Conley and Jeff Green.
Jermichael Green has been in the rotation since the 2015 season, averaging 18 minutes per game. In the 2016-17 season, he was able to replace the aging Randolph as the team's starter, and with his impressive outside shooting and rebounding ability, Jermichael Green became Gasol's reliable interior helper. It wasn't until 2019 that the Grizzlies announced that they would send Gasol away for a rebuild, and then sent Jermichael Green and Garrett Temple to the Clippers in exchange for Avery Bradley.
Later in his time with the Clippers and Nuggets, Jermichael Green was the team's primary interior bench. Although he only averaged double digits in points per game in one year of his career (10. per game in 2017-18).3 points), but thanks to his consistent outside shooting, rebounding, and ability to switch defenses, Green has been a must-have piece of the bench puzzle for playoff teams.
Vince Carter
UFO Carter's background does not need to be introduced, this legendary player who once competed with Kobe, Iverson, and Maddy turned 38 in the 2014-15 season, and he can no longer perform all kinds of violent dunks on the court, and his contribution to the Grizzlies comes more from the offensive firepower of the bench and the experience of young players.
He played for the Grizzlies for two years, then spent 22 seasons with the Kings and Hawks, playing the most seasons in the NBA, setting a number of senior player records, and finally chose to retire at the age of 43.
The Grizzlies era began to decline after 55 wins in the 2014-15 season, but the defensive spirit inherited from their predecessors has endured in the team, and many of the future assets they have acquired directly or indirectly from trading players such as Gasol and Conley have become key members of the current youth team.
No team lasts forever, and the NBA's generational changes and painful periods along the way are inevitable, even from giants like the Lake, and the Grizzlies have been able to rise to the top of the league in just seven years, and their achievements are commendable. Among them, the team management's draft vision, rookie player development plan, and trades**, etc., are definitely worth learning from other teams in the league Xi.