Don Wade reviews what the Grizz accomplished on draft day.
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The Grizzlies acquired shooting guard Gordon Giricek and excercised their option to keep Eddie Gill. They let Grant Long, Will Solomon, Antonis Fotsis and Rodney Buford go.
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Johnny Ludden of the San Antonio Express-News reports: The San Antonio Spurs made their second trade in three days Friday, sending the draft rights to Croatian guard Gordan Giricek to Memphis for a second-round pick in 2004 and cash considerations.
The Spurs had hoped to use Giricek, the 40th overall pick in 1999, to trade up in Wednesday night's draft to get 18-year-old Yugoslavian center Nenad Krstic. Phoenix (No. 22) and Detroit (No. 23) both had interest in trading their picks for Giricek and the Spurs' 26th selection, but balked at Giricek's contract demands.
Giricek averaged 22.9 points for CSKA Moscow in Euroleague play last season, but the Spurs did not have room for him because they plan on signing Argentine guard Emanuel Ginobili in the next three weeks. The Spurs opted to deal Giricek's rights before he signed a long-term contract in Europe that would have lowered his NBA trade value.
The Spurs also had trade conversations involving Antonio Daniels around the draft, but the team does not have any more impending deals after moving Giricek, one source said. Depending on what happens over the remainder of the summer, the Spurs could enter training camp with Ginobili, Daniels and Steve Smith, who also plays small forward, competing for minutes at shooting guard.
Bruce Bowen, who becomes a free agent on Monday, Charles Smith and Stephen Jackson, who is not expected to opt out of his contract, also can play both the small forward and shooting guard positions.
"There are a lot of different ways this team can go," Daniels said. "If it is log-jammed at one spot, it will just be a very competitive camp.
"This just means I'm going to have to bust my (butt) that much harder this summer to get ready. That's all. The great thing about this organization is they don't 'give' a position to anybody. You have to earn it."
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Grizzlies Jun 2002 Archive
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Memphis Commercial Appeal | Jun 29, 2002
The Memphis Commercial Appeal’s Ron Tillery reviews the winners and losers in this week’s draft.
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Memphis Commercial Appeal | Jun 29, 2002
A personal interest piece about Drew Gooden's family.
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Memphis Commercial Appeal | Jun 29, 2002
Wesley Person is ready to jump start his career with the Grizz.
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Memphis Commercial Appeal | Jun 28, 2002
Geoff Calkins says selecting Drew Gooden was a safe, solid choice.
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Memphis Commercial Appeal | Jun 28, 2002
University of Memphis star DaJuan Wagner's stock in the draft had been falling, but Cleveland selected him with the sixth pick.
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nba.com | Jun 27, 2002
Drew Gooden has a diary.
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Memphis Commercial Appeal | Jun 27, 2002
Review of past draft picks for the Grizz.
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various | Jun 27, 2002
Here's a brief background piece on Drew Wooden.
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| Jun 26, 2002
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Memphis Commercial Appeal | Jun 26, 2002
Geoff Calkins outlines a bunch of draft rumors for the Grizz, and gets Jerry West's reaction to most of them.
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Memphis Commercial Appeal | Jun 25, 2002
Personal interest piece about Jerry West appearing at a high school tournament.
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Memphis Commercial Appeal | Jun 25, 2002
Review of how deep this year's draft is at the power forward position.
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Memphis Commercial Appeal | Jun 24, 2002
Geoff Calkins has fun revelling in the first real Memphis draft.
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Memphis Commercial Appeal | Jun 23, 2002
Geoff Calkins looks at the community's priorities relative to building a new arena.
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Memphis Commercial Appeal | Jun 23, 2002
The point guard position is very deep in this year's draft.
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| Jun 23, 2002
Lionel Hollins was one of the first casualties after Michael Heisley and Dick Versace took over the Grizzlies.
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Memphis Commercial Appeal | Jun 23, 2002
Mike Dunleavy Jr.
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NY Post | Jun 21, 2002
The Posts’ Peter Vecsey has some new trade rumors.
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Memphis Commercial-Appeal | Jun 19, 2002
The Memphis Grizzlies and Minnesota Timberwolves have both applied to switch from the western conference to the east.
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Memphis Commercial Appeal | Jun 16, 2002
One of the big unknown’s in this year’s draft is whether Mike Dunleavy Jr will be available on draft day.
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| Jun 12, 2002
Steve Aschburner of the Star Tribune reports that there are rumours coming from all over the place at the moment about if there is going to be a Western Conference Team move East, will it be Minnesota or Memphis, or neither?
Both teams better not hold their breath.
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AP | Jun 11, 2002
The (AP) reports: If the NBA decides to realign, the Memphis Grizzlies want to move to a new conference.
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Miami Herald | Jun 11, 2002
Grant's days in Miami numbered?
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Memphis Commercial Appeal | Jun 10, 2002
Mike Dunleavy hasn’t decided what he’ll do later this month.
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Memphis Commercial Appeal | Jun 10, 2002
After losing assistant coaches Bob Staak and Michael Adams last month, Grizzlies coach Sidney Lowe is looking for replacements.
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Palm Beach Post | Jun 9, 2002
Israel Gutierrez of the Palm Beach Post writes about what teams look for during pre-draft workouts.
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Gomemphis.com | Jun 7, 2002
So if most of the participating players are projected to be second round picks or rookie free agents, why does the entire NBA converge on the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago each summer? Ronald Tillery of Gomemphis.
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Memphis Commercial Appeal | Jun 3, 2002
Ronald Tillery of the Memphis Commercial Appeal reports: While league executives seem fixated these days on the workouts of draft prospects, several proven NBA players have begun to work on their games.
