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Player to Watch: L.R. Mbah a Moute

FanHouse previews a player to watch from each NBA team in advance of the 2009-10 season.Luc Richard Mbah a Moute is not going to set the world on fire. But he's the type of player that can provide the gasoline. To say Mbah a Moute was under the radar last season is to vastly overestimate the strength of radar systems....

Grizzlies Owner Cuts Scouting Staff From Five to Nothing

Of all teams in need of a good scouting staff, the Grizzlies, who have had 10 top-six picks in 14 years of existence, are at the top of the list. The team had five amateur scouts last season (I'm not calling the scouts amateurs, they scouted amateur players). Next season, Geoff Calkins of the Memphis Commercial-Appeal...

Did Memphis Decline a Deal for Amare?

It's been such a wild year for the Phoenix Suns that the trade deadline rumors that swirled around Amare Stoudemire almost seem like they didn't even happen. But happen they did, and the fact is that the Suns were openly trying to deal their young All-Star to anyone who would listen -- including the Memphis Grizzlies.There...

Sophomore Stars: Mike Conley Is Ready to Lead the Grizzlies' Youth Movement

Mike Conley Jr. is at the forefront of the Grizzlies' youth movement. Drafted fourth overall in the 2007 NBA Draft, he entered a team in the midst of tearing down the old roster in pursuit of rebuilding. Conley eventually worked his way into the rotation and was the featured point guard by season's end. Expectations are...

Headlines to Watch: Southwest Division

Check out FanHouse's NBA Preview.This is not a division. It is a gauntlet. A spiked, imperial gauntlet inhabited by minotaurs, pterodactyls, stone giants, warrior pygmy tribes, and other things that go bump in the night. There is no sense of "If we can just make it to .500" in this division. .500 means nothing. .500 is...