Memphis Grizzlies

e Grizzlies find themselves winning just over half their games to start the season, with one game left to play to finish off the week against a powerful Nuggets team looking to add another W, the expectation is that they will end the week  at 0.500. After last week's effort against the Nuggets and Curry, the injury to Tyler Herro this week, and the existing injuries to JJJ and Derrick White, the chances of landing a win are bleak. While the team is disappointed in not achieving the perfect season, they still find themselves in the playoff hunt, sitting at 7^th at the time of writing. This is enough.

But GM Rootsey is an impatient man, and he is constantly reaching out to GMs to try and consolidate some of his assets to add another piece to the roster. While the consolidation has not come yet, the team is in an excellent position to make a deal. Last week they moved Jake Layman for a 2025 2^nd to the Spurs who were struggling with roster depth, and this week they moved fan favourite Kyle Anderson for potential and a pick. The potential of course is Eric Paschall.

Now its no secret that the Grizz intend to have a defence first mentality, and that might be the reason that Paschall gets moved sooner rather than later. He is a solid scorer with 16 badges that help an inside/outside offensive game. Fleixble release, hot zone hunter, putback boss, contact finisher, difficult shots and pro touch are all in his arsenal, he carries an 81 overall rating at the small forward position and is only 24 years old for a few more months. Maybe a player with 87 vet and 95 hustle to make up for his height of 6'6' is the piece that the Grizz are missing to step into the starting small forward position but the perimeter defensive rating of 65 isn't cutting the mustard.

The Grizzlies have $23M in capspace, eight 1^st round picks, twelve 2^nd round picks, and a few non-core guys that can be put together to create something bigger than it is right now. At the end of the season will we see Darius Bazely, Aron Baynes, DeMarcus Cousins, Derrick Favors, Matisse Thybulle, OG Anuoby, or Eric Paschall wearing a different uniform? I'd bet on yes for many of them, which ones and where, no clue.