The Summer Of Selby In Las Vegas

It may only be two games into the NBA Summer League season for the Memphis Grizzlies, but Josh Selby has quickly made his name known in “Sin City” with his impressive play amongst the rest of the NBA’s Summer League talent. Selby put up 35 points on (7-8) 3-point shooting, while grabbing 7 steals in [...]

Grading NBA Teams’ Usage of the D-League: Southwest Division

This is part five of our six-part series grading all 30 NBA teams on their usage of the D-League. We’ve already graded the Pacific, Atlantic, Northwest, and Southeast divisions. If you missed the original post and are unfamiliar with the genesis of this idea or want a full, detailed explanation of how the grades were [...]

Summer League Game Review: Memphis Grizzlies 101, D-League Select Team 85

The D-League Select Team fell to 0-3 in Summer League play yesterday, losing 101-85. The Select Team led 24-21 after the first quarter, but Memphis pushed ahead in the second quarter and pulled away with a 23-14 fourth quarter to win handily. Mike Gansey led the Select Team in scoring with 17 points on 6-10 [...]

Victim of my draft night stalking now a D-League assignee

I didn’t actually stalk Hasheem Thabeet. If memory serves, he consented to having a diminutive shadow on the night he became the second pick of the 2009 NBA draft (and seemed pleasantly reminiscent of the occasion when we chatted at the rookie photo shoot a month later). In any event, the 7-foot-3 rookie for the [...]