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• Heat Planning To Maintain Max Cap Space For 2026 Offseason

The Miami Heat are attempting to position themselves to have max cap space during the 2026 offseason. Miami has only $85 million committed for the 26-27 season against a projected salary cap of $170.6 million. Terry Rozier and Duncan Robinson are among the current players on the Heat who will come off their books that offseason. Many of these players will sign extensions before 2026, but among th...2025
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• Watch: Jaren Jackson Jr. fouls out with flagrant on De'Aaron Fox

Jaren Jackson Jr. entered the fourth quarter of Friday's game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Sacramento Kings with zero fouls. By the end of the game, he'd committed six and been disqualified, with an ugly flagrant capping off the quarter....2025
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• Jaren Jackson Jr., Evan Mobley Named NBA's Defensive Players Of December

Jaren Jackson Jr. and Evan Mobley have been named the NBA's Defensive Players of the Month for December. Jackson was the only player in the NBA to record at least 20 blocks and 20 steals in the month. The Memphis Grizzlies are ranked third in the West with a defensive rating of 108.1. Mobley was tied for the second on the East in contested shots per game at 10.0. The Cleveland Cavaliers led the E...2025
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• Jackson Jr., Mobley Named Defensive Players Of The Month

Grizzlies forward/center Jaren Jackson Jr. has been named the Western Conference’s Defensive Player of the Month for games played in December, while Cavaliers forward/center Evan Mobley has claimed the award in the East, according to the NBA (Twitter link). The 2023 Defensive Player of the Year, Jackson averaged 22.0 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.6 […]...2025
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• NBA All-Star voting has 3 things fans got right, and 3 things they got wrong in 2025

The best and worst of 2025 NBA All-Star fan voting so far There are always more deserving players for the NBA All-Star Game than there are spots on the team. As the league changes to a bizarre new All-Star format this season, the voting for the starters remains the same. Three front-court players and two backcourt players will be chosen from each conference, with the fan vote making up 50 percent ...2025
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• Suns’ Bradley Beal Suffers Hip Contusion Against Grizzlies
Phoenix Suns star guard Bradley Beal sustained a left hip contusion at some point in the first half of Tuesday night’s 117-112 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. Beal appeared to suffer the injury when fouled by Jaren Jackson Jr. with 4:40 left in the first quarter, but he played the entire first quarter. Phoenix Suns’ […] The post Suns’ Bradley Beal Suffers Hip Contusion Again...2025
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• Grizzlies, Surprisingly, Finding Ways To Make It Work Without Ja Morant

The Grizzlies continue to navigate the season without Ja Morant, who remains week-to-week with a hip injury. It’s no easy task, especially when your best player is sidelined, but Memphis is showing resilience and finding ways to compete through its depth. Jaren Jackson Jr. has been the centerpiece of their efforts, and he’s stepping up […] The post Grizzlies, Surprisingly, Finding Ways To Ma...2024
• Grizzlies Notes: Jackson, Morant, Edey, Bane, Williams
After winning over 50 games in back-to-back seasons, the Grizzlies were decimated by injuries in 2023/24 and finished with a 27-55 record. As demoralizing as that season was, the team was able to find some silver linings. One was the offensive emergence of big man Jaren Jackson Jr., the only starter to remain relatively healthy […]...2024
• 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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• Marcus Smart Talks Zach Edey, Ja Morant, Grizzlies Defense, More
Grizzlies swingman Marcus Smart, the 2022 Defensive Player of the Year, is a huge fan of what he’s seeing out of Memphis’ first round draft pick this year, as he mentioned during a recent interview with Grant Afseth of Sportskeeda. Waylaid by a litany of injuries to starters Smart, Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr., Desmond […]...2024
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• Jaren Jackson Jr. Diagnosed With 'Low-Grade Strain' Of Hamstring
An MRI showed a "low-grade strain" in Jaren Jackson Jr.'s hamstring on Wednesday. Coach Taylor Jenkins said that there is no firm timeline for Jackson's return out of caution. Jackson suffered the injury during the first practice of training camp. Jenkins added that there are "no concerns" about whether Jackson will be ready for the ready season....2024
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• Grizzlies' Jaren Jackson Jr. suffers 'low-grade hamstring strain,' will be ready for season opener

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• Grizzlies’ Jared Jackson Jr. Suffers Hamstring Injury
The Grizzlies couldn’t get through the first day of training camp without another injury popping up, this one to their top frontcourt player. Jaren Jackson Jr. injured his hamstring while driving to the basket. Jackson felt “tightness” after the play, according to coach Taylor Jenkins, and he’ll undergo an MRI, The Athletic’s Joe Vardon reports. Jenkins […]...2024
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• Grizz's Jackson exits 1st camp practice with injury
Grizzlies power forward/center Jaren Jackson Jr. will undergo imaging after exiting the first practice of training camp early with tightness in his hamstring....2024

• 2024 NBA Mock Draft: SB Nation writers project the first round

Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Empire State Realty Trust The 2024 NBA Draft is widely viewed as one of the weaker classes ever, but that doesn’t mean that some teams won’t find real contributors in the first round. Our network of draft experts tried to project who they’d be. The 2024 NBA Draft isn’t seen as the strongest class in the league’s history, but between Alex Sarr, Zacchari...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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• 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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• Heat Planning To Maintain Max Cap Space For 2026 Offseason
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• Dunc'd On: 15 in 60 (Western Conference 11.25.24)

Our bi-weekly look at the West! LAL and DEN: The Nuggets continued their dominance over the Lakers, and LA has a transition defense problem. DAL: The Mavs don't have great defensive personnel up and down, but the numbers show how they contain the ball to get a top-10 defense. 21:01 HOU: Alperen Sengun is an indicator of how well Houston's defensive system is working. 28:23 GSW: Where the Warriors...2024
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• Jaren Jackson Jr., Grizzlies To Revisit Extension Talks During 2025 Offseason
Jaren Jackson Jr. and the Memphis Grizzlies will revisit discussions on a contract extension during the 2025 offseason. Jackson has two seasons remaining on his contract, which makes him currently eligible for free agency in 2026. Jackson was eligible to extend for up to $106 million over three seasons. Jackson averaged 22.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.6 blocks in 32.2 minu...2024
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• Sources: Grizz, Jackson to revisit contract talks
Jaren Jackson Jr. and the Memphis Grizzlies will wait until the next offseason to discuss an extension, sources told ESPN. Jackson, who has two years left on his contract, was Defensive Player of the Year in 2023....2024
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• Marcus Smart Talks Zach Edey, Ja Morant, Grizzlies Defense, More
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• 6 NBA teams who will be way better than last year

Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images These 6 NBA teams are poised to make a big leap up the standings this season. There’s no time for optimism in the NBA quite like mid-August, a beautiful stretch when every team is undefeated, most teams are healthy, each rookie is poised to be a steal, and every free agent signing is still conceivably a masterstroke. Some teams have more reason ...2024
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• Predicting USA Basketball’s next Olympics men’s roster for 2028 Los Angeles Games

Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images LeBron James and Stephen Curry won’t be there. Let’s predict Team USA’s men’s basketball roster for 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. The United States men’s basketball national team is an Olympic dynasty. Team USA’s triumphant gold medal run at the 2024 Paris Olympics made it five straight gold medals — and eight of the last nine — for the program. This par...2024
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• Jackson Jr., Mobley Named Defensive Players Of The Month
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• NBA All-Star voting has 3 things fans got right, and 3 things they got wrong in 2025
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• Jaren Jackson Jr., Grizzlies To Revisit Extension Talks During 2025 Offseason
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• Check out must-see highlights from Victor Wembanyama against Grizzlies

Wembanyama finished with 31 points and 16 rebounds but Memphis' Jaren Jackson Jr. hit game-winner...2024
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• Wolves Notes: Edwards, Anderson, Finances, Sale Date
After Anthony Edwards helped the Timberwolves beat Memphis by shutting down Jaren Jackson Jr. Wednesday night, he told reporters he deserves a spot on the All-Defensive Team, writes Chris Hine of The Star-Tribune. Jackson had 29 points midway through the third quarter when Edwards volunteered to guard him, even though he’s about six inches shorter […]...2024
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• Team USA defeats top-ranked Spain in FIBA World Cup exhibition
MALAGA, Spain — A Team USA win being considered an upset of any kind is virtually unheard of, but as far as the FIBA World rankings go, the underdog was victorious Sunday. The American national team entered a friendly ranked No. 2 in the world, and defeated No. 1 Spain, 98-88, behind an exhibition-season high 21 points from Jalen Brunson and a big night from Jaren Jackson Jr. Team USA may be 3-0 o...2023
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• Team USA votes Jaren Jackson Jr. as best player in FIBA World Cup training camp
LAS VEGAS – It was a campaign of action, not words. There were a number of worthy candidates who made their case as the top member of Team USA over four days on the campus of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, but the end result was a landslide. By a vote of his peers, Jaren Jackson Jr. was selected the “best,” or “most impressive” or “stand out” player of the now-completed FIBA training camp, ac...2023

• Dunc'd On: The First 5 Days

Nate and Danny continue their frantic surveying of the league in the first week of the season through some of the key games of teams we haven't had a chance to watch much of yet. Scoot Henderson and Jordan Hawkins were big stories in New Orleans vs Portland, plus why we fear New Orleans' defense won't be as good this year. The Grizzlies are a big storyline early with rotations that highlight their...2024
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• Lonnie Walker IV, the Lakers’ unlikely hero in NBA Playoffs, explained
Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images Lonnie Walker IV just carried LeBron James to a pivotal playoff win. Lonnie Walker IV probably thought he wasn’t going to play another meaningful minute this season for the Los Angeles Lakers. The 24-year-old guard was out of the Lakers’ rotation by the end of the season after the team reloaded its roster at the trade deadline. He did not ...2023
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• Dillon Brooks disrespects LeBron James after Grizzlies beat Lakers to tie NBA Playoffs series
The Grizzlies beat Lakers without Ja Morant, and Dillon Brooks had another memorable interview after the game. Dillon Brooks said lots about LeBron James after Memphis Grizzlies pick up 103-93 win over Los Angeles Lakers in Game 2 of their first round matchup in the 2023 NBA Playoffs. The series is now tied 1-1. Here’s a list of just some of the things Dillon Brooks said about LeBron James after t...2023
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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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• Jaren Jackson Jr., Dillon Brooks’ strong message to Warriors after Grizzlies’ playoffs exit
The Memphis Grizzlies may have failed to make it past the second round against the Golden State Warriors, but Jaren Jackson Jr. and Dillon Brooks know very well it is not the end for them as things are only getting started. Without Ja Morant leading the way, the Grizzlies were unable to build the momentum […] The post Jaren Jackson Jr., Dillon Brooks’ strong message to Warriors after G...2022
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• VIDEO: Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr. hilariously go full stage mom for Grizzlies rookie
Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr. were proud stage moms on Wednesday after Memphis Grizzlies rookie Ziaire Williams had a career night against the New York Knicks. Williams exploded for 21 points on 9-of-11 shooting from the field (3-of-5 from deep) as he helped the Grizzlies take down the Knicks, 120-108. He also had four […] The post VIDEO: Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr. hilariously go full st...2022
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• Jaren Jackson Jr.’s hilarious reaction to Steven Adams picking up Tony Bradley
A viral moment occurred during a game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Chicago Bulls this past Monday. Bulls center Tony Bradley exchanged words with Grizzlies star Ja Morant, only to literally be picked up and carried away by Memphis center-turned-bouncer Steven Adams. Grizzlies teammate Jaren Jackson Jr., who was also coincidentally picked up by Adams […] The post Jaren Jackson Jr.’...2022
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• Jaren Jackson Jr. On Season Debut: ‘Being Out There in General Was a Win’
Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. made his return to the lineup on Wednesday, after undergoing meniscus surgery on his left knee back in August. Despite the Grizzles losing to the Clippers, it was still a victorious moment for the third-year player. In 18 minutes of action, Jackson finished with 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 blocks. […] The post Jaren Jackson Jr. On Season Debut: ‘Bein...2021

• Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. wins 2023 NBA Defensive Player of the Year honors
Grizzlies forward Jaren Jackson Jr. was named the 2023 NBA Defensive Player of the Year, the league announced Monday. Here’s what you need to know: Jackson beat out Milwaukee’s Brook Lopez and Cleveland’s Evan Mobley for the honor. He averaged 18.6 points and 6.8 rebounds per game this season. The 23-year-old led the NBA with three blocks per contest, 0.5 higher than the next-closest players in B...2023
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• Draymond Says His Stats Are Low Because Scorekeepers Are Shortchanging Him
Draymond Green believes he’s being shortchanged by scorekeepers around the league. With a conspiracy doing the rounds about Jaren Jackson supposedly getting favourable treatment from scorekeepers in Memphis, Green used the opportunity to call his own stats into question. “I can’t sit here and say, ‘Oh man, his stats are padded,’” Green said on his […] The post Draymond Says His S...2023
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• Anthony Davis has reclaimed the title of best defensive player in the NBA after dominating Jaren Jackson Jr.

Now that he's healthy, Davis is the most dominant defensive force in basketball...2023
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• Joel Embiid takes shot at Jaren Jackson Jr.'s Defensive Player of the Year award: 'I need the Memphis scorekeeper'
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• 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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• Kings’ Mike Brown named 2023 NBA Coach of the Year: Why honor is deserved
Sacramento Kings coach Mike Brown was named the NBA Coach of the Year on Wednesday. Here’s what you need to know: Brown led the Kings to a 48-34 record in the regular season and guided Sacramento to its first playoff appearance since 2006. Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla and Oklahoma City Thunder coach Mark Daigneault were also finalists for the award. Earlier this week, Grizzlies forward...2023
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• Anthony Davis was shut out in Defensive Player of the Year voting, and that feels like a double standard

Davis, who played more minutes than Jaren Jackson Jr., had injuries are held against him...2023
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• Anthony Davis Injury Scare Has People Pissed Off
Anthony Davis suffered (yep, you guessed it) another injury scare in Game 1 of their playoff showdown against the Memphis Grizzlies and Lakers fans are pretty annoyed about it. Late in the second quarter he was fighting for a rebound and got hit by Jaren Jackson Jr.. In video footage you can clearly see the […] The post Anthony Davis Injury Scare Has People Pissed Off appeared first on Baske...2023
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• Fantasy Basketball Trade Analyzer: It's time to deal Jaren Jackson Jr.

Make your fantasy roster more ready for the stretch run by bringing in or shipping out any of these five players....2024
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• Warriors-Grizzlies outcome could be determined by specific matchup

Without Ja Morant, the Memphis Grizzlies will rely heavily on Jaren Jackson Jr., presenting an important matchup for Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green....2024
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• Jaren Jackson Jr. Diagnosed With 'Low-Grade Strain' Of Hamstring
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• Jaren Jackson Jr. Injures Hamstring During Practice, Will Undergo Further Imaging
Jaren Jackson Jr. left the Memphis Grizzlies' first practice of training camp due to a tight hamstring. "We're anticipating that it might be a strain," said Taylor Jenkins. Jackson is set to undergo further imaging on the hamstring. The Grizzlies are already without GG Jackson and Vince Williams Jr. as they open training camp....2024
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• Predicting USA Basketball’s next Olympics men’s roster for 2028 Los Angeles Games
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• NBA Scores: LeBron James, Anthony Davis made timely plays as Lakers take 3-1 lead
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• Timberwolves vs. Grizzlies: Karl-Anthony Towns throws down outrageous dunk on Jaren Jackson Jr.
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• Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr. react to big man making Grizzlies season debut
It’s been over a year since Jaren Jackson Jr. last played for the Memphis Grizzlies, but boy was he worth the wait. Ja Morant knows this and couldn’t be happier to have his partner-in-crime back on the floor. The Grizz’s playoff push just got a much-needed boost, as Jackson returned to action on Wednesday in […] The post Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr. react to big man making ...2021
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• NBA hands out multiple suspensions, fines following Grizzlies-Knicks fight
It got pretty ugly late in Wednesday night’s game between the Memphis Grizzlies and New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. With Memphis up big late in the fourth quarter, Jae Crowder attempted a three-pointer. That did not sit well with Knicks guard Elfrid Payton, who committed a hard foul on his counterpart. This led to the benches clearing, a near-malee breaking loose and ugly chants from fan...2020
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