2017-18 basketball season
NBA professional basketball team season
The 2017–18 Memphis Grizzlies season was the 23rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). During this season, the Grizzlies announced that both Zach Randolph and Tony Allen would have their numbers be retired for the franchise at some point in the future, both of whom would be the first for this franchise's history. On November 27, 2017, head coach David Fizdale was fired after an eight-game losing streak and a publicized benching of Marc Gasol . Associate head coach J. B. Bickerstaff was promoted as an interim head coach.[1]
The Grizzlies also missed the playoffs for the first time since the 2009–10 NBA season , as well as recording one of their longest losing streaks in franchise history near the end of the season with 19 straight losses from January 31 to March 17, 2018, beginning the losing steak with a 101–105 loss to the Indiana Pacers , but finally snapping their losing streak with a 101–94 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Saint Patrick's Day.
The Grizzlies would then suffer their worst loss in franchise history during the regular season on March 22, 2018, losing to the Charlotte Hornets 79–140 in a 61-point blowout. Star point guard Mike Conley Jr. played only 12 games due to injury.
It was their first 60+ losing record since 2007–08 , and also their first season since 2008–09 without Zach Randolph , as he signed with the Sacramento Kings via free agency in July 2017. The signing reunited him with Grizzlies teammate Vince Carter , who also signed with them the same day. Randolph led the Grizzlies to seven playoff appearances and one Conference Finals appearance (2013 ).
The Grizzlies originally did not have a pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, but they did acquire the Orlando Magic 's 35th pick and Houston Rockets ' 45th pick through trades involving future second round draft picks. As a result, they acquired power forward Ivan Rabb out of California and shooting guard Dillon Brooks out of Oregon respectively.
2017–18 Memphis Grizzlies roster Players Coaches Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From G/F 24 Brooks, Dillon 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1996–01–22 Oregon G 8 Brooks, MarShon 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1989–01–29 Providence G 6 Chalmers, Mario 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1986–05–19 Kansas G 11 Conley, Mike 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1987–10–11 Ohio State F/C 21 Davis, Deyonta 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 237 lb (108 kg) 1996–12–02 Michigan State G/F 12 Evans, Tyreke 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1989–09–19 Memphis C 33 Gasol, Marc 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1985–01–29 Lausanne CS (TN) F 0 Green, JaMychal 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1990–06–21 Alabama G 5 Harrison, Andrew 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 213 lb (97 kg) 1994–10–28 Kentucky F 4 Henry, Myke (TW) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1992–12–23 DePaul F 14 Johnson, Omari 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1989–11–26 Oregon State F 1 Martin, Jarell 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 239 lb (108 kg) 1994–05–24 LSU G 23 McLemore, Ben 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1993–02–11 Kansas F 25 Parsons, Chandler 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1988–10–25 Florida F 10 Rabb, Ivan 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1997–02–04 California G/F 7 Selden, Wayne 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1994–09–30 Kansas G 2 Simmons, Kobi (TW) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1997–07–04 Arizona
Head coach Assistant coach(es) Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended(GL) On assignment to G League affiliate(TW) Two-way affiliate player Injured Roster Last transaction: 2018–03–24
Standings [ edit ] Division [ edit ] Conference [ edit ] Game log [ edit ] Preseason [ edit ] 2017 pre-season game log Total: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1) Pre-season: 3–2 (home: 2–1; road: 1–1)
2017–18 season schedule
Regular season [ edit ] 2017–18 game log Total: 22–60 (Home: 16–25; Road: 6–35) October: 5–2 (home: 4–1; road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 18 New Orleans W 103–91 Mike Conley Jr. (27) Marc Gasol (11) Chalmers , Gasol (4) FedExForum 17,794 1–0 2 October 21 Golden State W 111–101 Marc Gasol (34) Marc Gasol (14) Mike Conley Jr. (7) FedExForum 17,794 2–0 3 October 23 @ Houston W 98–90 Marc Gasol (26) James Ennis III (11) Chalmers , Conley Jr. (4) Toyota Center 17,129 3–0 4 October 25 @ Dallas L 94–103 Marc Gasol (26) Marc Gasol (11) Marc Gasol (4) American Airlines Center 19,674 3–1 5 October 26 Dallas W 96–91 Marc Gasol (25) Marc Gasol (13) Mario Chalmers (6) FedExForum 15,839 4–1 6 October 28 Houston W 103–89 Chandler Parsons (24) Ennis III , Gasol (7) Marc Gasol (7) FedExForum 17,033 5–1 7 October 30 Charlotte L 99–104 Tyreke Evans (19) Tyreke Evans (10) Mike Conley Jr. (6) FedExForum 15,771 5–2
November : 2–11 (home: 0–6; road: 2–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 8 November 1 Orlando L 99–101 Marc Gasol (22) Marc Gasol (9) Chandler Parsons (6) FedExForum 15,434 5–3 9 November 4 @ LA Clippers W 113–104 Mike Conley Jr. (22) Brandan Wright (9) Chalmers , Evans (4) Staples Center 14,777 6–3 10 November 5 @ LA Lakers L 102–107 Tyreke Evans (26) Marc Gasol (10) Marc Gasol (7) Staples Center 18,997 6–4 11 November 7 @ Portland W 98–97 Tyreke Evans (21) Brooks , Martin (8) Mike Conley Jr. (6) Moda Center 18,692 7–4 12 November 11 @ Houston L 96–111 Tyreke Evans (22) Marc Gasol (9) Tyreke Evans (6) Toyota Center 18,055 7–5 13 November 13 @ Milwaukee L 103–110 Tyreke Evans (27) Marc Gasol (9) Marc Gasol (6) BMO Harris Bradley Center 13,244 7–6 14 November 15 Indiana L 113–116 Marc Gasol (35) Marc Gasol (13) Tyreke Evans (9) FedExForum 16,033 7–7 15 November 18 Houston L 83–105 Chandler Parsons (17) Marc Gasol (9) Mario Chalmers (8) FedExForum 17,266 7–8 16 November 20 Portland L 92–100 Mario Chalmers (21) Marc Gasol (12) Marc Gasol (7) FedExForum 15,785 7–9 17 November 22 Dallas L 94–95 Tyreke Evans (18) Marc Gasol (10) Tyreke Evans (7) FedExForum 16,101 7–10 18 November 24 @ Denver L 92–104 JaMychal Green (21) Marc Gasol (6) Marc Gasol (14) Pepsi Center 16,736 7–11 19 November 26 Brooklyn L 88–98 Evans , Gasol (18) JaMychal Green (7) Evans , McLemore (3) FedExForum 14,889 7–12 20 November 29 @ San Antonio L 95–104 Tyreke Evans (22) JaMychal Green (8) Marc Gasol (7) AT&T Center 18,013 7–13
December : 5–12 (home: 3–5; road: 2–7)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 21 December 1 San Antonio L 79–95 Marc Gasol (16) Marc Gasol (13) Evans , Gasol , Harrison (4) FedExForum 16,413 7–14 22 December 2 @ Cleveland L 111–116 Tyreke Evans (31) Green , Evans (7) Tyreke Evans (12) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 7–15 23 December 4 Minnesota W 95–92 Marc Gasol (21) JaMychal Green (9) Tyreke Evans (9) FedExForum 14,012 8–15 24 December 6 @ New York L 88–99 Marc Gasol (17) Marc Gasol (8) Andrew Harrison (5) Madison Square Garden 19,812 8–16 25 December 8 Toronto L 107–116 Tyreke Evans (27) Marc Gasol (7) Andrew Harrison (7) FedEx Forum 15,417 8–17 26 December 9 Oklahoma City L 101–102 (OT) Tyreke Evans (29) Tyreke Evans (13) Marc Gasol (6) FedEx Forum 17,794 8–18 27 December 11 Miami L 82–107 Marc Gasol (19) Deyonta Davis (7) Chandler Parsons (5) FedEx Forum 14,857 8–19 28 December 13 @ Washington L 87–93 Andrew Harrison (20) JaMychal Green (15) Andrew Harrison (7) Capital One Arena 15,297 8–20 29 December 15 Atlanta W 96–94 Tyreke Evans (22) JaMychal Green (12) Marc Gasol (5) FedExForum 15,803 9–20 30 December 16 Boston L 93–102 Marc Gasol (30) Marc Gasol (10) Evans , Harrison (5) FedExForum 17,794 9–21 31 December 20 @ Golden State L 84–97 Marc Gasol (21) Marc Gasol (9) Tyreke Evans (6) Oracle Arena 19,695 9–22 32 December 21 @ Phoenix L 95–97 Tyreke Evans (23) Marc Gasol (11) Evans , Gasol (5) Talking Stick Resort Arena 16,339 9–23 33 December 23 LA Clippers W 115–112 Tyreke Evans (30) Marc Gasol (15) Tyreke Evans (11) FedExForum 16,844 10–23 34 December 26 @ Phoenix L 97–99 Tyreke Evans (25) Gasol , Martin (6) Tyreke Evans (5) Talking Stick Resort Arena 17,105 10–24 35 December 27 @ LA Lakers W 109–99 Tyreke Evans (32) Marc Gasol (9) Tyreke Evans (7) Staples Center 18,997 11–24 36 December 30 @ Golden State L 128–141 Marc Gasol (27) JaMychal Green (8) Tyreke Evans (9) Oracle Arena 19,596 11–25 37 December 31 @ Sacramento W 114–96 Tyreke Evans (26) Deyonta Davis (9) Tyreke Evans (5) Golden 1 Center 17,583 12–25
January : 6–7 (home: 6–3; road: 0–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 38 January 2 @ LA Clippers L 105–113 Tyreke Evans (18) Jarell Martin (7) Tyreke Evans (6) Staples Center 15,711 12–26 39 January 5 Washington L 100–102 Tyreke Evans (26) Marc Gasol (11) Tyreke Evans (7) FedExForum 16,988 12–27 40 January 10 New Orleans W 105–102 Tyreke Evans (28) JaMychal Green (14) Marc Gasol (7) FedExForum 14,312 13–27 41 January 12 @ Denver L 78–87 Marc Gasol (22) Marc Gasol (11) Andrew Harrison (6) Pepsi Center 15,607 13–28 42 January 15 LA Lakers W 123–114 Dillon Brooks (19) Evans , Green (9) Tyreke Evans (12) FedExForum 17,794 14–28 43 January 17 NY Knicks W 105–99 Tyreke Evans (23) JaMychal Green (13) Tyreke Evans (10) FedExForum 12,885 15–28 44 January 19 Sacramento W 106–88 Dillon Brooks (22) JaMychal Green (10) Tyreke Evans (5) FedExForum 16,831 16–28 45 January 20 @ New Orleans L 104–111 Wayne Selden (27) JaMychal Green (16) Marc Gasol (7) Smoothie King Center 18,212 16–29 46 January 22 Philadelphia W 105–101 Marc Gasol (19) Jarell Martin (8) Tyreke Evans (8) FedExForum 14,288 17–29 47 January 24 San Antonio L 85–108 Marc Gasol (18) Brooks , Gasol (7) Andrew Harrison (6) FedExForum 15,812 17–30 48 January 26 LA Clippers L 100–109 Chalmers , Martin (17) Marc Gasol (12) Chalmers , Gasol (10) FedExForum 16,369 17–31 49 January 29 Phoenix W 120–109 Tyreke Evans (27) Marc Gasol (10) Brooks , Harrison (6) FedExForum 13,202 18–31 50 January 31 @ Indiana L 101–105 Wayne Selden (24) Marc Gasol (9) Gasol , Harrison (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 15,093 18–32
February : 0–10 (home: 0–4; road: 0–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 51 February 1 @ Detroit L 102–104 Marc Gasol (19) Marc Gasol (14) Andrew Harrison (8) Little Caesars Arena 17,481 18–33 52 February 4 @ Toronto L 86–101 Marc Gasol (20) Wayne Selden (7) Marc Gasol (5) Air Canada Centre 19,800 18–34 53 February 6 @ Atlanta L 82–108 Mario Chalmers (13) Ivan Rabb (11) Brooks , Harrison (8) Philips Arena 11,866 18–35 54 February 7 Utah L 88–92 Andrew Harrison (23) JaMychal Green (7) Marc Gasol (5) FedExForum 13,187 18–36 55 February 11 @ Oklahoma City L 92–110 Marc Gasol (18) JaMychal Green (12) Mario Chalmers (6) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 18–37 56 February 14 Oklahoma City L 114–121 Andrew Harrison (28) Tyreke Evans (9) Marc Gasol (9) FedExForum 16,012 18–38 57 February 23 Cleveland L 89–112 Evans , Green (15) JaMychal Green (10) Tyreke Evans (10) FedExForum 18,119 18–39 58 February 24 @ Miami L 89–115 Andrew Harrison (17) JaMychal Green (11) Andrew Harrison (6) American Airlines Arena 19,600 18–40 59 February 26 @ Boston L 98–109 JaMychal Green (21) JaMychal Green (11) Marc Gasol (8) TD Garden 18,624 18–41 60 February 28 Phoenix L 102–110 Marc Gasol (22) Marc Gasol (13) Andrew Harrison (7) FedExForum 13,484 18–42
March : 3–13 (home: 2–5; road: 1–8)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 61 March 2 Denver L 102–108 Marc Gasol (22) Marc Gasol (9) Mario Chalmers (6) FedExForum 16,421 18–43 62 March 3 @ Orlando L 100–107 Ben McLemore (20) JaMychal Green (13) JaMychal Green (7) Amway Center 17,875 18–44 63 March 5 @ San Antonio L 98–100 Marc Gasol (23) JaMychal Green (15) Green , Rathan-Mayes (5) AT&T Center 18,418 18–45 64 March 7 @ Chicago L 110–119 Dillon Brooks (29) JaMychal Green (8) Gasol , Rathan-Mayes (5) United Center 20,210 18–46 65 March 9 Utah L 78–95 Dillon Brooks (18) Marc Gasol (11) Marc Gasol (6) FedExForum 15,622 18–47 66 March 10 @ Dallas L 80–114 Dillon Brooks (17) JaMychal Green (10) Parsons , Simmons (4) American Airlines Center 19,579 18–48 67 March 12 Milwaukee L 103–121 Marc Gasol (17) Green , Gasol (7) Martin , Simmons , Rathan-Mayes (5) FedExForum 14,112 18–49 68 March 15 Chicago L 110–111 Tyreke Evans (25) Green , Gasol (10) Tyreke Evans (9) FedExForum 16,511 18–50 69 March 17 Denver W 101–94 Dillon Brooks (24) JaMychal Green (13) Tyreke Evans (7) FedExForum 16,501 19–50 70 March 19 @ Brooklyn L 115–118 Andrew Harrison (19) JaMychal Green (16) Andrew Harrison (8) Barclays Center 12,856 19–51 71 March 21 @ Philadelphia L 105–119 Wayne Selden Jr. (18) Deyonta Davis (11) Mario Chalmers (5) Wells Fargo Center 10,411 19–52 72 March 22 @ Charlotte L 79–140 Wayne Selden (18) Jarell Martin (8) Evans , Simmons (4) Spectrum Center 15,033 19–53 73 March 24 LA Lakers L 93–100 Andrew Harrison (20) JaMychal Green (16) Andrew Harrison (9) FedExForum 18,119 19–54 74 March 26 @ Minnesota W 101–93 Wayne Selden (23) JaMychal Green (11) Marc Gasol (6) Target Center 16,290 20–54 75 March 28 Portland W 108–103 Dillon Brooks (21) Jarell Martin (14) Marc Gasol (6) FedExForum 16,050 21–54 76 March 30 @ Utah L 97–107 Marc Gasol (28) JaMychal Green (6) Teague , Simmons (5) Vivint Smart Home Arena 18,306 21–55
April : 1–5 (home: 1–1; road: 0–4)
2017–18 season schedule
Player statistics [ edit ] Player Pos. GP GS MP Reb. Ast. Stl. Blk. Pts. Dillon Brooks SF 82 74 2,350 257 135 73 17 898 MarShon Brooks ≠ SG 7 1 193 21 25 11 3 141 Mario Chalmers PG 66 10 1,421 157 197 79 14 507 Mike Conley PG 12 12 373 27 49 12 3 205 Deyonta Davis C 62 6 943 250 40 15 39 360 James Ennis † SF 45 14 1,053 157 49 32 12 310 Tyreke Evans PG 52 32 1,607 265 269 57 17 1,010 Marc Gasol C 73 73 2,408 592 305 54 101 1,258 JaMychal Green PF 55 54 1,542 464 79 32 25 569 Andrew Harrison PG 56 46 1,326 131 177 38 26 533 Myke Henry ≠ SF 20 0 378 38 22 31 6 107 Vince Hunter ‡ PF 4 0 7 3 0 0 1 6 Brice Johnson ‡ PF 9 0 60 18 1 3 4 27 Omari Johnson ≠ PF 4 0 75 11 7 2 0 22 Jarell Martin PF 73 36 1,661 318 73 39 49 565 Ben McLemore SG 56 17 1,091 139 51 38 15 422 Chandler Parsons SF 36 8 691 90 69 18 11 284 Ivan Rabb PF 36 5 516 158 32 12 13 201 Xavier Rathan-Mayes SG 5 0 118 5 18 6 3 29 Wayne Selden SG 35 9 692 56 66 18 5 325 Kobi Simmons PG 32 12 643 50 68 18 5 196 Marquis Teague ‡ PG 3 0 74 6 13 4 0 11 Brianté Weber ≠ PG 5 0 119 17 9 8 2 24 Brandan Wright ‡ PF 27 1 366 93 13 13 25 135
After all games .[2] ‡ Waived during the season † Traded during the season ≠ Acquired during the season
Transactions [ edit ] Free agency [ edit ] Re-signed [ edit ] Additions [ edit ] Subtractions [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ "Memphis Grizzlies fire coach David Fizdale" . NBA.com . Retrieved November 27, 2017 . ^ "2017-18 Memphis Grizzlies Roster and Regular season Stats" . basketball-reference.com. Retrieved July 18, 2019 . ^ a b "Grizzlies acquire draft rights to Ivan Rabb and Dillon Brooks" . NBA.com . June 22, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2017 . ^ "Grizzlies sign Wayne Selden Jr. to a multi-year contract" . nba.com . July 1, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2017 . ^ "Grizzlies sign JaMychal Green to multi-year contract" . nba.com . September 27, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017 . ^ "Grizzlies sign Kobi Simmons" . NBA.com . Retrieved July 6, 2017 . ^ "Grizzlies sign Ben McLemore to multi-year contract" . NBA.com . July 7, 2017. Retrieved July 7, 2017 . ^ "Grizzlies sign Tyreke Evans" . NBA.com . July 10, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2017 . ^ "Grizzlies sign Rade Zagorac" . NBA.com . July 17, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2017 . ^ "Grizzlies sign Mario Chalmers" . NBA.com . July 19, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2017 . ^ "Pelicans sign Tony Allen" . NBA.com/grizzlies . September 15, 2017. Retrieved September 15, 2017 . ^ "Kings sign Vince Carter" . NBA.com/grizzlies . July 10, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2017 . ^ "Kings Sign Zach Randolph" . NBA.com/grizzlies . July 10, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2017 .