LAS VEGAS – Moments after signing his free-agent contract with the Grizzlies at the team’s summer league hotel, Kyle Anderson glanced into a video camera and emphasized he couldn’t wait to get back to Memphis to join the Grit and Grind movement.
That anticipation is reciprocal.
There’s a set of new coaches and teammates already charting ways to incorporate Anderson’s unique versatility as the Grizzlies plan for the start of training camp in September. A 6-foot-9, 230-pound forward who spent the past four seasons with the Spurs, Anderson is expected to play as many as four positions as the Grizzlies calibrate a lineup enhanced by 18-year-old lottery pick Jaren Jackson Jr.