2016–17 Memphis Grizzlies season explained

Team:	Memphis Grizzlies
End Year:	2017
Wins:	43
Losses:	39
Division:	Southwest
Division Place:	3
Conf Place:	7
Coach:	David Fizdale
Gm:	Chris Wallace
Owners:	Robert Pera
Arena:	FedExForum
Playoffs:	First Round (lost to Spurs 2–4)
Bbr Team:	MEM
Television:	Fox Sports Tennessee Fox Sports Southeast
Radio:	WMFS-FM

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]

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

See main article: 2016 NBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College / Club
1	17	Wade Baldwin IV	PG		Vanderbilt
2	57	Wang Zhelin	C		Fujian Sturgeons (China)

Standings

Conference

Game log

Pre-season

Regular season

|- style="background:#cfc"| 1| October 26| Minnesota| | Mike Conley Jr. (24)| Zach Randolph (11)| Wade Baldwin IV (6)| FedExForum
18,119| 1–0|- style="background:#fcc"| 2| October 29| @ New York| | Marc Gasol (20)| JaMychal Green (8)| Mike Conley Jr. (5)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 1–1|- style="background:#cfc"| 3| October 30| Washington| | Mike Conley Jr. (24)| James Ennis (12)| Mike Conley Jr. (11)| FedExForum
15,573| 2–1|- style="background:#fcc"| 4| November 1| @ Minnesota| | Deyonta Davis (17)| Deyonta Davis (6)| Andrew Harrison (5)| Target Center
14,774| 2–2|- style="background:#cfc"| 5| November 2| New Orleans| | JaMychal Green (21)| Marc Gasol (10)| Marc Gasol (6)| FedExForum
15,881| 3–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 6| November 4| L. A. Clippers| | Mike Conley Jr. (30)| James Ennis (11)| Mike Conley Jr. (10)| FedExForum
17,115| 3–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 7| November 6| Portland| | Marc Gasol (21)| JaMychal Green (8)| Mike Conley Jr. (7)| FedExForum
16,233| 3–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 8| November 8| Denver| | Vince Carter (20)| Zach Randolph (8)| Mike Conley Jr. (7)| FedExForum
15,109| 4–4|- style="background:#fcc"| 9| November 12| @ Milwaukee| | Marc Gasol (18)| Zach Randolph (7)| Marc Gasol (6)| BMO Harris Bradley Center
14,327| 4–5|- style="background:#cfc"| 10| November 14| @ Utah| | Marc Gasol (22)| Zach Randolph (10)| Mike Conley Jr. (8)| Vivint Smart Home Arena
18,176| 5–5|- style="background:#cfc"| 11| November 16| @ L.A. Clippers| | Mike Conley Jr. (30)| JaMychal Green (10)| Mike Conley Jr. (8)| Staples Center
19,060| 6–5|- style="background:#cfc"| 12| November 18| @ Dallas| | Chandler Parsons (12)| JaMychal Green (12)| James Ennis (4)| American Airlines Center
19,715| 7–5|- style="background:#cfc"| 13| November 19| Minnesota| | JaMychal Green (19)| JaMychal Green (8)| Andrew Harrison (7)| FedExForum
17,112| 8–5|- style="background:#cfc"| 14| November 21| @ Charlotte| | Mike Conley Jr. (31)| Randolph, Gasol, Green (8)| Marc Gasol (9)| Spectrum Center
14,181| 9–5|- style="background:#cfc"| 15| November 23| @ Philadelphia| | Marc Gasol (27)| JaMychal Green (11)| Mike Conley Jr. (9)| Wells Fargo Center
15,880| 10–5|- style="background:#fcc"| 16| November 25| Miami| | Mike Conley Jr. (16)| Jarell Martin (12)| Andrew Harrison (7)| FedExForum
17,222| 10–6|- style="background:#cfc"| 17| November 26| @ Miami| | Marc Gasol (28)| Tony Allen (8)| Mike Conley Jr. (7)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 11–6|- style="background:#fcc"| 18| November 28| Charlotte| | Marc Gasol (19)| Jarell Martin (12)| Mike Conley Jr. (5)| FedExForum
13,143| 11–7|- style="background:#fcc"| 19| November 30| @ Toronto| | Andrew Harrison (21)| Marc Gasol (8)| Andrew Harrison (4)| Air Canada Centre
19,800| 11–8|- style="background:#cfc;"| 20| December 1| Orlando| | Marc Gasol (25)| Jarell Martin (10)| Andrew Harrison (8)| FedExForum
13,344| 12–8|- style="background:#cfc;"| 21| December 3| L. A. Lakers| | Troy Daniels (31)| JaMychal Green (13)| Marc Gasol (8)| FedExForum
17,017| 13–8|- style="background:#cfc;"| 22| December 5| @ New Orleans| | Troy Daniels (29)| JaMychal Green (15)| Marc Gasol (11)| Smoothie King Center
13,795| 14–8|- style="background:#cfc;"| 23| December 6| Philadelphia| | Marc Gasol (26)| Zach Randolph (14)| Andrew Harrison (4)| FedEx Forum
13,521| 15–8|- style="background:#cfc;"| 24| December 8| Portland| | Marc Gasol (36)| JaMychal Green (18)| Harrison, Douglas (3)| FedExForum
14,317| 16–8|- style="background:#cfc;"| 25| December 10| Golden State| | Gasol, Allen (19)| JaMychal Green (10)| Marc Gasol (6)| FedExForum
18,119| 17−8|- style= "background:#fcc;"| 26| December 13| @ Cleveland| | Zach Randolph (18)| Jarell Martin (10)| Andrew Harrison (4)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 17–9|- style= "background:#cfc;"| 27| December 14| Cleveland| | Troy Daniels (20)| Marc Gasol (11)| Toney Douglas (5)| FedEx Forum
17,449| 18–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 28| December 16| Sacramento| | Marc Gasol (20)| Allen, Randolph (9)| Mike Conley Jr. (6)| FedExForum
15,987| 18–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 29| December 18| Utah| | Mike Conley Jr. (14)| Green, Randolph (11)| Conley Jr., Gasol (4)| FedExForum
15,862| 18–11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 30| December 20| Boston| | Daniels, Gasol (24)| JaMychal Green (12)| Mike Conley Jr. (8)| FedExForum
16,519| 18–12|- style="background:#cfc;"| 31| December 21| @ Detroit| | Marc Gasol (38)| JaMychal Green (9)| Andrew Harrison (6)| The Palace of Auburn Hills
16,033| 19–12|- style="background:#cfc;"| 32| December 23| Houston| | Mike Conley Jr. (24)| Green, Gasol, Randolph (5)| Andrew Harrison (6)| FedExForum
17,454| 20–12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 33| December 26| @ Orlando| | Mike Conley Jr. (17)| Jarell Martin (8)| Mike Conley Jr. (4)| Amway Center
17,104| 20–13|-style="background:#fcc;"| 34| December 27| @ Boston| | Marc Gasol (26)| Zach Randolph (10)| Marc Gasol (9)| TD Garden
18,624| 20–14|- style="background:#cfc;"| 35| December 29| Oklahoma City | | Marc Gasol (25)| Tony Allen (9)| Baldwin IV, Carter (4)| FedEx Forum
18,119| 21–14|- style="background:#cfc;"| 36| December 31| @ Sacramento| | Mike Conley Jr. (22)| Mike Conley Jr. (8)| Andrew Harrison (6)| Golden 1 Center
17,608| 22–14|- style="background:#fcc;"| 37| January 3| @ L. A. Lakers| | Marc Gasol (22)| Zach Randolph (9)| Marc Gasol (7)| Staples Center
18,997| 22–15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 38 | January 4| @ L. A. Clippers| | Marc Gasol (23)| Conley Jr., Carter (7)| Mike Conley Jr. (12)| Staples Center
19,060| 22–16|- style="background:#cfc;"| 39| January 6| @ Golden State| | Mike Conley Jr. (27)| Tony Allen (12)| Mike Conley Jr. (12)| Oracle Arena
19,596| 23−16|- style="background:#cfc;"| 40| January 8| Utah|| Mike Conley Jr. (19)| Zach Randolph (11)| Mike Conley Jr. (9)| FedExForum
16,112| 24−16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 41| January 11| @ Oklahoma City| | Mike Conley Jr. (22)| JaMychal Green (10)| Marc Gasol (7)| Chesapeake Energy Arena
11,765| 24–17|- style="background:#cfc;"| 42| January 13| @ Houston| | Tony Allen (22)| Zach Randolph (12)| Mike Conley Jr. (9)| Toyota Center
18,055| 25–17|- style="background:#fcc;"| 43| January 15| Chicago| | Mike Conley Jr. (28)| Zach Randolph (16)| Mike Conley Jr. (8)| FedExForum
18,119| 25–18|- style="background:#fcc;"| 44| January 18| @ Washington| | Marc Gasol (28)| JaMychal Green (13)| Marc Gasol (7)| Verizon Center
15,079| 25–19|- style= "background:#cfc;"| 45| January 20| Sacramento| | Marc Gasol (28)| Allen, Randolph (10)| Mike Conley Jr. (8)| FedExForum
16,991| 26–19|- style="background:#fcc;"| 46| January 21| Houston| | Marc Gasol (32)| JaMychal Green (9)| Mike Conley Jr. (6)| FedExForum
18,119| 26–20|- style="background:#cfc;"| 47| January 25| Toronto| | Marc Gasol (42)| Tony Allen (11)| Mike Conley Jr. (5)| FedExForum
15,904| 27–20|- style="background:#fcc;"| 48| January 27| @ Portland| | Marc Gasol (32)| Zach Randolph (13)| Mike Conley Jr. (10)| Moda Center
19,558| 27–21|- style="background:#cfc;"| 49| January 28| @ Utah| | Zach Randolph (28)| Zach Randolph (9)| Marc Gasol (5)| Vivint Smart Home Arena
19,911| 28–21|- style="background:#cfc;"| 50| January 30| @ Phoenix| | Mike Conley Jr. (38)| JaMychal Green (8)| Mike Conley Jr. (9)| Talking Stick Resort Arena
16,332| 29–21|- style="background:#cfc;"| 51| February 1| @ Denver| | Marc Gasol (24)| JaMychal Green (8)| Andrew Harrison (6)| Pepsi Center
12,020| 30–21|- style="background:#fcc;"| 52| February 3| @ Oklahoma City| | Marc Gasol (31)| Zach Randolph (10)| Marc Gasol (8)| Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203| 30–22|- style= "background:#cfc;"| 53| February 4| @ Minnesota| | JaMychal Green (29)| Zach Randolph (10)| Mike Conley Jr. (8)| Target Center
15,081| 31–22|- style="background:#cfc;"| 54| February 6| San Antonio| | Gasol, Randolph (15)| Marc Gasol (8)| Mike Conley Jr. (9)| FedExForum
16,708| 32–22|- style="background:#cfc;"| 55| February 8| Phoenix| | Mike Conley Jr. (23)| JaMychal Green (10)| Chandler Parsons (7)| FedExForum
16,044| 33–22|- style="background:#fcc;"| 56| February 10| Golden State| | Mike Conley Jr. (20)| Zach Randolph (13)| Mike Conley Jr. (9)| FedExForum
18,119| 33–23|- style="background:#cfc;"| 57| February 13| @ Brooklyn| | Mike Conley Jr. (32)| Marc Gasol (9)| Marc Gasol (8)| Barclays Center
13,597| 34–23|- style="background:#fcc;"| 58| February 15| New Orleans| | Mike Conley Jr. (17)| Marc Gasol (12)| Marc Gasol (9)| FedExForum
16,145| 34–24|- style="background:#fcc;"| 59| February 24| @ Indiana| | Troy Daniels (13)| Zach Randolph (8)| Mike Conley Jr. (7)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
17,923| 34–25|- style="background:#cfc;"| 60| February 26| @ Denver| | Mike Conley Jr. (31)| Zach Randolph (11)| Marc Gasol (6)| Pepsi Center
18,024| 35–25|- style="background:#cfc;"| 61| February 28| Phoenix| | Mike Conley Jr. (29)| Zach Randolph (11)| Mike Conley Jr. (8)| FedExForum
15,871| 36–25|- style="background:#fcc;"| 62| March 3| @ Dallas| | Mike Conley Jr. (30)| Zach Randolph (10)| Gasol, Conley Jr. (8)| American Airlines Center
19,480| 36–26|- style="background:#fcc;"| 63| March 4| @ Houston| | Mike Conley Jr. (23)| JaMychal Green (10)| Gasol, Conley Jr. (7)| Toyota Center
18,055| 36–27|- style="background:#fcc;"| 64| March 6| Brooklyn| | Mike Conley Jr. (32)| JaMychal Green (9)| Mike Conley Jr. (6)| FedExForum
15,505| 36–28|- style="background:#fcc;"| 65| March 9| L.A. Clippers| | Marc Gasol (20)| Zach Randolph (11)| Marc Gasol (5)| FedExForum
16,721| 36–29|- style="background:#fcc;"| 66| March 11| Atlanta| | JaMychal Green (20)| JaMychal Green (11)| Mike Conley Jr. (5)| FedExForum
17,523| 36–30|- style="background:#cfc;"| 67| March 13| Milwaukee| | Vince Carter (24)| Gasol, Randolph (7)| Mike Conley Jr. (10)| FedExForum
16,770| 37–30|-style="background:#cfc;"| 68| March 15| @ Chicago| | Gasol, Conley Jr. (27)| Randolph, Conley Jr. (9)| Gasol, Conley Jr. (7)| United Center
21,583| 38–30|- style="background:#cfc;"| 69| March 16| @ Atlanta| | Mike Conley Jr. (22)| JaMychal Green (12)| Mike Conley Jr. (12)| Philips Arena
17,063| 39–30|- style="background:#cfc;"| 70| March 18| San Antonio| | Mike Conley Jr. (19)| Allen, Randolph, Conley Jr. (7)| Marc Gasol (7)| FedExForum
18,119| 40–30|- style="background:#fcc;"| 71| March 21| @ New Orleans| | Mike Conley Jr. (16)| Zach Randolph (10)| Gasol, Carter (4)| Smoothie King Center
15,973| 40–31|- style="background:#fcc;"| 72| March 23| @ San Antonio| | Mike Conley Jr. (22)| Marc Gasol (10)| Mike Conley Jr. (6)| AT&T Center
18,418| 40–32|- style="background:#fcc;"| 73| March 26| @ Golden State| | Mike Conley Jr. (29)| Randolph, Ennis (8)| Mike Conley Jr. (6)| Oracle Arena
19,596| 40–33|- style="background:#fcc;"| 74| March 27| @ Sacramento| | Mike Conley Jr. (22)| Zach Randolph (15)| Mike Conley Jr. (9)| Golden 1 Center
17,608| 40–34|- style="background:#cfc;"| 75| March 29| Indiana| | Mike Conley Jr. (36)| James Ennis (10)| Mike Conley Jr. (6)| FedExForum
16,367| 41–34|- style="background:#cfc;"| 76| March 31| Dallas| | Mike Conley Jr. (28)| Zach Randolph (12)| Mike Conley Jr. (6)| FedExForum
17,317| 42–34|- style="background:#fcc;"| 77| April 2| @ L. A. Lakers| | Conley Jr., Daniels (20)| Tony Allen (9)| Mike Conley Jr. (12)| Staples Center
18,997| 42–35|- style="background:#fcc;"| 78| April 4| @ San Antonio| | Mike Conley Jr. (19)| Zach Randolph (16)| Marc Gasol (7)| AT&T Center
18,418| 42–36|- style="background:#fcc;"| 79| April 5| Oklahoma City| | Marc Gasol (23)| Zach Randolph (9)| Marc Gasol (5)| FedExForum
17,298| 42–37|- style="background:#cfc;"| 80| April 7| New York| | Mike Conley Jr. (31)| Marc Gasol (10)| Mike Conley Jr. (6) | FedExForum
17,631| 43–37|- style="background:#fcc;"| 81| April 9| Detroit| | Mike Conley Jr. (15)| JaMychal Green (7)| Harrison, Gasol (5)| FedExForum
16,521| 43–38|- style="background:#fcc;"| 82| April 12| Dallas| | Conley Jr., Randolph (15)| Marc Gasol (8)| Carter, Gasol (4) | FedExForum
16,274| 43–39

Playoffs

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player
	PF	77	75	2,101	544	84	47	34	689	27.3	7.1	1.1	.6	.4	8.9
	C	74	74	2,531	464	338	67	99	1,446	34.2	6.3	4.6	.9	1.3	19.5
	SF	73	15	1,799	227	133	60	36	586	24.6	3.1	1.8	.8	.5	8.0
	PF	73	5	1,786	598	122	38	10	1,028	24.5	8.2	1.7	.5	.1	14.1
	PG	72	18	1,474	136	198	53	21	425	20.5	1.9	2.8	.7	.3	5.9
	SG	71	66	1,914	391	98	115	29	643	27.0	5.5	1.4	1.6	.4	9.1
	PG	69	68	2,292	241	433	92	19	1,415	33.2	3.5	6.3	1.3	.3	20.5
	SG	67	3	1,183	100	46	20	4	551	17.7	1.5	.7	.3	.1	8.2
	SF	64	28	1,501	259	64	46	19	429	23.5	4.0	1.0	.7	.3	6.7
	PF	42	3	558	162	8	17	9	165	13.3	3.9	.2	.4	.2	3.9
	C	36	0	238	60	2	3	17	58	6.6	1.7	.1	.1	.5	1.6
	SF	34	34	675	84	55	20	5	210	19.9	2.5	1.6	.6	.1	6.2
	PG	33	1	405	46	61	18	7	106	12.3	1.4	1.8	.5	.2	3.2
	PF	28	5	447	78	15	11	20	189	16.0	2.8	.5	.4	.7	6.8
^†	SF	24	13	418	45	19	24	9	127	17.4	1.9	.8	1.0	.4	5.3
	PG	24	0	394	61	56	18	5	117	16.4	2.5	2.3	.8	.2	4.9
^†	SG	11	2	189	11	12	4	1	55	17.2	1.0	1.1	.4	.1	5.0

Playoffs


C	6	6	240	39	25	2	4	116	40.0	6.5	4.2	.3	.7	19.3
PG	6	6	224	20	42	10	3	148	37.3	3.3	7.0	1.7	.5	24.7
SF	6	6	195	20	9	2	0	55	32.5	3.3	1.5	.3	.0	9.2
PF	6	4	191	49	4	5	2	79	31.8	8.2	.7	.8	.3	13.2
SF	6	4	159	25	7	5	2	50	26.5	4.2	1.2	.8	.3	8.3
PF	6	2	118	20	2	0	0	44	19.7	3.3	.3	.0	.0	7.3
SG	6	2	106	9	7	1	1	23	17.7	1.5	1.2	.2	.2	3.8
PG	6	0	119	11	13	3	1	39	19.8	1.8	2.2	.5	.2	6.5
SG	6	0	68	5	2	2	0	9	11.3	.8	.3	.3	.0	1.5
PG	3	0	12	4	2	0	0	2	4.0	1.3	.7	.0	.0	.7
C	3	0	11	5	0	0	0	7	3.7	1.7	.0	.0	.0	2.3
PF	3	0	10	4	0	1	0	2	3.3	1.3	.0	.3	.0	.7
PF	2	0	12	2	0	0	2	4	6.0	1.0	.0	.0	1.0	2.0

Transactions

See main article: List of 2016–17 NBA season transactions.

Trades

June 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

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
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		Iowa Energy
Troy Williams		Indiana
Tony Wroten		New York Knicks

Subtractions

Notes and References

Web site: Grizzlies fire head coach Dave Joerger. NBA.com. May 7, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160803090822/http://www.nba.com/2016/news/05/07/memphis-grizzlies-fire-dave-joerger.ap/index.html. August 3, 2016. dead.
News: Grizzlies name David Fizdale head coach. NBA.com. May 29, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160602221104/http://www.nba.com/2016/news/05/29/grizzlies-hire-david-fizdale/index.html. June 2, 2016. dead.
Web site: Grizzlies acquire Draft Rights to Deyonta Davis and Rade Zagorac from Celtics. nba.com/grizzlies. June 23, 2016. June 23, 2016.
Web site: Grizzlies sign 2016 second round draft pick Deyonta Davis to multi-year contract. nba.com/grizzlies. July 12, 2016. July 12, 2016.
Web site: Grizzlies acquire Troy Daniels from Charlotte Hornets in sign-and-trade deal. nba.com/grizzlies. July 12, 2016. July 12, 2016.
Web site: Grizzlies re-sign Mike Conley to multi-year contract. nba.com/warriors. July 14, 2016. July 14, 2016.
Web site: Grizzlies sign Chandler Parsons to multi-year contract. nba.com/grizzlies. July 7, 2016. July 7, 2016.
Web site: Grizzlies sign James Ennis to multi-year contract. nba.com/grizzlies. July 13, 2016. July 13, 2016.
Web site: Grizzlies sign Wayne Selden Jr., D.J. Stephens, Troy Williams and Tony Wroten. nba.com/grizzlies. August 8, 2016. August 8, 2016.
Web site: Kings sign four free agents. nba.com/kings. July 9, 2016. July 9, 2016.