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NBA Preview: Same Ol’ Grizzlies come to New Orleans but this time with rising rookie star Jaren Jackson Jr. in tow

Another NBA season has come and it’s another chance for the Memphis Grizzlies to show us all there’s more than one way to win an NBA game in 2018.

Many of those assumptions you make about the Grizzlies may be true, whether its 2008 or 2018.

They play the slowest pace in the league, with a collection of defense-first try-hards surrounding old standbys Mike Conley Jr. and Marc Gasol, the last of a Grit and Grind past. Coming through the bluffs, though, arises a shockingly young and potent rookie star: Jaren Jackson Jr.