Grizzlies center Steven Adams didn’t play after January 22 due to a knee injury, but the team is hopeful he’ll be ready to go in October, Damichael Cole of the Memphis Commercial Appeal tweets.
“The target for Steven Adams is to return at the beginning of next season,” Grizzlies general manager Zach Kleiman said. Adams signed a two-year, $25.2MM extension last offseason that kicks in next season.
We have more on the Grizzlies:
- Dillon Brooks didn’t have any trouble talking to LeBron James during the first-round series but he got fined by the league for not talking. He was docked $25K for violating league rules governing media interview access, the league’s communications department tweets. The fine stemmed from Brooks’ failure to participate in team postgame media availability during the first round.
- Brooks did meet with the local media on Sunday and expressed no regrets for trash talking, including called James “old,” Cole reports. “No, that’s who I am,” Brooks said. “I don’t regret it. I’m a competitor. I compete.” Kleiman was noncommittal on Sunday when asked about Brooks’ future with the franchise. The veteran forward is an unrestricted free agent this summer.
- Regarding that issue, Mark Giannotto and Cole believe it’s best if the Grizzlies let Brooks walk. Both Commercial Appeal reporters feel the club should re-sign Brooks only as a last resort after exploring many other options to upgrade the wing spot.
- What should the Grizzlies do this offseason after their first-round flameout? Yossi Gozlan of Hoops Hype and Bobby Marks of ESPN both explore that topic, including how much Desmond Bane could receive in an extension.
Calling out players or trash talking to extremes. Is not competing. It’s your weak ars trying to psych yourself up. Grizz would be wise to let him walk. Grizz should sign Grant if they can. Sign n trade ??
I don’t know why the Blazers would want Brooks. Based on his character, Brooks probably overvalues himself. I think he’s making around $11 mil this year. If you could get him below that, that would be fine, but I’m not paying him the $15 mil he’s probably looking for. I don’t know if any team will give him that. A two year deal w. a team option for like $18 mil over that span would be fine. Maybe you could backload it if he proves himself. Like this year he makes 9 and the team option would be like 12 or something.
Bigger issue I see is you just can’t find these guys (wings) for the MLE (which is all they will have)
Best case scenario you get a guy like Caris LaVert, who has many fleas himself and doesn’t solve the bigger problem
I think they need to look into the trade market this offseason
I mean, we certainly tried at the deadline; we offered quite a package for each of OG and Bridges.
The problem was Masai overvaluing the former and the Nets simply outbidding us with a top 5 player in the case of the latter
Og would be my first choice this offseason
Seems Tor is going to flip the bed so better act early
Brooks was plain awful this season. Sub 40% from field, 32% from 3pt, sub 10 PER is close to bottom of league for starters. His great “defense” allowed the Lakers to easily advance past Memphis. I think he knows he needed an intangible to maybe fool a less savvy front office into giving him a contract for being “gritty”. Otherwise, he’s useless.
Bingo. That was all he was trying to do. And it failed miserably!
Grizz are going to fade like the Blazers back in the day!
Glad to see the league take some of Dillons last NBA pay checks…
I expect him to be in China next season…
He was a waste of a roster spot in the playoffs…