Looking back at the history of the Grizzlies in 2008, during that time in Vancouver, the Grizzlies formed a duo of Reeves Raheem, but unfortunately, this group did not even make the playoffs, and then the management pushed to rebuild and established a duo with Pau Gasol and McMiller as the core, although this group made the playoffs, but the record was a miserable 0-12 defeat, this year, the Grizzlies gathered a large number of young talents, especially Gay, Conley, Mayo, Grizzlies and let fans see hope again, So what happens after that.

In the 2008-2009 season, the third-year Guy gradually revealed his flaws, too much ball-holding singles made the team's overall offensive efficiency not high, but he is still the face of this team, averaging 18.9 points and 5.5 rebounds per game, shooting 45.3% from the field, and 35.1% from three-point range. With 11.9 points and 7.4 rebounds on the inside, Mayo became the team's greatest hope, averaging 18.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game in his rookie season, and Mayo was named to the All-Rookie Team at the end of the season.

In the first 41 games of the season, the young Grizzlies led by Mark Jafaroni won only 11 games, and it is clear that he has no particular ability and experience to coach young teams, and Jafaroni was laid off and Hollins inherited the position.

Before the February trade deadline, the Grizzlies decided to trade Lowry, Lowry and Conley completely overlapped, and after weighing, the Grizzlies decided to develop a more stable style of play McConley, and on February 20, 2009, the Grizzlies and the Rockets, the Magic reached a three-way deal, the Grizzlies sent Lowry to the Rockets, the Rockets sent Alstom to the Magic, and the Grizzlies got a 2010 draft pick for the Magic, Adonal Foyer and Mike Wilkes.

In order to maintain the stability of the lineup, the Grizzlies hastily handled Lowry, only getting two players who couldn't play and a first-round pick from the top three teams at the time, and Lowry, while maintaining his original impact and organizational ability, also developed three-point skills, and after moving to the Raptors, he grew into an All-Star level guard.

After the change of coach, the Grizzlies have only 24 wins, ranking 11th in the East.

Hollins is a head coach with the label of "iron blood", looking at his appearance, he is not a good person, he emphasizes defense and tough style of play, advocates physical confrontation, and the offensive end is naturally based on the inside line, emphasizing the high position of the inside, does not like three-point shots, likes low-frequency positional offense, at this time the Grizzlies already have a very good interior player, Gasol Jr., he meets all the requirements of Hollins for the inside, can defend, can grab rebounds, the important thing is to be able to respond, but Gasol Jr. has a shortcoming, It's just that the offensive ability is slightly worse, and the team immediately set its sights on Zach Randolph after ending this failed season.

Grizzlies have coveted Randolph for a long time, as a big forward, Randolph is not tall, only 206 cm, but there is a lot of meat, wide shoulders, enough strength, nicknamed "Lan Fat", as a left-handed general, Lan Fatty's low-post singles are very threatening, all kinds of offensive skills on the inside are familiar, a small throw is even more perfect, and there is a good mid-range shooting ability, the big vacant three-point also has a good head, and the defense is fierce, but the disadvantage is that the physical fitness is average, the bounce is not high, and the blocking ability is almost negligible, In general, Randolph is a big killer inside, as early as 2007, Randolph averaged 23.6 points and 10.1 rebounds per game in the Trail Blazers, although Randolph is a very good player, but in view of his fiery temper and many off-court disputes and the crime of beating teammates, the teams are discouraged by Randolph, Randolph has become a famous "cancer player" in the league, but these are not a problem at all in the eyes of the Grizzlies, in 2007, On the one hand, the Trail Blazers got Roy, and on the other hand, in order to reshape the team's image, they decided to trade Randolph, but they sent Randolph to the Knicks, and then to the Clippers by the Knicks.

So why do the Grizzlies want to get Randolph so much, the reason is that in 2007, on January 27, the Grizzlies fought the Trail Blazers in two overtime at home, Randolph hit a career-high 42 points and 12 rebounds, and on March 29 of the same year, the Grizzlies played against the Trail Blazers away, Randolph faced Dajia's defense, 26 shots and 16 of 43 points, 17 rebounds, 7 front boards, 5 assists and 2 blocks, once again refreshed his new single-game scoring record, completely broke the big plus, these two games, let the Grizzlies remember it vividly.

The Grizzlies traded Milicic for Richardson from the Knicks this summer, and then sent Richardson to the Clippers to get Randolph.

Randolph has never seen his father since he was a child, because of physical fitness, Randolph was not respected when he played when he was a child, but in the Grizzlies, he got the final respect that he had not seen for a long time, when Randolph first came to Memphis, he just got off the plane, and Hellis, the owner of the Grizzlies, personally greeted Randolph, which is a treatment that Randolph has not had in Portland, Los Angeles or New York, for this, Randolph is still very grateful to Helis many years later, Randolph is under Hollins in the Grizzlies, It's also making changes little by little.

In the 2009 NBA draft, the Grizzlies got the list of eye signs, 09 can be said to be a big year for the draft, and there were many players who later became All-Stars or even MVP-level players, not to mention Blake Griffin, James Harden, Tyrese Evans, Ricky Evans, Stephen Curry, DeMar DeRozan, Brandon Jennings, etc., not to mention excellent role players, both hands may not be able to point out, but Grizzlies, Grizzlies with the No. 2 pick, Perfectly avoided all the players who could play and chose Hashem Thabit.

Tabit is 221 cm tall, with an arm span of 229 cm, and he only began to contact basketball at the age of 15, although the time of contact with basketball is relatively short, but he is talented, especially the defensive ability is praised, and his speed and agility are far superior to players of the same height, but the shortcomings are also obvious, Tabit has height and potential, The ball quotient is not as tall as the height, nor has he developed decent offensive skills, and he only relies on physical fitness, position grabbing ability, and rebounding ability on the defensive end all need to be improved. At that time, his draft template was Mutombo.

Of course, Tabit needs time to grow, and the Grizzlies in the deep rebuilding period have no shortage of time to develop players, so the Grizzlies were in the second pick and selected Tabit......

The 27th pick in the first round chose DeMar Carroll of Vanderbilt University, Carroll is 203 cm tall, plays the second and third positions, has a strong body, excellent jumping, and is full of energy on the court, but has poor ball handling ability, average projection ability, and mid-to-upper defense.

With the 6th pick in this round, the Grizzlies selected Sam Young, an older rookie from the University of Pittsburgh, who is 198 cm tall, plays the second and third positions, has excellent arm span and bounce ability, but is not strong in ball handling, average outside projection ability, and was 25 years old at the time of the draft, and his potential is not great.

This season Grizzlies still have strong news, in September 2009, the Grizzlies signed 34-year-old Allen Iverson with a mini middle class of $3.5 million a year, Iverson at that time was a big problem in the league, last season Iverson in the Pistons, because he didn't want to give the recruit egg Starkey to play as a substitute, and the Pistons management got into trouble, and broke up after the season, the Grizzlies expected to increase the outside firepower, so they introduced Iverson, but in the Grizzlies, Iverson found that the situation here is no different from the Pistons, In the Grizzlies, he had to play as a substitute for the sophomore OJ Mayo, which made Iverson unacceptable, and after only playing 3 games in the Grizzlies, he broke up amicably with the Grizzlies for personal reasons, and simply didn't make any trouble.

After a bad start to the Pistons in the first game, he won the Raptors in the second game, and the Black Bear Randolph resisted the Dragon King Bosh, as a result, Bosh scored 37 points and 12 rebounds, and Randolph scored 30 points and 7 rebounds, and then the Grizzlies suffered a wave of seven consecutive defeats, these seven losses are not like the desperate struggle of the Grizzlies during the rebuilding period, but more like the treatment of the rising Grizzlies by God, or more bluntly, like the darkness before dawn.

In the first game of the seven losses, the Nuggets, OJ Mayo exploded, scoring a career-high 40 points on 17-of-25 shooting against the league's top scorer Carmelo Anthony's 42 points, and the second game against the Kings, the black and white bears defeated the King's interior, Randolph scored 30 points and 16 rebounds, and Gasol scored 16 points and 16 rebounds! Kings guard Udri made a game-equalizing mid-range shot in the last 1.4 seconds, and Kevin Martin scored seven points in a row to beat the Grizzlies in overtime, and Kevin Martin scored a career-high 48 points in 52 minutes!

In the third game against the Warriors, the Warriors came off the bench to explode, Anthony Morrow was a god of 10 of 12, including 4 of 4 three-pointers and scored 24 points, Corey Margeti scored 20 points on 9 of 17, plus Monta Alice and Stephen Jackson who started, the Warriors scored 20+ in all four players, and the ferocious and scattered firepower points made the Grizzlies tired to deal with, although Gay scored 29 points efficiently on 11-of-18 shooting, but still lost. In the fourth game against the Lakers, the Lakers were absent due to injury and gave the Grizzlies a chance, but Kobe Bryant was possessed by the god of war all over the court, shooting 19 of 30 and scoring 41 points, Guy scored 22 points, Randolph was 21 points, 15 rebounds and 7 front boards couldn't stop Kobe, the fifth game played the Clippers, the Grizzlies only lost by 3 points, Guy lost to Chris Carman and Rasul Butler with 33 points in the fourth quarter, and the sixth game played the Trail Blazers, the Grizzlies were all sluggish, 14 points defeated the Trail Blazers, and the sixth game played the Rockets, Coming off the bench, Badinger and Landry combined for 35 points, and the Grizzlies lost to the Rockets by 25 points.

Although the Grizzlies have lost seven games in a row, it is in these seven games that the Grizzlies have established their own style, that is, focusing on defense, bombarding the interior, and stabilizing the rhythm.

The Grizzlies have become a nail that all teams in the league do not want to meet, because in their games, they deliberately slow down the pace of offense, and then fill it with a lot of physical confrontations, any star against the Grizzlies, and before they play a few minutes, they will be sweated by the Grizzlies, and even if they win the Grizzlies, the next game will be weak......

On October 28, 2009, the Grizzlies defeated the Pistons, Xiaojia faced Big Ben, scored 21 points, 15 rebounds and 3 blocks, on November 11, the Grizzlies defeated the Timberwolves at home, Xiaojia scored 17 points and 16 rebounds, on December 11, the Grizzlies lost to the Thunder at home, Randolph scored 19 points and 20 rebounds, on December 20, the Grizzlies defeated the Nuggets at home, Randolph scored 32 points and 24 rebounds, on January 30, 2010, the Grizzlies lost to the Pelicans, and Xiaojia scored 25 points, 16 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks, Black and white double bears, Randolph averaged 20.8 points and 11.7 rebounds per game, and Xiaojia averaged 14.6 points, 9.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists per game, 1.6 blocks, one offense and one defense, which gave everyone in the league a headache.

But although the Grizzlies' interior configuration has reached its peak, the outside line is still a weak position that the Grizzlies can't solve, Guy is too obsessed with individual singles and mid-range jumpers, Mayo compared to his rookie season, not advancing but retreating, averaging 17.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3 assists per game, Mayo's skills have reached their peak, but the body is still stuck in college, as long as he is targeted by the other party, all the skills can't be played, Conley has nothing to say, Conley at this time can only be regarded as a qualified starting No. 1 position, The state is extremely unstable, 80 games, scoring from 1 point to 23 points, even scored all of them, the highest of the season is only 26 points, and the average of less than 10 points per game accounts for 24 games, and there is a data that is more telling that Conley has played 80 games, 22 games have 0 free throws, including an NBA alternative record of 0 free throws in four consecutive games with an average time of 28 minutes per game, and 3 free throws (including 3 times) accounted for as many as 57 games, This also shows that Conley's style of play relies heavily on perimeter projection and is seriously lacking in breakthrough killing, and although Conley has such and such problems, the Grizzlies have no other better option, and signed a five-year, $45 million contract extension at the end of the season.

Although the Grizzlies have made other teams in the West seriously uncomfortable with their tough style of play, but helplessly, at this time, the West is really a fast running period of the arms race, the Lakers introduced Pau Gasol to rank first in the West, and the Mavericks are the owners of a strong team, on the basis of Nowitzki, Terry, Kidd, Marion, and the All-Star level small forward Caron Butler was introduced again, and he played the second best in the West this season, which made the Mavericks maintain the championship staffing in recent years. On the basis of Nash and Xiaos, the Suns introduced All-Star-level guard Jason Richardson last year, and the Nuggets ended the golden two-gun combination of Anthony and Iverson in recent years, and successively introduced Chauncey Billups, Aaron Afraro, Ty Lawson and other powerful players, and the Thunder made a big fuss about the draft, selecting James Harden and Serge Ibaka in a row, and the Grizzlies themselves, although their strength has risen, but the overall strength of the West is even more miserable. The Grizzlies had a 40-42 record, ranking tenth in the West, while the Thunder, who ranked eighth in the West, all got 50 wins! It's also the only time in NBA history that all eight playoff teams have won 50 games!

Although the Grizzlies did not make the playoffs this season, their strong and steady style of play and fierce physical confrontation have caused a big problem for every team in the league.