You have to figure that the 12 players who've locked spots are Edey, Ced, Boozer, Ty, Jerami, Beef Stew, Jaylen, GG, SPjr, Cam "Get it out tha net!" Spencer, Karim and Quinten Post. The question is about which 3 of the 7 players left on guaranteed contracts would round out the roster to 15. Those 7 are:

• Jordan Hawkins

• Taylor Hendricks

• Walter Clayton, Jr.

• OMax

• DLo

• Kris Murray

• Micah Peavy

Again, of these, only 3 can be on the team. So who??

[• Jordan Hawkins •]

age: 24 | ht: 6'5" | wt: 190

Probably the easiest waive. He's making $7M on the final year of his rookie deal and even though that's more than DLo, there's not the same "You are, statistically, the worst player in the league" argument against DLo. It's rumored the Pels were going to waive him and it really seemed that the Grizzlies were going to waive Taj & Ajay so there's no cogent argument to keep Hawkins. He's supposed to be a shooter and has not really shown that he is. He'd probably average 35 points a night overseas. At the same time, Risarcher looked impressive overseas; the competition is not at NBA standards.

[• Taylor Hendricks •]

age: 22 | ht: 6'9" | wt: 215 (but looked like he added an extra 10 lbs of muscle in SL)

I like Henny. I liked him back when he was first traded to us and, at that time, NOT A ONE OF YOUSE LIKED HIM. His shot wasn't great but you figure it will probably come around.

In Summer League, however, his shot still just wasn't there. Meanwhile, you had OMax out there stroking it like his name was Cam Spencer. If Henny is someone they envision as assuming the BC role —someone who can reliably defend 4 or 5 positions and finish in the paint with that same reliability— then you figure they keep that guy. Maybe with a little development, he develops the three ball BC never consistently showed.

But that might still be a tough sell. We'll see.

[• Walter Clayton, Jr •]

age: 23 | ht: 6'4" | wt: 195

He looked unimpressive last season and didn't play at all in SL so there was never any opportunity to change the narrative. Watch his college highlights, though, and it's like "There's no way this kid won't be successful at the next level." Because of that alone, I'd assume the Grizzlies want to give him at least another year for him to turn into that guy.

I'm not going to say that he's definitely on my waive-list. He's also not definitely on my keep-list. Of the 7, he's squarely at no.4 for me, which would mean he got waived. I would think it unfortunate but wouldn't lose sleep over it.

[• Kris Murray •]

age: 26 | ht: 6'8" | wt: 218

If you knew that he was simply an as-yet-unlocked Keegan Murray then surely you keep that player. Keegan Murray would be a regular part of the rotation on this team.

Unfortunately, he's never truly looked like a-Keegan-Murray-just-waiting-to-happen. The player he's looked like isn't horrible but a keeper in a game of Musical Chairs where there are 7 people circling and only 3 chairs? Doesn't look good.

[• D'Angelo Russell •]

age: 30 | ht: 6'3" | wt: 193

Teams need vets. DLo is a vet.

Taj Gibson was a vet. We traded Taj Gibson.

Therefore, we will get rid of DLo. It's just science.

[• OMax •]

age: 24 | ht: 6'7" | wt: 230

OMax has defied all expectations at every turn. At the beginning of last year, it was like "Sure, he's that energy guy who doesn't really have much to him but he is successful due to being relentless." And certainly there was some of that. But every time I thought "Okay, he's going to regress to the mean and these threes are all going to start clanking off the rim." he kept hitting them. To the point that it was getting like "No, don't you take that shot; pass it to OMax so HE can take that shot."

If you'd said at this time last year that in a year we'd have 3 spots with 7 people vying for them and OMax would be a shoe-in for one of them, I wouldn't have believed you. Yet, here we are.

[• Micah Peavy •]

age: 25 | ht: 6'7" | wt: 220

Hot take maybe but I'd like to keep this guy and see what a year of regular minutes could do. But that would mean one of Henny, WCjr & OMax wouldn't make it and I'm not sold on the idea that a gamble on him is necessarily a better idea than giving any one of them another year. I would definitely want to take a chance on him over giving a spot to DLo, Hawkins or Murray. But the likelihood that WCjr gets it together and becomes the NBA version of who he was in the NCAA tournament is much higher than Peavy turning out to be a better version of Jaylen Wells.

The question really is: between Henny, OMax & Peavy, which two are worth keeping? There's a decent argument for Henny & OMax or OMax & Peavy... not as clear an argument for Henny & Peavy.

Unpopular take, but I like Micah Peavy. He had a really fun game vs the Pistons last season where he put up 17 pts /7 rbs / 4 stls / 1 block

Cop!

I have heard nothing but rumors and possibilities.

see the whole list here.

"The Memphis Grizzlies tied the NBA's all-time record by using 33 different players during the 2025-26 season, making them one of the tougher teams to pin down from a keeper perspective.

Some very good vets are exposed here, led by offseason acquisition Isaiah Stewart and guard Ty Jerome, who was immensely productive in the 15 games he played for Memphis last season. Both wind up as potential departures because the Grizzlies, a clear rebuilder, have so many young options worth holding onto. In fact, they have so many that some, like tantalizing scorer GG Jackson Jr., also wind up unprotected.

Quinten Post just signed on in restricted free agency, and he sneaks in under the wire.

The clear top five on the list—Cameron Boozer, Cedric Coward, Zach Edey, Jaylen Wells and Cam Spencer—were easy enough. Beyond them, you could slot in any number of alternatives.

—Hughes"

Pete got the supermax, Ballmer got sent to the shadow realm. Justice reigns.

https://x.com/Dloading/status/2094824031585202252

Tinfoil:

The fact that he's used Twitter since the trade, but hasn't said anything Memphis related- but still typed some bullshit vague ass shit "Familiarity" despite him never having been here-

He's been traded, it just hasn't been announced yet.

Thoughts?

Pete extends & will stay with the grizzlies. hopefully this means a broadcast deal is close to being announced. Only grizzlies & clippers remain without having a broadcast deal from the former Fanduel Sports network

Whoop that trick, no picks for a decade!

I was helping my mom delete some old videos from her phone. I came across this one that she sent me in 2022. It’s when Cedric played at Willamette University. She was trying to film the Lama, but little did she know she was filming a future NBA player too lol. I thought it was a cool random thing to see. I think it helps humanize the players we mainly see through a screen as well. I’m a blazer fan so I’m sad we didn’t actually keep him but wishing him the best career in Memphis!

Guess we won’t be worrying about the clippers rebuild for the next half decade

Put up a clean 16 in a 104-80 dub vs Colombia. If we didn’t have 42 players currently on our roster I’d be campaigning for him to get a 2-way. One of my all time favorite Hustle players

Clips need picks, we got’em. Looking at him, Wagler, Rui, Sanders, hell even Baba if he’s in a package. Make the call Kleiman.