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SubTsakalidis -- also known as "SubTsak" -- is a Memphis Grizzlies Substack run by Parker Fleming. Breaking down any element of the Memphis Grizzlies, all for a good cause. Proceeds will go to St. Jude Children's Hospital.
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Grizzlies: 5 preseason storylines to watch for (opens the original)
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After the weekend, we inch closer to the NBA season. The Memphis Grizzlies will host Media Day on Monday, then travel to Nashville for training camp. Before preseason action, the Grizzlies will host an open practice for fans on Sunday, October 4th.The Grizzlies will experience a lot of new faces this era. Cam Boozer, Cedric Coward, and Zach Edey are the new pillars of the franchise — while the latter two are not fresh faces, these are promoted designations. They have different veterans around wi
The Memphis Grizzlies and the winning edge of frontcourt playmaking (opens the original)
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The NBA can be a copycat league. Whether it’s play styles or archetypes, teams may try to emulate a successful team in hopes of striking gold in a similar way. In the process, it can fail due to not possessing the original formula of the roster or the individual makeup of the coveted skillset.Within the copycat league, replication doesn’t work because they don’t have the outlier that differentiates the victors. They don’t have the LeBron James, Steph Curry, Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, K
Fred Smith Jr., Cello Jackson are big playmakers for Memphis Tigers (opens the original)
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Penny Hardaway’s team-building tenure has taken on a few different forms.He emphatically made his presence known as a recruiter with the number 1 recruiting class in 2019 with James Wiseman, Precious Achiuwa, Lester Quinones, among others. He then brought in 5-star prospects in Jalen Duren, Moussa Cisse, and Emoni Bates — the latter two later hit the portal.Hardaway then joined the portal party, and seasons hinged on who they brought in through the portal. It paid off big when they had Deandre W
Mailbag: Successes for Boozer and Grizzlies next season, what’s overrated/underrated, scouting lessons (opens the original)
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Hi, everyone! Hope you all are enjoying the offseason, but also excited for an upcoming basketball season.Before I start the mailbag, I wanted to give a quick update for my SubTsakalidis subscribers and anyone else who follows my work.It was announced on X this week that I’ll be joining No Ceilings as a contributor, sp my draft and scouting coverage will shift over there.Nothing changes on a day-to-day basis or really with this Substack. I’ll still have the draft guide, and I have massive plans
Don’t count out the assist-maxxing Grizzlies guards (opens the original)
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For the first time in seven years, the Memphis Grizzlies will have a new starting point guard. Going into the offseason, many people had pegged Memphis as a team that could pick up a point guard in some capacity.Four point guards were selected in the top 10, but fortunately lottery luck led to them getting Cam Boozer. A second group of guards emerged around the 16th pick, leaving the Grizzlies an opportunity to select a young guard. They took one with Bennett Stirtz, but traded his draft rights
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