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NBA Champion Reveals Harsh Reality for Memphis Grizzlies

Are the Memphis Grizzlies a play-in team?
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NBA Champion Reveals Harsh Reality for Memphis Grizzlies
NBA Champion Reveals Harsh Reality for Memphis Grizzlies

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The Memphis Grizzlies are winless to start the NBA season, dropping their first two games to the New Orleans Pelicans and Denver Nuggets. While Memphis knew it would be tough without Ja Morant for the first 25 games, they did not know they would also be without Steven Adams for the entire season. Between Morant, Adams, and other injury absences Memphis is dealing with, the team is definitely in a tough spot to start the year.

During a recent appearance on NBA Today, ESPN’s Kendrick Perkins revealed his brutally honestly thoughts on the Grizzlies, saying their best case scenario this season is the play-in tournament. Perkins said he felt this way even prior to the Steven Adams news, which may be surprising to some. That said, the Grizzlies do have a very difficult road ahead, and the Western Conference leaves little margin for error.

While two regular season games are certainly not worth sounding an alarm bell over, Perkins’ concerns with the Grizzlies were shared prior to these losses. Only time will tell if the former NBA champion is right about this Memphis group, but there definitely are some reasons for concern about their ability to survive the first 25 games of this season without falling too far down in the Western Conference standings.

For now, the Grizzlies will look to stay afloat while shorthanded.

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Joey Linn
JOEY LINN

Joey Linn is a credentialed writer covering the NBA and WNBA for On SI. Covering the LA Clippers independently in 2018, then for Fansided and 213Hoops from 2019-2021, Joey joined On SI to cover the Clippers after the 2020-21 season. Graduating from Biola University in 2022 with a Communication Studies degree, Joey served as Biola's play-by-play announcer for their basketball, baseball, softball, and soccer teams. Joey's work on Biola's broadcasts and in the classroom earned him the Outstanding Communication Studies Student of the year award in 2022. Joey covers the NBA full-time, primarily serving as a Clippers beat writer.

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