{"id":23125,"date":"2020-02-12T08:23:22","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T14:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=23125"},"modified":"2020-02-12T08:23:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T14:23:22","slug":"wednesday-update-109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/12\/wednesday-update-109\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grizzlies commentator Chris Vernon has a look at the Valentine&#8217;s Day cards that will be given away to the first 5000 fans tonight at the 7 PM game vs. the Portland Trail Blazers:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">GRIZZLIES VALENTINES! &#x1f602;&#x1f602;&#x1f602;<br \/>\nThey are giving away at game vs Blazers tomorrow night. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T0NADy9DkF\">pic.twitter.com\/T0NADy9DkF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Vernon (@ChrisVernonShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisVernonShow\/status\/1227286109408972801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Catch a new episode of The Chris Vernon Show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grindcitymedia.com\/talent\/chris-vernon\/\">online<\/a> every weekday from noon to 2. Verno discusses the Grizzlies, happenings in the NBA and around the sports world, and whatever else is on his mind.<\/p>\n<p>In other Grizzlies news, Forbes has released its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/kurtbadenhausen\/2020\/02\/11\/nba-team-values-2020-lakers-and-warriors-join-knicks-in-rarefied-4-billion-club\/#4ae727652032\">2020 NBA team valuations<\/a>. The Grizzlies came in at #30 at $1.3 billion, just behind the New Orleans Pelicans at $1.35 billion. League average is $2.123 billion, and the leading valuation is the team with the front office that gets everything wrong: The New York Knicks at $4.6 billion. Location, location, location.<\/p>\n<p>One more Grizzlies link before we get on to today&#8217;s news. Statistical analysis website FiveThirtyEight crunched some numbers and determined that <a href=\"https:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/ja-morant-looks-like-the-next-great-point-guard\/\">Ja Morant looks like the next great point guard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Soccer supporters&#8217; group Bluff City Mafia will have its first meeting of the season at the Brass Door tonight. <strong>Important note:<\/strong> Ignore the time in the tweet embedded below. <strong>Start time is 6:30.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wednesday night is the first of our season kickoff member meetups. Come hang out, have a few (or several) pints, sing some songs, and be one of the first to sign up for our new membership packs featuring our new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KingsOfNeon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KingsOfNeon<\/a> design.<\/p>\n<p>See you guys at \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheBrassDoor1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheBrassDoor1<\/a>\u2069 at 7 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uimBsxBd2A\">pic.twitter.com\/uimBsxBd2A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bluff City Mafia (@BluffCityMafia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BluffCityMafia\/status\/1227291878124638209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Arcade restaurant is hosting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/203056680811782\/?notif_t=event_calendar_create&amp;notif_id=1581352496629256\">a pre- and post-parade celebration<\/a> the day of the St. Patrick&#8217;s Day parade on Beale Street, Saturday, March 14. They&#8217;ll have live music by Wyly Bigger, a dollar off Irish coffee drinks (made with Mad Priest Coffee), and they&#8217;ll also have green beer and Irish car bombs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/men-found-with-sledgehammers-at-popular-downtown-memphis-restaurant\/\">Two men with sledgehammers tried to break into Gus&#8217;s<\/a> early Monday morning, triggering the burglar alarm. Both suspects were apprehended by police nearby.<\/p>\n<p>Memphis Made Brewing Co. will host Half Pints for Half Pints, a unique fundraiser for Peabody Elementary School, Saturday, February 29.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.halfpints.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23126\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Half-Pints.jpg?resize=500%2C190\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Half-Pints.jpg?resize=500%2C190 500w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Half-Pints.jpg?resize=300%2C114 300w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Half-Pints.jpg?resize=1200%2C457 1200w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Half-Pints.jpg?w=1656 1656w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $50 individual\/$85 couple and can be purchased at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.halfpints.org\">http:\/\/www.halfpints.org<\/a>. There will be food from\u00a0Aldo&#8217;s Pizza Pies, Central BBQ, Celtic Crossing, Hattie B&#8217;s Chicken, Mulan Asian Bistro, Sunrise Memphis, and Sweet Grass. Goner Records will supply the music. There will be a silent auction, and of course there will be Memphis Made beer.<\/p>\n<p>Attn: single ladies:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Celebrating <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Galentine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Galentine<\/a>&#8216;sDay2020 with your single ladies this year?! Spend it at LOCAL with wine and fros\u00e9 specials, and complimentary chocolate covered strawberries for all the lovely unaccompanied ladies &#x1f353;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x1f377; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4eRyRyLatu\">pic.twitter.com\/4eRyRyLatu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Local Gastropub (@localgastropub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/localgastropub\/status\/1227350696229511170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bartender Andrew Robertson, who mixes at the highly respected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amoryamargony.com\/\">Amor y Amargo Bitters Tasting Room<\/a> in New York City, will be in three bars in Memphis this weekend to serve up some of his house cocktails:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bar 409 inside Puck Food Hall, Friday, February 14, 5-7 PM<\/li>\n<li>Pontotoc Lounge, Friday, February 14, 10 PM<\/li>\n<li>Silly Goose, Sunday, February 16, 4 PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Best campaign ad I&#8217;ve seen in a long while: Bring Presidential Back<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7N_eTbc0VfQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for today. Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grizzlies commentator Chris Vernon has a look at the Valentine&#8217;s Day cards that will be given away to the first 5000 fans tonight at the 7 PM game vs. the Portland Trail Blazers: GRIZZLIES VALENTINES! &#x1f602;&#x1f602;&#x1f602; They are giving away at game vs Blazers tomorrow night. pic.twitter.com\/T0NADy9DkF \u2014 Chris Vernon (@ChrisVernonShow) February 11, 2020 Catch &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/12\/wednesday-update-109\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Wednesday update&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23125"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23125"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23128,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23125\/revisions\/23128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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