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Grizzlies Ban Gambling Among Players Following OJ Mayo, Tony Allen Fight

Two days after an unsettled gambling debt prompted a physical altercation between teammates O.J. Mayo and Tony Allen, Memphis Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins has banned gambling on team flights and hotel rooms. "We're in a confined airplane and things get heated. I'm done with it. No more gambling," Hollins said, according...

Rudy Gay Earns Redemption in Overtime Win Over the Suns

PHOENIX -- The last time the Grizzlies were in Phoenix, the Suns rallied from a 15-point deficit to win, thanks to an improbable buzzer-beater from Jason Richardson to send the game to its first of two overtime periods. Rudy Gay placed the blame for that loss solely on his shoulders afterward, for making a free throw he...

O.J. Mayo Struggling as a Sixth Man

First, it was 2006 draftee Rudy Gay who got a big-money contract from the Memphis Grizzlies. Then cashing in was Mike Conley, taken in the 2007 draft. Is 2008 draftee O.J. Mayo the next young Grizzlies player to be locked up to a lucrative long-term deal? Well, each day it's looking to be more of a long shot. The...

George Karl One Away From 1000th Win

DENVER -- There was a time many thought George Karl wouldn't even make it to three wins. The first NBA team Karl ever headed, the 1984-85 Cleveland Cavaliers, started 2-19. The death watch already had started on the NBA coaching career of Karl, then 33. "Everybody had me fired,'' Karl said. "And we made the...

Signed for Potential, Mike Conley Confident He'll Grow Into Contract

Mike Conley is no Rajon Rondo. Just ask one of his teammates. That's precisely what I did on Saturday, sidling with Memphis' O.J. Mayo to talk about the game's best floor leaders. The Grizzlies shooting guard was waxing poetic on the topic, spinning off of a recent TNT segment in which Kenny Smith ranked the league's best...

Lionel Hollins News From the Web

05/16/12 Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins named to NBA's... Source: The Commercial Appeal - Memphis TN Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins has been named to the NBA's new competition committee, the league announced today.
05/15/12 Defeat did not sour Grizzlies' owner Michael Heisley Source: The Commercial Appeal - Memphis TN Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley braced himself for a wrecked season because of serious injuries at the start and having to recover on the fly.
05/14/12 Despite Game 7 defeat, Grizzlies confident of their... Source: The Commercial Appeal - Memphis TN The Grizzlies returned to FedExForum this morning less than 24 hours after suffering a Game 7 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.
05/14/12 NBA Playoffs 2012: 4 Tactical Errors by Lionel Hollins... Source: Bleacher Report Gilbert Arenas saw hardly any time on the floor during the series.
05/13/12 Grizzlies look to draw on past Game 7 experiences today Source: Boston Herald - Boston MA M ike Conley recalled being unable to find a rhythm and maintain poise.

Background on Lionel Hollins

Lionel Eugene Hollins (born October 19, 1953) is a retired American professional basketball player and the current head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association.

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