| Memphis Grizzlies HISTORY
Quick facts:
Founded: 1996
Arena: Fedex Forum
Division Championships: none
NBA Titles: none
Playoffs: 9
Best Season: 2012-13 56-26
Worst Season: 1998-99 8-42
Oh Canada!
The Grizzlies were the third NBA team to be in Canada. The first was the Toronto Huskies who were one of the first NBA teams and hosted the first ever NBA game in 1946. The Huskies only lasted one season and the NBA would not return to Canada for another half century.
Toronto was given another team in 1993 when the NBA awarded them the Raptors. The Grizzlies came into existance a few months later. Both teams began play during the 1995-96 NBA season.
Express:
When the Grizzlies relocated to Memphis following the 2001 season, Fedex offered to pay the team $120 to change their name to the Express. Fedex wanted the name change because they are based out of Memphis. The NBA rejected the deal.
Ja Morant Gun incidents:
Grizzlies star Ja Morant has had several gun related issues which has damanged his image and gotten him in trouble with the NBA.
The first incident was in March of 2023 following a game vs the Denver Nuggets. Morant posted on Instagram Live a video of him with a firearm in a Colorado nightclub. The Grizzlies immediately suspended Morant two games, but Morant later took indefinate leave. He came back to the Grizzlies later in the season, but the damage to the team had been done. The Grizzlies had been the top team in the west and fell to second, and were quickly dispatched by the 7th seed Lakers in the first round of the playoffs.
Two months later, Morant was again caught on Instagram Live flashing a gun. He was suspended indefinately by the NBA, which was eventually dropped to 25 games.
Morant both times took accountability, but his actions have caused the Grizzlies to spiral out of contention.
He came back in 2024, but played only 9 games before getting injured and missing the season.
Both issues where not illegal and covered by the 2nd Amendment, however, the NBA has strict gun policies following the Gilbert Arenas incident in the early 2000s.
The Vancouver Grizzlies tried an unsuccessful attempt at creating a big 3 with Bryant "Big Country" Reeves, Mike Bibby, and Shareef Abdul-Rahim.
The Memphis Grizzlies were much more successful with their big 3 pairing Mike Conley with Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol.
Jason Williams was a flashy but somewhat uncontrollable point guard who helped turn the Grizzlies around in the early 2000s.
The Grizzlies sometimes honor Memphis's first profession basketball team, the Memphis Sound of the ABA, who played in Memphis from 1972-75.
NBA Hall-of-Famer Allen Iverson had a very short 3 game stint with the Grizzlies during his final NBA season. He is thus far the only Hall-of-Famer to ever wear a Grizzlies uniform.
The 10 best old school NBA logos
There have been hundreds of team logo's in the history of the NBA. Some have been fantastic, some have been okay, and others have been bad. But which ones truly standout as the best of the best?
To find out what NBA logos are the best, we have to find out what makes a logo good to begin with. For the NBA, a logo is going to need to be basketball related. it also has to be unique, and capture the essence of the city it is to represent.
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The Greatest Teams To Never Win An NBA Title
An often-debated topic among NBA circles is "Who is the greatest franchise in NBA history?". There are lots of very good teams to chose from. Could it be the team with the most NBA titles in 17, the Boston Celtics? Could it be the team with the most consistency in winning titles; the Los Angeles Lakers? Maybe it could be the most consistent team in terms of overall winning the San Antonio Spurs? The Warriors, Bulls, and 76ers also get honorable mentions. All these teams have one thing in common - multiple NBA titles.
One thing not often discussed is who is the greatest NBA franchise who has never won a title? The list is actually quite short, as only eleven NBA teams have yet to win an NBA title. Five of those teams to never win a title are recent having just joined the NBA in the past 35 years. Six of the eleven teams have yet to even make an NBA-finals.
Three of the four teams from the ABA have never won an NBA title, though the Indiana Pacers and Brooklyn Nets have both gotten close
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