The Memphis Grizzlies were supposed to be bad this season.
It was the first full year of a rebuild. Two franchise pillars had just been traded. Their best players were mostly youngsters. They’d flipped over half their roster in the offseason. Their head coach had only been a head coach in Summer League.
Obviously things haven’t gone exactly to plan. As of writing, Memphis finds themselves just one game out of eighth place in the West. They’re 9-6 over their past 15, (10th in the league) and have the league’s median difficulty of remaining schedule, per Tankathon.