MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- You won't offend the Memphis Grizzlies by flipping right past them on NBA League Pass. They'll gleefully admit that 29 other teams are more fun to watch.
But as the rest of the league trends toward a fast, beautiful brand of basketball, the Grizzlies play slow and ugly by design. Coming off a 22-win campaign in 2017-18 -- a season doomed by a heel injury that sidelined point guard Mike Conley for all but a dozen games -- Grit 'n Grind has been revitalized in Memphis. Nobody plays at a slower pace than the Grizzlies -- 96.