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Griz primed for offseason dealing

Apr 28, 2004 5:58 AM EST

Hubie Brown may have lead the Memphis Grizzlies to 50 wins and their first ever trip to the Playoffs, but listen to GM Jerry West and you'll hear praise of things much greater than the surface items which earned Brown the Coach of the Year award.

"He hid a lot of our weaknesses all year long," West said. "This team does have warts."

Some of these warts may have been exposed during the team's first round sweep at the hands of the Spurs, and because of this don't expect West to stand still during the offseason.

"My job is to be objective," West said. "I don't care who (the player) is. My hope is to do what's best for the franchise."

Via Memphis Commercial Appeal

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Spurs Try to Make Sweeping Statement Above the Noise

Apr 25, 2004 6:59 AM EST

Up three games to none in their first round playoff series against the Memphis Grizzlies, the San Antonio Spurs are looking to close out the series with a sweep.

Memphis has been a Cinderella team this season, winning a franchise best 50 games en route to their first ever Playoffs campaign, but after losing seven in a row and nine of their past ten they are all but done.

The Spurs, meanwhile, have not lost since March 23 and have the fact that no team has ever come back to win an NBA playoff series after losing the first three games on their side. The Spurs are all but guaranteed a spot in the second round against the Lakers... should they be able to hold off the Houston Rockets of course. Jerry Crowe of the L.A. Times reports that the Lakers hold a 3-1 advantage against San Antonio this season, but Spurs coach Greg Popovich was quick to point out this was misleading.

"We couldn't have beat your Budweiser team three times before Christmas," Popovich said. The three losses came in the first five weeks of the season when the Spurs were trying to find their feet.

Memphis will look to lean on the experience of guard Bonzi Wells, who last season found his Portland Trail Blazers down 0-3 to the Dallas Mavericks before rallying back to force a Game 7.

"It's like I'm experiencing deja vu," Wells said.

Via L.A. Times

San Antonio Spurs, Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Lakers, Houston Rockets

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Hornets' Brown honored by NBA

Apr 25, 2004 5:38 AM EST

New Orleans' P.J. Brown was awarded with the NBA's Sportsmanship Award before his Hornets took on the Miami Heat in a must win game.

Brown, a finalist in each of the past three seasons after being a Central Division winner, beat out the Los Angeles Clippers' Elton Brand (1,139), the Memphis Grizzlies' Shane Battier (985) and the New Jersey Nets' Kerry Kittles (880) to take the award. Brown finished with 1,220 of a possible 1,320 points.

The trophy, named after Joe Dumars, honors a player who exemplified the ideals of sportsmanship on the court, ethical behavior and fair play.

Via The Times-Picayune

New Orleans Hornets, Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies, New Jersey Nets

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Grizzlies Apr 2004 Archive

  • Hubie Brown NBA's Best Coach

    Memphis Commercial Appeal | Apr 20, 2004

    Hubie Brown, who led the Grizzlies to a 50-win regular season and their first playoff appearance, will receive the NBA's Coach of the Year award, The Commercial Appeal has learned.

  • Spurs pick apart Griz in playoff premiere

    Memphis Commercial Appeal | Apr 18, 2004

    Before the Grizzlies took their first steps toward adding the best chapters of a nine-year history, point guard Jason Williams gathered the starters and formed a circle.

  • Swift lone link to Canada among players

    Memphis Commercial Appeal | Apr 17, 2004

    Stromile Swift is the last man standing from the Grizzlies days in Vancouver.

  • Gasol key to hopes of an upset

    Memphis Commercial Appeal | Apr 17, 2004

    Gasol and the Grizzlies begin their first playoff series tonight against the San Antonio Spurs in the SBC Center.

  • Brown: 'We can push them'

    Memphis Commercial Appeal | Apr 16, 2004

    Hubie Brown doesn't care that the Griz lost their last four regular-season games.

  • Bulls not inclined to reach for stars

    Chicago Tribune | Apr 12, 2004

    Tracy McGrady, Allen Iverson, Vince Carter and LeBron James will be watching the NBA playoffs on TV when the first round begins Saturday.

  • Sloan, Brown top picks for coach of year

    Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel | Apr 11, 2004

    An informal poll of 24 reporters who cover the league regularly - 13 from the Western Conference and 11 from the East - showed that Utah's Jerry Sloan had an edge over Hubie Brown of Memphis for the coaching honor.

  • Gasol, Wells won't play until healthy

    Memphis Commercial Appeal | Apr 9, 2004

    Gasol, the Grizzlies' starting power forward and leading scorer, may miss the team's final four games because of the strained arch on his right foot.

  • The big five-0: Griz hit another milestone

    Memphis Commercial Appeal | Apr 8, 2004

    When your GM makes an optimistic expectation that the team would amass 39 games and you reach 50 and the season isn't over then you know you've done well.

  • J-Will's tirade nets suspension

    Memphis Commercial Appeal | Apr 7, 2004

    Jason Williams's tirade Monday night during the Grizzlies' 92-81 loss at Utah cost him a one-game suspension without pay.

  • '01 Draft was start of today's Grizzlies

    Memphis Commercial Appeal | Apr 6, 2004

    Draft night from the year 2001 is one which the Memphis Grizzlies will remember for a long time.