By stringing together some victories, the Grizzlies were gaining momentum and emerging from that 6-16 start to the season when Dillon Brooks recently looked around the room.
The Grizzlies had just wrapped up practice that day. And their starting shooting guard, who’s also the team’s longest-tenured player, entered a circle of reporters to discuss the progress. Brooks meant no offense to those gathered, but it was a rather light media contingent.
“We’re building a culture where this scrum will be a lot of people and you could barely hear me talk someday,” Brooks assured. “We have aspirations to get to the highest level.