Since Mike Conley became the starting point guard, the Memphis Grizzlies have gone through this brutal never-ending cycle of finding his backup point guard. They’ve gone to the draft, but every one they pick — Greivis Vasquez, Tony Wroten and Wade Baldwin — only lasts a year on the team. To replenish their draft blunders (side-note: Vasquez wasn’t one, but that’s a different conversation), they’ve turned to veterans. While they’ve helped, they were nothing more than short-term answers.
For awhile, this strategy has been nice, particularly because of Conley’s excellence. Now as Conley is a 30-year old point guard with injury problems, they need to look to the future soon.