Ranking The Top NBA Players Of All Time Currently On The Memphis Grizzlies
Figuring out the top NBA players of all time currently on the Memphis Grizzlies roster is a difficult task for most any sports publication – but not us. Here’s how Sports Riot ranks the greatest Grizzlies to ever play basketball in Memphis (during the 2019-2020 season):
#1 Gorgui Dieng – Even though he’s only been living and working in Tennessee for 12 games now, there is no doubt to anyone on Beale Street that Gorg (as fans lovingly know him) is, historically, the best player currently on the team. The resume: he’s been in the league for 6 whole years, was second team All-Rookie in 2013, and – most importantly – he’s somehow the highest paid player on the team, which automatically puts him on top of this list.
#2 Dillon Brooks – The only Grizzlies players with any current national recognition, Brooks leads the league in most Personal Fouls with a staggering 246 – something he’s managed to pull off in only 65 games! With a per game foul rate that makes him the envy of every other jerk in the league, it’s hard not to see why Brooks’ ranks second on the all-time current Memphis Grizzlies.
#3 (TIE) Miles Plumlee, Dion Waiters, Dwight Howard, Avery Bradley, and Jordan Bell – The Parsons 5, as they like to be called, cemented their spot on this list the second they got the team to pay them a combined $31,259,661 for the season despite not actually being on the team (or even living in Memphis). Plus, when you add up all their accomplishments together, they might actually be the most impressive on-paper Grizzly ever, and not just 3rd place on this year’s list.
#4 Yuta Watanabe – First of all, he’s got the best name in the history of the current team (no offense to you, Kyle Anderson). Second, he changed his number from 12 to 18 – a boring-number-for-boring-number trade so rare, it was considered groundbreaking. Third, he’s hates the Jazz for always spelling his name wrong, so fans can count on him to go off for at least 5 points every time he’s in Salt Lake City. If you ask us, those are some impressive all-time right now credentials.
#5 Grayson Allen – Who doesn’t love Grayson Allen!
Maybe Next Year Award: Ja Morant – Look, from what we understand, Ja lives pretty close to the stadium, has a good credit score, and once saw Jack White at a local Dixie Queen. That’s a pretty impressive resume, but an all-time current Memphis Grizzly it does not make. Come back and talk to us once the kid’s actually lost something.
