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Doing Lines: Kobe, 'Melo, Mayo Drop 40

Every night there are some stupendous, silly, stupid, or downright outlandish individual lines from around the lig. Doing Lines lets you know which one tops the list.It's not every day that we get to see a player hit for 40 points or more in an NBA game. So on Sunday, when we had three different players meet or surpass the...

Player to Watch: Marc Gasol

FanHouse previews a player to watch from each NBA team in advance of the 2009-10 season. Marc Gasol is svelt. No lie. Gasol spent the summer running up mountains in Spain. I've never run up a mountain anywhere, much less mountains in Spain. You always hear stories about players losing weight coming into camp, but Gasol's...

FanHouse Preview: Grizzlies

FanHouse previews all 30 NBA teams in advance of the 2009-10 season. The Grizzlies are not a joke. They are the punchline. That's where they've fallen to. They aren't even the setup for the joke. They're just mentioned as the end point. A little under two years ago, Grizzlies GM Chris Wallace (and by that, we mean owner...

Without the NBA Age Minimum, Is Derrick Rose a Cheater?

I don't aim to defend the practice of cheating on your SAT, as Bulls star Derrick Rose is alleged to have done prior to enrolling at the University of Memphis in 2007. Even at age 17, Rose should know better. His brother Reggie Rose should have known better. Any other advisers potentially involved in the alleged fake-out...

O.J. Mayo Didn't Like Diamond Bangle

Maybe we're being a little too old school here, but it's hard to fathom Joe Dumars or Karl Malone or Bill Laimbeer getting into trouble because they forgot to pay for the diamond necklace they ordered. O.J. Mayo needs to man up. If you're a professional athlete and going to get in trouble, at least make it something like...

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Grizzlies Beat Clippers In Game 2: O.J. Mayo Shines In Fourth As Memphis Evens Series

O.J. Mayo scored 10 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter, and the Memphis Grizzlies bounced back to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 105-98 on Wednesday night.

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05/16/12 What's Next For The Memphis Grizzlies? Source: High School Sports Zoom The season is over, the Memphis Grizzlies are off "golfing" somewhere, as the story goes, and we're now left to let the summer drag out with plenty of rationalization, reason and, more importantly, speculation.
05/15/12 Questions remain after Grizzlies' season ends Source: The Commercial Appeal - Memphis TN The Grizzlies bowed out of the postseason in another Game 7 -- this time in the first round -- and for the second time in as many seasons they talked about needing more outside shooting and a more capable backup point guard to improve the roster.
05/15/12 Geoff Calkins: Tweaks, creativity needed for Griz Source: The Commercial Appeal - Memphis TN Another season, another press conference.
05/14/12 Grizzlies won't make hasty decisions following abrupt... Source: Memphis Business Journal - Memphis TN I don't think anyone really anticipated the NBA season being over in Memphis before Memorial Day, but here we are.
05/14/12 Analysis: L.A.'s reserves bring on power surge Source: The Commercial Appeal - Memphis TN It has been Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins' mantra all season that basketball is a team game, that it takes a roster to win, not merely a superstar and a cast of guys who fill in lines on a box score.