Memphis Grizzlies got underdog status back at trade deadline, not just Luke Kennard | Giannotto

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Memphis Grizzlies got underdog status back at trade deadline, not just Luke Kennard | GiannottoThe line had been thrown back in their face plenty already, and the NBA got more shots in during trade deadline day. “We fine in the west,” Ja Morant infamously said right before Christmas, before the Memphis Grizzlies fumbled their way through the past few weeks, and the whole league has been just fine recycling the quote to make the Memphis Grizzlies the butt of their jokes and judgment. BACKGROUND:Three things to know about new Memphis Grizzlies guard Luke KennardFROM EARLIER THIS WEEK:Dillon Brooks, boos and the Memphis Grizzlies' NBA trade deadline dilemmaOPINION:It's time for Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies to grow upSo maybe Kennard was set up to seem like a letdown, maybe from the moment Morant uttered those five words to ESPN’s Malika Andrews. So perhaps the trade deadline will become the moment that allows Memphis to assume a more comfortable role within the Western Conference’s pecking order and find its best self again. Even the Durant trade, long a fantasy of mine, seemed far-fetched.
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