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Grizzly Bear Blues will be covering the Grizzlies trade value for the next three Mondays. The articles goes to establish who among the Grizzlies has the best trade value should the Grizzlies need to make a deal before the trade deadline happens in three weeks. Here is part one of the article.


http://www.grizzlybearblues.com/2016/1/25/10816584/memphis-grizzlies-2016-trade-value-column-part-one

Nice write-up, can't disagree with much there. Haven't noticed Martin's injuries much always thought he'd be a steal at the 25th pick. Can you guys give an idea on what kind of value you expect to receive from Conley and Zbo ? Hearing you have a silent promise from Conley, but there will be BIG money offered his way, do you feel confident enough that he will sign with you guys or will your FO put him on the market (not asking from a Nuggets perspective, more a general question) ?

Memphis is pretty committed to Conley and Conley to Memphis, the problem is can Memphis plausibly win a championship around a 30 yr old conley and a 32 year old gasol, Z-bo and Allen and barnes past their primes and Memphis can make some offseason moves and wish for the best in free agency, but its still hard to think they would win

skywalker33 wrote:Nice write-up, can't disagree with much there. Haven't noticed Martin's injuries much always thought he'd be a steal at the 25th pick. Can you guys give an idea on what kind of value you expect to receive from Conley and Zbo ? Hearing you have a silent promise from Conley, but there will be BIG money offered his way, do you feel confident enough that he will sign with you guys or will your FO put him on the market (not asking from a Nuggets perspective, more a general question) ?

Given the history between the Grizzlies and Conley, no doubt a resigning will be in the picture. Where the problem is coming in is that Conley hasn't been 100% healthy in the last two seasons. He's tough, but it has been effecting his production on the hardwood. We know the Knicks and the Nets will to throw money at him in the offseason.

Zordor wrote:Memphis is pretty committed to Conley and Conley to Memphis, the problem is can Memphis plausibly win a championship around a 30 yr old conley and a 32 year old gasol, Z-bo and Allen and barnes past their primes and Memphis can make some offseason moves and wish for the best in free agency, but its still hard to think they would win

Given that the Western Conference is at it's weakest since pre-Shaq Lakers era d the fact that the Grizzlies have been struggling to beat top tier teams like the Warriors, Spurs, Thunder and the Cavs, I think now is the best time to become sellers and rebuild the foundation from top to bottom.

I fully understand the situation we are in, but it is possible that the Grizz will be paying in excess of $20 mill a year for someone who will NEVER be an all star point guard, can we truly afford to do that? I advocate trading him, and if Gasol can't get over it, then I don't mind trading my passive center who is also over priced. Both guys are suppose to be the next step or transition for the organization and they have not performed.

dark-child wrote:I fully understand the situation we are in, but it is possible that the Grizz will be paying in excess of $20 mill a year for someone who will NEVER be an all star point guard, can we truly afford to do that? I advocate trading him, and if Gasol can't get over it, then I don't mind trading my passive center who is also over priced. Both guys are suppose to be the next step or transition for the organization and they have not performed.

The question in bold does raise alarms in me for two reasons. (1.) Conley's knick-knack injury history. (2.) Throwing money to a player who is no more of a complimentary player like Marc Gasol is. No disrespect to both guys as they have done a good job playing for the Grizzlies during their respective tenures. If the Grizzlies think that giving money to Conley go along with Gasol to help ride the Blue wave into the future, they are sorely mistaken. In the past, the Grizzlies did this before with Pau Gasol, look where that got him. Traded to L.A. to play along side a superstar in Kobe Bryant and with the help of complimentary players in Lamar Odom and Derek Fisher, they won two championships as a result.

The closest superstar the Grizzlies has is aging into the twilight of his career. The front office failed to retool the aging squad with youth pieces to help the veterans on the roster. I put the blame on them as well as the absentee owner. For being on different pages instead of being on the same page. Agree with the type of players they feel best fits the team based on the style of play and personality profile.

If the Grizzlies do not see there are fault lines with this roster at this point and rather keep what they currently have instead of rebuilding from the ground up. Then they are complete fools as much as they think beating mediocre teams makes them the best team in the league.