🐻 All-Rookie First Team
🐻 2x All-Star
🐻 2x NBA Blocks Leader
🐻 3x All-Defensive Team
🐻 Defensive Player of the Year
Trip, your impact, energy and passion for this team, this community and this city has left a lasting legacy. From the 〽️ with love. 🫶
Thank you @jarenjacksonjr for 8 great years.
Hier soir, une dernière victoire, une dernière sortie à 30 points et ce retour aux vestiaires… comme s’il savait déjà ce qui allait se passer.
Merci pour tout Jaren 🙏🏼
All love @jarenjacksonjr 💙
10 ans déjà. Que de souvenirs.
Cette équipe avait peut-être moins de talent pur qu’actuellement (et encore…) mais elle avait surtout un supplément d’âme qui est aujourd’hui perdu…
GAMEDAY ! 🔥🔥🔥
Affiche de malade à 2h : Memphis vs OKC. Le 1er contre le 2e de l’Ouest.
Avec des Grizzlies apparemment au COMPLET pour la PREMIÈRE fois de la saison !
C’est immanquable. Et parfait pour oublier cette pauvre deadline.
GRIZZLIES’ SCORING SURGE: FROM WORST TO FIRST
Last season, the Grizzlies finished 13th in the West, averaging a league-low 105.8 points per game.
This season? They lead the NBA in scoring (122.1 ppg) and boast a 17-8 record, tied for second in the West after winning nine of their last 10.
Historic Turnaround: No NBA team has ever gone from the lowest-scoring offense to the highest-scoring offense from one season to the next.
Memphis’ +16.3 ppg increase would be the greatest one-year jump since 1954-55 — the first season with a shot clock.
Historic Pace: The Grizzlies have already scored 140+ points twice this season, tying their single-season franchise record. They’ve also never led the league in scoring over an entire season.
The Key: Ranking third in rebounding (47.6) and second in pace (104.64), Memphis thrives in the open floor, leading the NBA with 36.8 transition ppg — 5+ more than the next closest team and 10+ beyond the third.
Its Engine? Ja Morant. After missing 73 games last season, Morant has reignited Memphis’ early offense, averaging 7.4 transition ppg, second only to Giannis Antetokounmpo.
The Ja Effect: With Morant pushing the tempo, the Grizzlies are getting better looks, ranking third in wide-open FGA (26.0) and second in assists (30.3), fueled by Morant’s career-high 8.5 dimes per game.
Another Result? Balanced scoring. Seven Grizzlies have hit double figures in 12 games this season, while no other team has more than five such games.
Controlling the Paint: In the half-court, Memphis gets inside with Morant’s athleticism and Jaren Jackson Jr.’s strength, leading to an NBA-best 58.9 points in the paint per game.
Thunder & Lightning: Jackson Jr. (11.3) and Morant (11.1) are one of only three duos in the league each averaging over 11 points in the paint this season.
Pick Your Poison: Stop Morant’s acrobatics at the rim (see his jaw-dropping 360 layup above), and you still have to slow down his connection with Jackson Jr.
The Grizzlies have scored 115+ points in 10 straight games, tied for the third-longest streak in franchise history.
But the Nets have limited them to just 105.0 ppg in their two meetings this year, leading to two Brooklyn wins.
Tonight, the two sides will square off for a third and final time this season (8 PM ET) as part of a seven-game slate on League Pass.
Un meneur calibre MVP.
Un arrière shooteur élite.
Une licorne niveau DPOY.
Tous les trois dans la force de l’âge, à l’aube de leur prime.
Il n’y a pas 5 meilleurs trios en NBA que Ja Morant, Desmond Bane et Jaren Jackson Jr.