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2007–08 Memphis Grizzlies season

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The 2007–08 Memphis Grizzlies season was their 13th season in the National Basketball Association and seventh in Memphis. The Memphis Grizzlies failed to qualify for the Playoffs for the second straight season. They finished 14th in the Western Conference with an awful record of 22–60, being only marginally better than the 20-62 Seattle SuperSonics.

In February, Pau Gasol was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for his younger brother Marc, who would play the following season.

As of 2023, there are three players on this team who are still active in the NBA (Mike Conley Jr., Rudy Gay, and Kyle Lowry), the most from any team from the 2007−08 season.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

The 2007 NBA draft took place in New York City on June 28.
The free agency period begins in July.

Draft picks

Main article: 2007 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School
1	4	Mike Conley Jr.	PG	United States	Ohio State

Roster

Marc Iavaroni
Johnny Davis
Gordon Chiesa
Andy Greer
Dave Joerger
Ron DuBois
Mark Price

Standings

Game log

October

Record: 0–1; Home: 0–1; Road: 0–0

1	31 October 2007	Spurs	[104–101](http://www.nba.com/games/20071031/SASMEM/boxscore.html)	Grizzlies	NA	Pau Gasol (22)	17,538	0–1

November

Record: 5–9; Home: 3–3; Road: 2–6

15	28 November 2007	Grizzlies	[91–103](http://www.nba.com/games/20071128/MEMTOR/boxscore.html)	Raptors	NA	Juan Carlos Navarro (15)	--	5–10

December

Record: 3–12; Home: 2–7; Road: 1–5

30	30 December 2007	Grizzlies	[87–111](http://www.nba.com/games/20071230/MEMSAS/boxscore.html)	Spurs	NA	Pau Gasol (19)	--	8–22

January

Record: 5–11; Home: 4–5; Road: 1–6

46	30 January 2008	Nuggets	[106–102](http://www.nba.com/games/20080130/DENMEM/boxscore.html)	Grizzlies	NA	Rudy Gay (30)	--	13–33

February

Record: 1–11; Home: 1–4; Road: 0–7

58	29 February 2008	Grizzlies	[95–116](http://www.nba.com/games/20080229/MEMHOU/boxscore.html)	Rockets	NA	Javaris Crittenton (22)	--	14–44

March

Record: 5–11; Home: 3–4; Road: 2–7

74	31 March 2008	Hawks	[116–99](http://www.nba.com/games/20080331/ATLMEM/boxscore.html)	Grizzlies	NA	Rudy Gay (29)	--	19–55

April

Record: 3–5; Home: 1–3; Road: 2–2

82	16 April 2008	Grizzlies	[111–120](http://www.nba.com/games/20080416/MEMDEN/boxscore.html)	Nuggets	NA	Kyle Lowry (22)	--	22–60

Green background indicates win.
Red background indicates loss.

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	SG	82	30	2,117	210	177	48	1	896	25.8	2.6	2.2	.6	.0	10.9
	PG	82	9	2,089	250	296	92	22	791	25.5	3.0	3.6	1.1	.3	9.6
	SF	81	81	3,000	499	158	111	79	1,632	37.0	6.2	2.0	1.4	1.0	20.1
	PF	75	30	1,754	356	53	36	28	852	23.4	4.7	.7	.5	.4	11.4
	SG	70	70	2,474	467	240	35	16	1,147	35.3	6.7	3.4	.5	.2	16.4
	C	70	64	1,663	424	58	32	114	505	23.8	6.1	.8	.5	1.6	7.2
	PG	53	46	1,381	139	222	44	2	498	26.1	2.6	4.2	.8	.0	9.4
	SG	53	0	547	65	20	5	1	107	10.3	1.2	.4	.1	.0	2.0
†	C	39	39	1,433	342	116	16	56	738	36.7	8.8	3.0	.4	1.4	18.9
	PF	37	1	440	96	22	10	2	124	11.9	2.6	.6	.3	.1	3.4
†	PF	35	4	549	129	22	10	36	238	15.7	3.7	.6	.3	1.0	6.8
	PF	33	1	286	92	8	7	4	100	8.7	2.8	.2	.2	.1	3.0
†	C	31	3	488	89	6	12	17	80	15.7	2.9	.2	.4	.5	2.6
†	PG	29	29	624	71	112	19	0	211	21.5	2.4	3.9	.7	.0	7.3
†	SG	28	0	508	89	33	12	2	206	18.1	3.2	1.2	.4	.1	7.4
†	C	15	1	204	57	17	6	4	52	13.6	3.8	1.1	.4	.3	3.5
	SG	11	0	96	12	2	3	0	40	8.7	1.1	.2	.3	.0	3.6
†	SF	9	2	137	27	11	5	2	40	15.2	3.0	1.2	.6	.2	4.4
†	SF	3	0	15	1	1	0	0	0	5.0	.3	.3	.0	.0	.0

† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Grizzlies only.

Awards and records

Awards

Juan Carlos Navarro, NBA All-Rookie Team 2nd Team

Records

Milestones

Transactions

On July 27, the Memphis Grizzlies signed unrestricted free agent Darko Miličić. This is the third team Darko has played for in the past 4 years.

The Grizzlies biggest transaction this season has been trading their All Star center, Pau Gasol to the Los Angeles Lakers. The trade gave the Lakers some strength in the front court and gave the Grizzlies some draft picks and prospects and it opened up room in their Salary Cap

Trades

On February 1, 2008, the struggling Memphis Grizzlies, traded away their All-Star center Pau Gasol and a future second round draft pick to the Los Angeles Lakers, for center Kwame Brown, rookie point guard Javaris Crittenton, Aaron Mckie, the draft rights to Pau's brother, Marc Gasol, along with two future first round draft picks. It's been the first time ever in league history that a player has been traded for their brother.

Free agents

References

[https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=3226203 In dire need of frontcourt help, Lakers acquire Gasol from Grizzlies], ESPN.

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