The 2016–17 Memphis Grizzlies season was the 22nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). On May 7, 2016, the Memphis Grizzlies fired Dave Joerger after the team was swept in the first round of the playoffs.[1] On May 29, 2016, David Fizdale was hired as the head coach.[2]
2016–17 Memphis Grizzlies season | |
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Head coach | David Fizdale |
General manager | Chris Wallace |
Owners | Robert Pera |
Arena | FedExForum |
Results | |
Record | 43–39 (.524) |
Place | Division: 3rd (Southwest) Conference: 7th (Western) |
Playoff finish | First Round (lost to Spurs 2–4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | Fox Sports Tennessee Fox Sports Southeast |
Radio | WMFS-FM |
The Grizzlies finished the regular season with a 43–39 record, securing the 7th seed. In the playoffs, they faced off against the San Antonio Spurs in the First Round, where they lost in six games. Following the season, Zach Randolph signed as a free agent with the Sacramento Kings, along with Vince Carter. Tony Allen also left the team following the season, signing with the New Orleans Pelicans as a free agent.
Until the 2020-21 NBA season, this marked the last time the Grizzlies made the playoffs.
Draft
editRound | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College / Club |
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1 | 17 | Wade Baldwin IV | PG | United States | Vanderbilt |
2 | 57 | Wang Zhelin | C | China | Fujian Sturgeons (China) |
Roster
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Standings
editDivision
editSouthwest Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
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y – San Antonio Spurs | 61 | 21 | .744 | – | 31–10 | 30–11 | 11–5 | 82 |
x – Houston Rockets | 55 | 27 | .671 | 6.0 | 30–11 | 25–16 | 10–6 | 82 |
x – Memphis Grizzlies | 43 | 39 | .524 | 18.0 | 24–17 | 19–22 | 8–8 | 82 |
New Orleans Pelicans | 34 | 48 | .415 | 27.0 | 21–20 | 13–28 | 6–10 | 82 |
Dallas Mavericks | 33 | 49 | .402 | 28.0 | 21–20 | 12–29 | 5–11 | 82 |
Conference
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# | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
1 | z – Golden State Warriors * | 67 | 15 | .817 | – | 82 |
2 | y – San Antonio Spurs * | 61 | 21 | .744 | 6.0 | 82 |
3 | x – Houston Rockets | 55 | 27 | .671 | 12.0 | 82 |
4 | x – Los Angeles Clippers | 51 | 31 | .622 | 16.0 | 82 |
5 | y – Utah Jazz * | 51 | 31 | .622 | 16.0 | 82 |
6 | x – Oklahoma City Thunder | 47 | 35 | .573 | 20.0 | 82 |
7 | x – Memphis Grizzlies | 43 | 39 | .524 | 24.0 | 82 |
8 | x – Portland Trail Blazers | 41 | 41 | .500 | 26.0 | 82 |
9 | Denver Nuggets | 40 | 42 | .488 | 27.0 | 82 |
10 | New Orleans Pelicans | 34 | 48 | .415 | 33.0 | 82 |
11 | Dallas Mavericks | 33 | 49 | .402 | 34.0 | 82 |
12 | Sacramento Kings | 32 | 50 | .390 | 35.0 | 82 |
13 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 31 | 51 | .378 | 36.0 | 82 |
14 | Los Angeles Lakers | 26 | 56 | .317 | 41.0 | 82 |
15 | Phoenix Suns | 24 | 58 | .293 | 43.0 | 82 |
Game log
editPre-season
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Pre-season: 4–2 (home: 2–1; road: 2–1)
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2016–17 pre-season schedule |
Regular season
editPlayoffs
edit2017 playoff game log Total: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First Round: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)
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2017 playoff schedule |
Player statistics
editRagular season
editPlayer | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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JaMychal Green | PF | 77 | 75 | 2,101 | 544 | 84 | 47 | 34 | 689 | 27.3 | 7.1 | 1.1 | .6 | .4 | 8.9 |
Marc Gasol | C | 74 | 74 | 2,531 | 464 | 338 | 67 | 99 | 1,446 | 34.2 | 6.3 | 4.6 | .9 | 1.3 | 19.5 |
Vince Carter | SF | 73 | 15 | 1,799 | 227 | 133 | 60 | 36 | 586 | 24.6 | 3.1 | 1.8 | .8 | .5 | 8.0 |
Zach Randolph | PF | 73 | 5 | 1,786 | 598 | 122 | 38 | 10 | 1,028 | 24.5 | 8.2 | 1.7 | .5 | .1 | 14.1 |
Andrew Harrison | PG | 72 | 18 | 1,474 | 136 | 198 | 53 | 21 | 425 | 20.5 | 1.9 | 2.8 | .7 | .3 | 5.9 |
Tony Allen | SG | 71 | 66 | 1,914 | 391 | 98 | 115 | 29 | 643 | 27.0 | 5.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 | .4 | 9.1 |
Mike Conley Jr. | PG | 69 | 68 | 2,292 | 241 | 433 | 92 | 19 | 1,415 | 33.2 | 3.5 | 6.3 | 1.3 | .3 | 20.5 |
Troy Daniels | SG | 67 | 3 | 1,183 | 100 | 46 | 20 | 4 | 551 | 17.7 | 1.5 | .7 | .3 | .1 | 8.2 |
James Ennis III | SF | 64 | 28 | 1,501 | 259 | 64 | 46 | 19 | 429 | 23.5 | 4.0 | 1.0 | .7 | .3 | 6.7 |
Jarell Martin | PF | 42 | 3 | 558 | 162 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 165 | 13.3 | 3.9 | .2 | .4 | .2 | 3.9 |
Deyonta Davis | C | 36 | 0 | 238 | 60 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 58 | 6.6 | 1.7 | .1 | .1 | .5 | 1.6 |
Chandler Parsons | SF | 34 | 34 | 675 | 84 | 55 | 20 | 5 | 210 | 19.9 | 2.5 | 1.6 | .6 | .1 | 6.2 |
Wade Baldwin IV | PG | 33 | 1 | 405 | 46 | 61 | 18 | 7 | 106 | 12.3 | 1.4 | 1.8 | .5 | .2 | 3.2 |
Brandan Wright | PF | 28 | 5 | 447 | 78 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 189 | 16.0 | 2.8 | .5 | .4 | .7 | 6.8 |
Troy Williams† | SF | 24 | 13 | 418 | 45 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 127 | 17.4 | 1.9 | .8 | 1.0 | .4 | 5.3 |
Toney Douglas | PG | 24 | 0 | 394 | 61 | 56 | 18 | 5 | 117 | 16.4 | 2.5 | 2.3 | .8 | .2 | 4.9 |
Wayne Selden Jr.† | SG | 11 | 2 | 189 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 55 | 17.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | .4 | .1 | 5.0 |
- † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Grizzlies only.
Playoffs
editPlayer | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Marc Gasol | C | 6 | 6 | 240 | 39 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 116 | 40.0 | 6.5 | 4.2 | .3 | .7 | 19.3 |
Mike Conley Jr. | PG | 6 | 6 | 224 | 20 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 148 | 37.3 | 3.3 | 7.0 | 1.7 | .5 | 24.7 |
Vince Carter | SF | 6 | 6 | 195 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 32.5 | 3.3 | 1.5 | .3 | .0 | 9.2 |
Zach Randolph | PF | 6 | 4 | 191 | 49 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 79 | 31.8 | 8.2 | .7 | .8 | .3 | 13.2 |
James Ennis III | SF | 6 | 4 | 159 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 50 | 26.5 | 4.2 | 1.2 | .8 | .3 | 8.3 |
JaMychal Green | PF | 6 | 2 | 118 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 19.7 | 3.3 | .3 | .0 | .0 | 7.3 |
Wayne Selden Jr. | SG | 6 | 2 | 106 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 17.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 | .2 | .2 | 3.8 |
Andrew Harrison | PG | 6 | 0 | 119 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 19.8 | 1.8 | 2.2 | .5 | .2 | 6.5 |
Troy Daniels | SG | 6 | 0 | 68 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11.3 | .8 | .3 | .3 | .0 | 1.5 |
Wade Baldwin IV | PG | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.0 | 1.3 | .7 | .0 | .0 | .7 |
Deyonta Davis | C | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3.7 | 1.7 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 2.3 |
Jarell Martin | PF | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3.3 | 1.3 | .0 | .3 | .0 | .7 |
Brandan Wright | PF | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6.0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
Transactions
editTrades
editJune 23, 2016 |
To Memphis Grizzlies Draft rights to Deyonta Davis[3][4] Rade Zagorac |
To Boston Celtics 2019 L.A. Clippers protected 1st round-pick |
July 12, 2016 |
To Memphis Grizzlies Troy Daniels[5] (sign and trade) |
To Charlotte Hornets Cash considerations |
Free agency
editRe-signed
editPlayer | Signed |
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Mike Conley Jr.[6] | 5-year contract worth $153 million |
Additions
editPlayer | Signed | Former team |
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Chandler Parsons[7] | 4-year contract worth $94.8 million | Dallas Mavericks |
James Ennis[8] | 2-year contract worth $6 million | New Orleans Pelicans |
Wayne Selden Jr.[9] | Kansas | |
D. J. Stephens[9] | Iowa Energy | |
Troy Williams[9] | Indiana | |
Tony Wroten[9] | New York Knicks |
Subtractions
editPlayer | Reason left | New team |
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Matt Barnes[10] | 2-year contract worth $12 million | Sacramento Kings |
References
edit- ^ "Grizzlies fire head coach Dave Joerger". NBA.com. Archived from the original on August 3, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
- ^ "Grizzlies name David Fizdale head coach". NBA.com. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
- ^ "Grizzlies acquire Draft Rights to Deyonta Davis and Rade Zagorac from Celtics". nba.com/grizzlies. June 23, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
- ^ "Grizzlies sign 2016 second round draft pick Deyonta Davis to multi-year contract". nba.com/grizzlies. July 12, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
- ^ "Grizzlies acquire Troy Daniels from Charlotte Hornets in sign-and-trade deal". nba.com/grizzlies. July 12, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
- ^ "Grizzlies re-sign Mike Conley to multi-year contract". nba.com/warriors. July 14, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
- ^ "Grizzlies sign Chandler Parsons to multi-year contract". nba.com/grizzlies. July 7, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
- ^ "Grizzlies sign James Ennis to multi-year contract". nba.com/grizzlies. July 13, 2016. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Grizzlies sign Wayne Selden Jr., D.J. Stephens, Troy Williams and Tony Wroten". nba.com/grizzlies. August 8, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
- ^ "Kings sign four free agents". nba.com/kings. July 9, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2016.