Right now, Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers are probably looking at the Memphis Grizzlies and scratching their heads. It took years and a GM controversy for Philly to go from lottery team to playoff contender, and it looks like Memphis is on track to do that in just one to two short years.
A big part of the Grizzlies early success is the roster that the front office has built, and the rotation that the team has worked all season to build. Memphis hasn’t just brought in a few top-level players, though they have done that in Ja Morant and Jonas Valanciunas, but have also stacked their roster with a number of key rotation players.