Just two weeks ago, the Memphis Grizzlies were the darlings of the NBA and the favorites to win the Western Conference. They'd taken out the Russell Westbrook-less Oklahoma City Thunder in five games to extend a Cinderellish run that began with the best regular season in franchise history and continued through a stunning comeback from an 0-2 series deficit opposite the Los Angeles Clippers.
Now, after suffering a four-game sweep at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs, the Grizzlies look like a club being pulled apart by the countervailing forces of basketball and business.
With Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph, together forming Memphis' dynamic duo, anchoring an end opposite the other.
2012-13 by the Numbers
As a tandem, Gasol and Z-Bo have been at the center of the finest stretch in the Grizzlies' tortured history. In their last three campaigns together, Gasol and Randolph have led Memphis to a regular-season record of 143-87 (.622 winning percentage), capped off by a franchise-best 56-26 showing in 2012-13.
Each of those three seasons has ended in the postseason, marking only t ...
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What’s Next for Marc Gasol, Zach Randolph After Memphis Grizzlies’ Season?
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