Quick Hit Links

Matt Moore (Hardwood Paroxysm, NBA Fanhouse, Ridiculous Upside) interviews Mike Conley about entering into his sophomore campaign with raised expectations. He follows that up with an interview with Javaris Crittenton. Quality reading.

The Grizzlies did not pick up the option on Hakim Warrick's contract, effectively making this a contract year for the former Syracuse forward.

Hoopsworld projects O.J. Mayo as the top rookie this year. Who am I to disagree with that?

Wizards Insider (Washington Post) profiles the Grizzlies before tonight's preseason game.

They Like Us! They REALLY Like US!

Quick hit:

In a Yahoo Sports countdown of the best Grizz blogs out there by Kelly Dwyer, guess which blog came in FIRST -- ahead of Tillery at The Memphis Edge and Herrington at the Flyer?

1. 3 Shades of Blue — One of the best team blogs in the game, this is such a good daily read that it leaves you wondering just why some of more prominent teams in the league don’t have blogs that are nearly this good.

The crew behind this gem of a website offer daily analysis, news, polls, links (maybe the best blogroll out there); and if "daily analysis, news, polls, links" sounds like just about every other NBA site on the 'net … yeah, this isn’t like every other site. Give it a read, and compare and contrast.

Nice to be noticed, and nice to be part of the blog team. And the Grizz aren't even a winning team (yet)! What's gonna happen when Iavaroni and the Baby Bears roll?

The Name Game

Tim Buckley (Deseret News via TrueHoop) had a column today about how everyone plays The Name Game with draft prospects. After all, you have to compare them to someone, right? Here is who I think some of the prospects will turn out like:

Michael Beasley = Antawn Jamison/Shawn Marion
Derrick Rose = Deron Williams/Allen Iverson/Kevin Johnson/Earl Monroe
O.J. Mayo = Gilbert Arenas/Steve Francis
Brook Lopez = Pau Gasol/Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Jerryd Bayless = Ben Gordon/Jay Williams
Kevin Love = Elton Brand/Karl Malone/Bill Laimbeer/Wes Unseld
Anthony Randolph = Charlie Villanueva
Eric Gordon = Michael Redd/Upgraded version of J.R. Smith
Danilo Gallinari = Toni Kukoc
DeAndre Jordan = Jerome James
D.J. Augustin = T.J. Ford (yeah, it's almost too easy, but it fits)
Russell Westbrook = Kenny Smith/John Starks
Joe Alexander = Josh Smith-lite
Brandon Rush = Eddie Jones/James Posey
Marreese Speights = Al Jefferson-lite
Chris Douglas-Roberts = Morris Peterson/Jerry Stackhouse-lite
Roy Hibbert = Eddy Curry

Final Power Rankings 4-14 to 4-16

	THE FINAL RANKINGS FOR 2007/08 Grizzlies average ranking of 26. Some nice kudos that the franchise has a youthful, bright future.
Power Rankings for 14 & 15 April '08
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