“Fun”. While they have just been eliminated from the playoffs in the conference semi-finals, the Grizzlies only have this word in their mouths. Throughout the year, this team has seduced and shone with its enthusiasm, and until the end, it has remained faithful to its ideas and its attitude.
“Frankly, we have a unique group. We’ve been saying it all year, and it was just fun. It was a fun season.” comments Tyus Jones. “It’s something to take advantage of because it’s not usual. It is by far the team where the players are the closest among those I have played. This is the team where I have seen the most pleasure in playing, and it is with her that I have had the most pleasure since I have been in the NBA. They’re a singular group, and that’s something that shouldn’t be taken for granted. It’s just unique. »
“I have never been part of a group like this”
A group with a real identity. Since taking charge of the team, Taylor Jenkins has given it that university attitude with a close-knit and generous group, strong in aggressive and spectacular basketball.
“I just told them how proud I was of them. I have never been part of a group like this” believes the Memphis coach. “It’s the players, the coach, the staff… I want them to savor it all and remember that despite this defeat and the end of our season, it will motivate us to move forward. Individual progress and collective progress during this season can only make us better. It’s a step in the direction of that bright future we keep talking about. (…) I have never been part of a group, a set of players and staff with this level of attention. This is my third season here and this band deserves everything. We just weren’t good enough at the end. It’s basketball, but I’m just extremely proud of everyone’s commitment and care to make this season such a unique one. »
“It’s just authentic, it’s natural. It’s like when we play with friends and we are really good together “
Ja Morant in civilian clothes, it was Jaren Jackson Jr who took the team on his shoulders. He was more vocal than usual, and after an almost empty season, he is simply happy to be able to give his all in a group he loves.
“It is clearly the team with which I had the most pleasure” he replies to a journalist. ” Why ? Because we kept a lot of players from last season, and there is a lot more continuity. Everyone knows each other. And the new ones fit in perfectly with what we were doing. The coach is experienced now, he has made his mark, he knows how to coach now. For me, he is the coach of the year. Just look at how our season went… At first it was balanced, then we did a little series, we found our rhythm and we really had fun! It’s hard to explain, we have so much fun together. We didn’t really care about anything else, we only cared about what we had, we just had fun together. It was crazy. And it’s just authentic, it’s natural. It’s like when we play with friends and we are really good together. »
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| And Morant | 57 | 33.1 | 49.3 | 34.4 | 76.1 | 1.4 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 27.4 |
| Dillon Brooks | 32 | 27.7 | 43.2 | 30.9 | 84.9 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 18.4 |
| Desmond Bane | 76 | 29.8 | 46.1 | 43.6 | 90.3 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 18.2 |
| Jaren Jackson, Jr. | 78 | 27.3 | 41.5 | 31.9 | 82.3 | 1.5 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 16.3 |
| De’anthony Melton | 73 | 22.7 | 40.4 | 37.4 | 75.0 | 0.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 10.8 |
| Brandon Clarke | 64 | 19.5 | 64.4 | 22.7 | 65.4 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 10.4 |
| Tyus Jones | 73 | 21.2 | 45.1 | 39.0 | 81.8 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 8.7 |
| Ziaire Williams | 62 | 21.7 | 45.0 | 31.4 | 78.2 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 8.1 |
| Kyle Anderson | 69 | 21.5 | 44.6 | 33.0 | 63.8 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 7.6 |
| Steven Adams | 76 | 26.3 | 54.7 | 0.0 | 54.3 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 10.0 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 6.9 |
| John Konchar | 72 | 17.9 | 51.5 | 41.3 | 55.1 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 4.8 |
| Xavier Tillman, Sr. | 53 | 13.2 | 45.4 | 20.4 | 64.8 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 4.8 |
| Sam Merrill | 6 | 9.6 | 33.3 | 30.4 | 50.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 4.2 |
| Santi Aldama | 32 | 11.2 | 40.2 | 12.5 | 62.5 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 4.1 |
| Jarrett Culver | 37 | 9.1 | 37.8 | 25.5 | 47.1 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 3.5 |
| Killian Tillie | 36 | 12.8 | 33.9 | 31.4 | 62.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 3.3 |
| Yves Pons | 12 | 5.9 | 31.3 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| Dakota Mathias | 6 | 2.7 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
| Shaq Buchanan | 2 | 4.9 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| Tyrell Terry | 2 | 1.5 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| Daquan Jeffries | 3 | 2.9 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Jon Teske | 3 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Xavier Sneed | 2 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
