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• Recent timeline of reignited beef between Lakers and Grizzlies
Ja Morant and Desmond Bane sparked some bad blood when the Lakers and Grizzlies faced off last week....2024
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• Northwest Notes: Billups, Trail Blazers, Holmgren, Nix
Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups tore into his team for failing to be competitive in Sunday’s loss to Memphis, writes Sean Highkin of The Rose Garden Report. Portland lost by 45 points while playing at home against a Grizzlies squad that was missing Ja Morant and Desmond Bane. Billups told reporters that he has no […]...2024
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• Dunc'd On: 15 in 60 (Western Conference 11.11.24)

Our bi-weekly look at the 15 teams in the West. DEN-Nikola Jokic is proving why he's still the best in the world. HOU and OKC-The Thunder blew out the Rockets in a clash of styles, but the Thunder now face months without Chet Holmgren. 8:41 GSW-36 year-old Stephen Curry has passed some big tests against great perimeter defenses. 27:20 SAS vs UTA-The Jazz get their second win in Devin Vassell's re...2024
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• Joel Embiid Participates In 5-On-5 Scrimmage For First Time This Season On Friday

Paul George and Joel Embiid will miss the Philadelphia 76ers' game on Saturday night against the Grizzlies. Both players have yet to appear for the Sixers this season. George, who is out due to a bone bruise in his knee, participated in practice and scrimmage on Friday. Embiid also fully participated in practice and scrimmage. Sources add it was the first time this season that the center completed...2024
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• Grizzlies' starters Desmond Bane, Marcus Smart both out, week-to-week with injuries.

Smart rolled his ankle, Bane has a right oblique strain....2024
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• Desmond Bane, Marcus Smart Week-To-Week With Injuries

Desmond Bane and Marcus Smart are both week-to-week with injuries, according to the Memphis Grizzlies. Bane was diagnosed with a right oblique strain, with Smart out due to a sprained right ankle. Both players, who are set to miss multiple games, were injured on Wednesday night against the Nets....2024
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• Grizzlies' starters Desmond Bane, Marcus Smart both out, week-to-week with injuries.
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• Desmond Bane, Marcus Smart Week-To-Week With Injuries
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• Grizzlies medical update on four players
The Memphis Grizzlies today announced the following medical updates for Desmond Bane, Marcus Smart, Cam Spencer and Vince Williams Jr.: Bane has been diagnosed with a right oblique strain and is considered week-to-week. He suffered the injury in the third quarter of the Grizzlies’ game against the Brooklyn Nets on October 30. Smart has been … Continue reading "Grizzlies medical update on fou...2024
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• Injured Grizzlies Bane, Smart Considered Week-To-Week

Just a week-and-a-half into the 2024/25 regular season, the injuries are piling up for the Grizzlies, who issued a press release on Friday (via Twitter) announcing updates on a handful of their players who have been affected by health issues this fall. According to the team, swingman Desmond Bane (right oblique strain) and guard Marcus […]...2024
• Ja Morant threw an alley-oop from his butt

Only Ja Morant could pull this off. Ja Morant plays with a creative flare that few other players in the NBA can match. The Memphis Grizzlies point guard is back in the lineup this season after missing most of last year due to injury and suspension, and still creating plays that only he could dream up. Morant had his best game of the young season on Thursday night against the lifeless Milwaukee Buc...2024
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• Giannis Antetokounmpo trade rumors will never stop until he actually leaves the Bucks

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images The Bucks on the brink of crisis. That can only mean one thing: Giannis Antetokounmpo trade rumors. The Milwaukee Bucks feel like they’re on the verge of disaster barely a week into the 2024-25 NBA season, and it only keeps getting worse. On Thursday, Milwaukee lost to a Memphis Grizzlies team without Desmond Bane and playing on the second night of a b...2024
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• Injury Notes: Bane, Smart, Banchero, LaVine, Towns, More
The Grizzlies‘ injury list continues to grow, as the club has ruled out Desmond Bane (right oblique strain) and Marcus Smart (right ankle sprain) for Thursday’s contest vs. Milwaukee after they sustained injuries in the first game of their back-to-back set on Wednesday against Brooklyn (Twitter link). Head coach Taylor Jenkins told reporters, including Chris […]...2024
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• Desmond Bane, Marcus Smart Leave Game With Injuries
Desmond Bane suffered an oblique injury in the third quarter of the Memphis Grizzlies' 119-106 loss to the Brooklyn Nets. Bane had 10 points and six rebounds before he was injured. Marcus Smart also left the game in the first quarter with an ankle injury. The Grizzlies play the Bucks on Thursday night....2024
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• Every NBA team ranked by its 2025 championship chances to start season

Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images Let’s rank every team in the NBA by their 2025 championship chances to start the season. The start of a new NBA season is the ultimate time for optimism. Every team is undefeated, and each organization’s season-long goals are still within reach. The NBA is fully entrenched in its parity era. The league has had a different champion each of the last six ...2024
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• NBA mock draft 2024: Perfect picks for every team

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images Here’s our latest 2024 NBA mock draft. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder in the 2024 NBA Draft. An entire draft cycle has come and gone without the emergence of a clear No. 1 overall prospect. This is the type of draft bound to cause massive disagree on individual boards for executives even within the same team. A few storylines have emerged. Three young...2024
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• NBA mock draft 2024: Perfect picks for every team
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• The NBA’s 11 best young cores, ranked by their future championship potential
Let’s rank the best young cores in the NBA. The future always seems so far away in the NBA until it’s not. It wasn’t long ago that Boston Celtics duo Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, Denver Nuggets tandem Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, and Phoenix Suns trio Devin Booker, Mikal Bridges, and Deandre Ayton made up the league’s best young cores. Only a few years later, all three teams have appeared in t...2023
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"Draymond Green and Desmond Bane Dap It Out After Heated Moment in Warriors-Grizzlies"

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"The Grizzlies staved off elimination in this first-round series by handling James and the Los Angeles Lakers, 116-99, in Game 5 on Wednesday behind 33 points from Desmond Bane."

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"Two of the four wins the Lakers scored over 130 points with an average margin of […] The post LeBron James, Desmond Bane caught jawing in heated moment in Lakers vs Grizzlies game appeared first on ClutchPoints."

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"LeBron avoided a serious injury after the Grizzlies' Desmond Bane fell to the ground and crashed into his leg"

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"The Grizz promptly drafted Desmond Bane with the selection."

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"(AP) Desmond Bane had 16 points, hitting three free throws with 2."

• Giannis Antetokounmpo trade rumors will never stop until he actually leaves the Bucks
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• Every NBA team ranked by its 2025 championship chances to start season
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• NBA mock draft 2024: Perfect picks for every team
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• The NBA’s 11 best young cores, ranked by their future championship potential
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• Grizzlies, Desmond Bane agree to 5-year, $207 million max extension: Sources
The Memphis Grizzlies and shooting guard Desmond Bane have agreed to a five-year, $207 million max contract extension, league sources confirmed to The Athletic on Saturday. ESPN first reported the news. Here’s what you need to know: Bane joins Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr. as Grizzlies players with long-term contracts. The 25-year-old averaged 21.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.4 assists per...2023
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• Grizzlies, Desmond Bane agree to five-year, $207 million extension, the largest contract in franchise history

Memphis has secured Bane through the 2028-29 season...2023
• Desmond Bane Signing Five-Year Max Extension With Grizzlies
The Grizzlies are inking shooting guard Desmond Bane to a five-season rookie scale maximum extension, agents Jim Tanner, Max Wiepking and Terrence Felder inform Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. While Woj lists the deal as being worth $207MM, that amount is a projection, as the exact sum will be tied into the league’s salary cap. Based […]...2023
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• Bane secures first $200M deal in Grizzlies history

Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane has agreed to a five-year, $207 million max contract extension, his agents told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. It is the first $200 million deal ever handed out by Memphis....2023
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• 2023 NBA Mock Draft: SB Nation writers project the first round
Photo by Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images We know Victor Wembanyama is going No. 1 overall, but our mock draft features twists and turns as our experts pick for their teams in the first round. The NBA playoffs came to an end when the Denver Nuggets were crowned champions, but that just means it’s time for draft season. The 2023 NBA Draft is going down on Thursday, June 22. But today i...2023
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• Ja Morant needs to grow behind closed doors to be the leader the Grizzlies need
Photo by Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images Ja Morant is in the endgame. Ja Morant was suspended 25 games by the National Basketball Association on Friday. The league has made it clear that Ja’s behavior is “destructive” and the union for the players has stated that the suspension was “excessive”. Perhaps there will be an appeal. Perhaps there won’t. Maybe Ja has grounds to win such a pro...2023
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• Northwest Notes: Billups, Trail Blazers, Holmgren, Nix
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• Ja Morant threw an alley-oop from his butt
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• Giannis Antetokounmpo trade rumors will never stop until he actually leaves the Bucks
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• Desmond Bane, Marcus Smart Leave Game With Injuries
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• Every NBA team ranked by its 2025 championship chances to start season
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• West Notes: Suns, Devin Booker, Grizzlies, Desmond Bane, Jazz

Suns Devin Booker returned to the Suns’ lineup in Monday’s road win over the Cavaliers and the world again got to see what the Big Three can do when on the court together. Specifically, Booker, Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal combined for 88 of the Suns’ points in the 117-111 victory, as noted by Duane […] The post West Notes: Suns, Devin Booker, Grizzlies, Desmond Bane, Jazz...2024
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• Desmond Bane believes he’s ready to lead the Grizzlies without Ja Morant
36 games into the 2023/24 NBA season, Desmond Bane is averaging 24.7 points, 5.4 assists and 4.7 rebounds, as he’s become the Grizzlies’ main playmaker and scorer. The guard has had no other option but to adapt to this new role, especially as Ja Morant was first suspended during the first games of the campaign, […] The post Desmond Bane believes he’s ready to lead the Grizz...2024
• Grizzlies Beat Mavericks With Seven Players Injured and NBA Fans Were Amazed

Desmond Bane led Memphis with 32 points....2024
• NBA round-up: Desmond Bane leads injury-hit Memphis Grizzlies to win over Dallas Mavericks

Desmond Bane scores 32 points to help the injury-hit Memphis Grizzlies beat the Dallas Mavericks 120-103....2024
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• The NBA’s 11 best young cores, ranked by their future championship potential
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• Ja Morant threw an alley-oop from his butt
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• Giannis Antetokounmpo trade rumors will never stop until he actually leaves the Bucks
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• NBA mock draft 2024: Perfect picks for every team
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• Ja Morant needs to grow behind closed doors to be the leader the Grizzlies need
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• Why the Grizzlies and Warriors should both bounce back in first round of NBA Playoffs
Photo by Loren Elliott/Getty Images A Game 1 loss doesn’t define an NBA Playoff series. It’s going down. The 2023 NBA Playoffs are under way, and some teams are feeling better about their prospects than others. For two squads linked by fairly real bad blood and a possible continuation of their “dispute” in the second round, this is especially true. In Memphis, the Grizzlies are wounded in ...2023
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• NBA Scores: Clippers take control of No. 5 in the West... for now
Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images Plus: Milwaukee, Denver, Boston, and Philly are all locked into their playoff seeding With 80 games in the books for most teams across the NBA, the playoff picture is starting to take shape. Here’s everything that the Wednesday games set in stone: Bucks: #1 in the East and best record overall among both conferences Celtics: #2 and Atlanti...2023
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• Joel Embiid made his best MVP case with incredible 52 points vs. Celtics
Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images Plus all the rest from a jam-packed 13-game night in the NBA. Joel Embiid leads Sixers past Celtics, 103-101 Though Boston had a chance to win it at the end on the heels of a late comeback bid... ... this one was all about Joel Embiid’s brilliance. Behind 52 points, 13 rebounds, and six assists, he led the Sixers to a crucial win over ...2023
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• Kings clinch first playoff berth since 2006
Troy Wayrynen-USA TODAY Sports LIGHT THE BEAM. Kings pummel Blazers to clinch playoff spot, 120-80 Normally, I wouldn’t start our daily scores proceedings with a game that was basically over before it started. But when it’s time to party like it’s 2006, it’s only fair. With Wednesday’s 40-point drubbing of what might as well be Portland’s G-League squad, the Sacramento Kings are officially...2023
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• Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane reacts to painful Ja Morant injury because of Jordan Poole
Memphis Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane is clearly not happy with Jordan Poole’s play that injured the knee of Ja Morant against the Golden State Warriors. Morant was unable to finish Game 3 after he hurt his leg midway through the fourth quarter, eventually forcing him out of the game. Video replays revealed the exact moment […] The post Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane reacts to painful Ja ...2022
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• 3 reasons Grizzlies will beat Warriors in 2022 Western Conference Semifinals
After going through a tumultuous six-game series against the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Memphis Grizzlies have a ton of momentum on their side. Ja Morant did not have the best series against the Timberwolves, but he stepped up in the clutch when his team needed it most. Desmond Bane and Brandon Clarke were sensational contributors for […] The post 3 reasons Grizzlies will beat Warriors in 2...2022
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• Grizzlies stave off elimination against Lakers: How Memphis forced a Game 6 by limiting LeBron James
MEMPHIS — It doesn’t happen often, LeBron James’ team losing a closeout game in the playoffs. To finish off a comeback in this series, the Memphis Grizzlies are going to need a lot more of it. The Grizzlies staved off elimination in this first-round series by handling James and the Los Angeles Lakers, 116-99, in Game 5 on Wednesday behind 33 points from Desmond Bane. Memphis needs two more wins to...2023
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• Grizzlies’ Desmond Bane Makes Bold Promise After Game 5 Win vs. Lakers

He’ll look to back up his comments on Friday in Game 6....2023
• NBA free agency 2023: Desmond Bane agrees to $207M max extension with Grizzlies
Desmond Bane is returning to the Grizzlies on a max deal....2023
• NBA Scores: LeBron James, Anthony Davis made timely plays as Lakers take 3-1 lead
Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images Meanwhile, the Lakers topped the Grizzlies, who now find themselves in a dreaded 3-1 hole over their own. Jimmy Butler’s masterpiece leads Heat over Bucks, 119-114 Before the playoffs began, people were penciling the Milwaukee Bucks into a spot in the Eastern Conference Finals. It didn’t matter that we did not yet know their opponent in t...2023
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• LeBron James, Desmond Bane caught jawing in heated moment in Lakers vs Grizzlies game
The Los Angeles Lakers hosted the Memphis Grizzlies Sunday night in a battle of two teams moving in the right direction. The Lakers after struggling for much of the year, are in the middle of a four-game winning streak. Two of the four wins the Lakers scored over 130 points with an average margin of […] The post LeBron James, Desmond Bane caught jawing in heated moment in Lakers vs Grizzlies...2022
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• Steve Kerr has talked to Desmond Bane, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Alex Caruso about playing on Team USA, per report

The 2023 FIBA World Cup will be played in the Philippines, Indonesia and Japan over the summer...2023
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• Ja Morant’s perfect reaction to Desmond Bane’s viral LeBron James moment
The Los Angeles Lakers and the Memphis Grizzlies played a few weeks ago, and Desmond Bane and LeBron James went at it a few times. They had to be separated many times, and the officials warned them to stop trash-talking. The remarks said by LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers to Memphis Grizzlies second-year […] The post Ja Morant’s perfect reaction to Desmond Bane’s viral LeB...2022
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• Nets duo Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving combine with Grizzlies’ Ja Morant, Desmond Bane to shatter 39-year NBA scoring record

Monday night’s matchup between the Brooklyn Nets and the Memphis Grizzlies definitely lived up to the lofty expectations fans had before the game tipped off. We saw a scoring barrage from some of the top players in the game today as Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving combined with Ja Morant and Desmond Bane to shatter […] The post Nets duo Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving combine with Grizzlies&#...2022
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• Joel Embiid Participates In 5-On-5 Scrimmage For First Time This Season On Friday
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• Ja Morant threw an alley-oop from his butt
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• Giannis Antetokounmpo trade rumors will never stop until he actually leaves the Bucks
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• Morant Showing Good Progress From Shoulder Surgery
Ja Morant appears to be ahead of schedule in his recovery from shoulder surgery, Damichael Cole of the Memphis Commercial Appeal reports. According to Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins, Morant and several other players who suffered significant injuries are making good progress. Desmond Bane, Jaren Jackson Jr., Ziaire Williams, Vince Williams and Marcus Smart were among […]...2024
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• NCAA Tournament: Players In NBA Of The 64 First Round Schools

With the 2024 NCAA Tournament underway, here's a list of all the former players of the schools in the first round who are currently in the NBA, headlined by Kentucky with 28 and Duke with 24. The below links are to the 'Players in the NBA' page for each school. EAST REGION 1 Connecticut (4) vs. No. 16 Stetson (0)Connecticut: Andre Drummond, Jordan Hawkins, Andre Jackson Jr., Adama Sanogo 8 Florid...2024
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• West Notes: Suns, Devin Booker, Grizzlies, Desmond Bane, Jazz
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• The NBA’s 11 best young cores, ranked by their future championship potential
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• Grizzlies, Desmond Bane agree to 5-year, $207 million max extension: Sources
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• Ja Morant threw an alley-oop from his butt
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• Giannis Antetokounmpo trade rumors will never stop until he actually leaves the Bucks
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• NBA mock draft 2024: Perfect picks for every team
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• NBA Scores: LeBron James, Anthony Davis made timely plays as Lakers take 3-1 lead
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• Why the Grizzlies and Warriors should both bounce back in first round of NBA Playoffs
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• Grizzlies star Ja Morant’s shocking Desmond Bane move after MIP win
As it turns out, Ja Morant’s Most Improved Player of the Year award wouldn’t be heading to his trophy case. Just hours after he received the award, the Memphis Grizzlies star took to Instagram to show how he’s giving it to his teammate Desmond Bane. On his IG story, Morant mentioned Bane and said that […] The post Grizzlies star Ja Morant’s shocking Desmond Bane move ...2022
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• Ja Morant, Memphis Grizzlies bench go crazy after Desmond Bane buzzer-beater
Memphis Grizzlies rookie Desmond Bane just torched the Utah Jazz in the dying seconds of the third quarter with a smooth buzzer-beating three in the grill of Jazz forward Georges Niang to the delight of Ja Morant and the entire Memphis bench. Bane’s last-second three was the perfect ending to the Grizzlies’ 34-point quarter and […] The post Ja Morant, Memphis Grizzlies bench go c...2021
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