One of the big reasons that I can’t stand Andre Iguodala is the fact that he plays so much. He’s being paid way too much and the Philadelphia 76ers think he’s an important part of their team. He’s not, he ruins everything. But, there is another guy I want the hell off my basketball team [...]
The NBA has suspended Memphis Grizzlies guard O. J. Mayo for 10 games for violating the league and union’s anti-drug program. The 10-game suspension comes without pay and will result in Mayo forfeiting $405,109 of his salary. The drug of choice? Dehydroepiandrosterone. The only drug in the English language to contain every letter in the [...]
Yahoo! Sports is reporting that Grizzlies guards O.J. Mayo and Tony Allen got into an altercation following a heated game of cards. On the charter flight following their 110-105 defeat of the Thunder, the fight was apparently over a debt that Mayo owed Allen. While it hasn’t been confirmed, the game was believed to be [...]
Police are still trying to figure out what happened to former Atlanta Hawk and Memphis Grizzly Lorenzen Wright. His body was found riddled with bullets a couple weeks ago in a Southeast Memphis field. Now, police are focusing their investigation on his ex-wife, Sherra Wright, according to a report from MyEyeWitnessNews.com. Her house was searched [...]
Former NBA player Lorenzen Wright has been missing since July 19th. Family and friends have been saying that they can’t get a hold of him and no one knew where he was. Well, today Wright’s body was found in a wooded area just southeast of Memphis, a law enforcement sources tells the Commercial Appeal. A [...]
The Memphis Grizzlies have awarded Rudy Gay for all of his hard work with a maximum contract, according to Adrian Wojnarowski on Twitter. The deal adds up to be $81.6 million American dollars over five years. PHOTO CAPTION: There’s nothing Gay about the number 22 Gay, who some believe was the top prize in this [...]
Multiple sources tell ESPN’s Chad Ford that the Minnesota Timberwolves have been working the phones pretty hard in an effort to make a trade. Ford says he’s heard everything from trying to move up to No. 2 to get Evan Turner to trying to swing a deal with Memphis to get Zach Randolph (although his [...]
Memphis Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph could be in some major hot water (as opposed to minor hot water?). He is being implicated in a big-time Indianapolis drug investigation in which a police informant has informed police (that’s what informants do) that Randolph is a major supplier of marijuana in the Indianapolis area. We guess the [...]
Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol will miss the remainder of the season with a partially torn neck muscle. Ironically, if anyone were to guess which NBA player would most likely partially tear his neck muscle it would be Marc’s brother Pau who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers. PHOTO CAPTION: Pau Gasol has a long [...]
The second overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft Hasheem Thabeet is headed to the Development League making him the highest draft pick ever to do so. The former UCONN center was recently replaced by second-year center Hamed Haddadi in the rotation. In all fairness though, it’s tough to play in front of Hamed Haddadi. [...]
Allen Iverson has left the Memphis Grizzlies to go home and attend to a personal matter. “I’m not going to get into the personal reason but it has nothing to do with the other stuff,” Heisley told the Commercial Appeal, with regards to Iverson’s status coming off the bench. “I’m the guy who said he [...]
Memphis Grizzlies guard Allen Iverson has made it clear that he doesn’t want to be a bench guy. But, you would think that he’s at least had private conversations with head coach Lionel Hollins about it, right? Not the case. “I think that’s probably the worst part of all this,” Iverson said. “That while all [...]
Allen Iverson thinks that his partially torn hamstring could heal well enough for him to play on Monday against the Sacramento Kings. “I felt good,” Iverson said. “It was a regular day of practice for me. I didn’t feel any pain. I didn’t feel fatigued to not be able to get through it. I’m ready [...]
A day after calling his availability for the NBA season opener, Memphis Grizzlies guard Allen Iverson sounded much more optimistic about playing against the Detroit Pistons. “If it’s up to me, I’ll play,” Iverson said. “I feel like I can go.” Battling a hamstring injury, Iverson did say that regardless, he’d listen to the advice [...]
Ten-time NBA All-Star guard Allen Iverson is heading to the Memphis Grizzlies to talk about practice. The Answer announced the move via his Twitter account - ”God Chose Memphis as the place that I will continue my career. I met with Mr. Heinsley, Chris Wallace and my next head coach Lionel Hollins. I feel that they are [...]
Veteran guard Allen Iverson said on his Twitter account that the Memphis Grizzlies have made him another contract offer. “Well I am about to begin another workout session. Agent informed me that Memphis made us an offer on yesterday. Stay tuned,” he tweeted. A team source told the Memphis Commercial Appeal that team originally offered [...]