The Memphis Grizzlies had just two picks in the 2018 NBA Draft, but they made due with their selections, taking Jaren Jackson Jr. and Jalen Brunson.
The Memphis Grizzlies made the best of their two selections in the 2018 NBA Draft and depending on how you look at it, they could consider themselves winners of the draft.
After a tumultuous 2017-18 season that saw head coach David Fizdale fired 19 games into the year, the Grizzlies finished with a 22-60 record. They missed the postseason for the first time since the 2009-10 season, and their main stars Mike Conley Jr. and Marc Gasol were out of sorts.
Conley missed a majority of the season due to injury while it was the Marc Gasol and Tyreke Evans show otherwise. Youth and inexperience reared its head and showed itself all season long as their third-best scorer ended up being rookie Dillon Brooks (17.1 points per game) by season’s end.
Now, they may have more rookie leading scorers on the way with how the 2018 NBA Draft went — and that may not be a bad thing. Here’s a look at draft grades for the Memphis Grizzlies from the 2018 NBA Draft.