A perennial playoff team in the 2010s, the Memphis Grizzlies have endured two consecutive losing seasons for the first time since 2008-2010. Now, the organization has undergone significant changes in the last year, and the Grizzlies’ rebuild is starting to take shape.
It started when Memphis found itself picking fourth in a loaded 2018 NBA Draft. Everyone was talking about Luka Doncic, the European wunderkind, or DeAndre Ayton, the consensus #1 overall pick. Trae Young had garnered a lot of attention after his phenomenal freshman season at Oklahoma, and Marvin Bagley III had just collected both the ACC Freshman of the Year Award and the ACC Player of the Year Award at Duke.