SALT LAKE CITY – If the collective mission of forwards Yuta Watanabe and Julian Washburn was to pick up this summer where they left off late last season, then consider two of the Grizzlies’ biggest development projects off to a promising start.
Call it forward progress.
The next step is to build on their dominant Salt Lake City Summer League debut after they combined for 40 points and 14 rebounds in Monday's 85-68 victory over the host Jazz at Vivint SmartHome Arena. Both Watanabe and Washburn spent last season on Two-Way contracts, bouncing between the NBA G League’s Memphis Hustle and the Grizzlies.