Jonas Valanciunas, Memphis Grizzlies Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
The Memphis Grizzlies have had a really good year of basketball, all things considered. That said, they don’t generally have any eye-popping stats. They’re not an elite scoring team, not the best defenders, and didn’t have any NBA All-Stars on their roster.
But the Grizzlies do have one area that they lead the NBA in. That area is steals per game and they do it by a wide margin.
It’s not overly surprising — Memphis as a franchise has always had a feisty defense.