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2008–09 Memphis Grizzlies season

Field	Value
team	Memphis Grizzlies
end_year	2009
wins	24
losses	58
division	southwest
division_place	5
conf_place	11
coach	Marc Iavaroni
Lionel Hollins
gm	Chris Wallace
owners	Michael Heisley
arena	FedExForum
playoffs	Did not qualify
television	Fox Sports South, SportSouth
radio	WRBO
bbr_team	MEM

Lionel Hollins

The 2008–09 Memphis Grizzlies season was their 14th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Memphis Grizzlies finished 2 games ahead of their 2007–08 output, and finished 11th in the Western Conference as opposed to 14th.

Key dates

June 26: The 2008 NBA draft took place in New York City.
July 1: The free agency period started.

Draft picks

Main article: 2008 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	5	Kevin Love	Forward-center	American	UCLA
1	28	Donté Greene	Small Forward	American	Syracuse

Some hours after the completion of the draft, Memphis sent the rights to #5 overall pick Kevin Love to Minnesota as part of a trade that landed #3 pick O. J. Mayo.

Roster

Lionel Hollins
Johnny Davis
Henry Bibby
Dave Joerger
Barry Hecker
Damon Stoudamire
Drew Graham ()

Regular season

Standings

Game log

0–1
2
October 31
Orlando

1–2
4
November 3
Golden State

2–2
5
November 5
@ Sacramento

2–3
6
November 7
@ Golden State

3–3
7
November 9
@ Denver

3–4
8
November 10
@ Phoenix

3–5
9
November 12
New York

3–6
10
November 14
Milwaukee

3–7
11
November 18
Sacramento

4–7
12
November 21
@ Dallas

4–8
13
November 22
Utah

4–9
14
November 24
San Antonio

4–10
15
November 26
@ Utah

4–11
16
November 28
@ San Antonio

4–12
17
November 29
Oklahoma City

4–14
19
December 5
L.A. Clippers

5–14
20
December 6
@ New Orleans

5–15
21
December 8
Houston

6–15
22
December 10
@ Oklahoma City

7–15
23
December 12
Chicago

8–15
24
December 14
Miami

9–15
25
December 16
New Orleans

9–16
26
December 19
Charlotte

9–17
27
December 22
L.A. Lakers

9–18
28
December 23
@ Dallas

9–19
29
December 26
Indiana

10–19
30
December 27
@ San Antonio

10–20
31
December 29
@ Minnesota

10–21
32
December 30
Phoenix

10–23
34
January 4
Dallas

11–23
35
January 6
Minnesota

11–24
36
January 7
@ New Jersey

11–25
37
January 9
@ Toronto

11–26
38
January 13
Cleveland

11–27
39
January 16
Utah

11–28
40
January 19
Detroit

11–29
41
January 21
@ Charlotte

11–30
42
January 23
@ New York

11–31
43
January 24
New Jersey

11–32
44
January 27
Denver

11–33
45
January 28
@ Oklahoma City

11–34
46
January 31
L.A. Lakers

12–35
48
February 4
Houston

13–35
49
February 6
L.A. Clippers

13–36
50
February 7
Toronto

14–36
51
February 9
New Orleans

15–36
52
February 11
@ Philadelphia

15–37
53
February 17
@ Utah

15–38
54
February 18
@ Portland

15–39
55
February 20
Sacramento

15–40
56
February 24
@ Cleveland

15–41
57
February 25
@ Indiana

15–42
58
February 28
Oklahoma City

15–44
60
March 4
@ L.A. Clippers

16–44
61
March 7
Philadelphia

16–45
62
March 8
@ Houston

16–46
63
March 11
@ Minnesota

16–47
64
March 13
@ Boston

16–48
65
March 15
@ Detroit

17–48
66
March 16
Portland

17–49
67
March 18
Denver

17–50
68
March 20
@ New Orleans

17–51
69
March 21
Boston

17–52
70
March 23
@ Miami

17–53
71
March 27
@ Sacramento

18–53
72
March 28
@ Portland

18–54
73
March 30
@ Golden State

20–54
75
April 3
Dallas

21–54
76
April 4
@ Milwaukee

22–54
77
April 7
Portland

22–55
78
April 8
@ Orlando

22–56
79
April 10
Phoenix

23–56
80
April 12
@ L.A. Lakers

23–57
81
April 13
@ Phoenix

24–58

Awards and records

O. J. Mayo, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team
Marc Gasol, NBA All-Rookie Team 2nd Team

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	SG	82	82	3,120	308	262	91	13	1,516	38.0	3.8	3.2	1.1	.2	18.5
	C	82	75	2,521	605	143	63	90	975	30.7	7.4	1.7	.8	1.1	11.9
	PG	82	61	2,508	276	354	90	8	895	30.6	3.4	4.3	1.1	.1	10.9
	PF	82	7	2,029	406	66	48	39	951	24.7	5.0	.8	.6	.5	11.6
	SF	79	78	2,945	437	135	98	59	1,493	37.3	5.5	1.7	1.2	.7	18.9
	PF	76	64	1,464	346	43	52	52	422	19.3	4.6	.6	.7	.7	5.6
	SF	68	7	1,164	126	47	32	14	265	17.1	1.9	.7	.5	.2	3.9
	SF	63	0	878	130	57	29	8	155	13.9	2.1	.9	.5	.1	2.5
	C	61	15	1,034	264	34	22	51	333	17.0	4.3	.6	.4	.8	5.5
	SG	53	0	605	65	74	29	11	136	11.4	1.2	1.4	.5	.2	2.6
†	PG	49	21	1,071	111	178	48	8	370	21.9	2.3	3.6	1.0	.2	7.6
	SF	34	0	298	57	17	11	20	120	8.8	1.7	.5	.3	.6	3.5
	C	19	0	120	47	8	1	12	48	6.3	2.5	.4	.1	.6	2.5
†	SG	7	0	44	6	5	1	0	19	6.3	.9	.7	.1	.0	2.7
†	C	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0

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

Transactions

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

References

(2008-06-27). "Mayo, Love switch teams in blockbuster trade".

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