{"id":25798,"date":"2022-05-16T08:18:25","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T13:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=25798"},"modified":"2022-05-16T08:18:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T13:18:25","slug":"monday-update-183","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/16\/monday-update-183\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The DM&#8217;s Geoff Calkins wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/subscriber\/article\/28810\/calkins-what-we-learned-about-the-grizzlies-future?utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=trueanthem&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;fbclid=IwAR3ihHi8lhVgvLZim486EmVaXOxfBZSBOaaMOf1cnuUmiqxWkRlPqaeIgIc\">a subscribers-only article<\/a> summarizing what could be gleaned from the Grizzlies&#8217; season-end media interviews. Here are a few highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ja will be offered a max extension ASAP. Calkins didn&#8217;t touch on this, but if Ja is named to an All-NBA team this season and next, he&#8217;d be eligible for a supermax, netting him about $36 million a year rather than the $30 or so he&#8217;d get for just a max.<\/li>\n<li>Tyus Jones, an unrestricted free agent, is likely gone to a team that will start him as point guard<\/li>\n<li>Kyle Anderson, an unrestricted free agent, is likely gone to a team that will offer him a bigger role<\/li>\n<li>Dillon Brooks and Steven Adams will be unrestricted free agents after next season<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I will say it once again: If you are a Memphis sports fan (especially basketball) and you are not a Daily Memphian subscriber, you are missing out. Calkins&#8217; and Chris Herrington&#8217;s and the other top writers&#8217; analyses are absolutely top-notch.<\/p>\n<p>Also from the DM: Downtown ride-share service <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/section\/neighborhoods\/article\/28790\/memphis-groove-on-demand-ride-share-gains-popularity\">Groove on Demand has seen ridership spike this year<\/a> as gasoline prices have set new record highs.<\/p>\n<p>An art and poetry celebration entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/prominence-art-poetry-event-downtown-memphis-tickets-340259935627\">Prominence of West Africa: The Beauty of Mental Grapple<\/a> is coming to the gallery at 350 S. Main Saturday, May 28 from noon to 5 PM. This exhibit will tie in with Ghana being Memphis in May&#8217;s honored country this year. Refreshments and beverages will be served, and entry is free.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a rare occasion when the Redbirds are out of town two full weeks in a row. Last week they were in Norfolk, Virginia; this week they are in Atlanta suburb Gwinnett, Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Today is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/aa20ea6ea8bda694f1ce0455d98ff1cb\/national-mimosa-day\">National Mimosa Day<\/a>. I notice that Sunrise has a couple of fun and unique flavors &#8211; strawberry and lemon blueberry &#8211; in addition to the usual orange, cranberry, and pineapple.<\/p>\n<p>From WREG: <a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/local\/tenants-outraged-following-30-vehicle-break-in\/\">South Bluff tenants outraged over 30-vehicle burglary<\/a>. Tenants of the apartments at South Bluffs plan to hold a protest this week to raise management&#8217;s awareness of the need for more security.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.memphisweather.net\/forecast.shtml\">MemphisWeather.net forecast<\/a> today: Morning clouds, afternoon sunshine, light north wind, clear sky tonight, 0% chance of rain, 82\/61. PERFECTION.<\/p>\n<p>Singer\/songwriter <a href=\"https:\/\/orpheum-memphis.com\/event\/ray-lamontagne\">Ray LaMontagne<\/a> plays the Orpheum this Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Next door at the Halloran Centre on Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/orpheum-memphis.com\/event\/hayden-childress\">Hayden Childress<\/a> will provide an evening of magic and comedy.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1024556901486290\/\">Saved Singles Mixer<\/a> at 516 Tennessee Street Friday at 6 PM. For $25 you can find your soulmate and Jesus all in one night. Food, dancing, speed dating.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metrofirechiefs.net\/\">Metro Fire Chiefs conference<\/a> happening at the Peabody this week.<\/p>\n<p>From Food &amp; Wine: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodandwine.com\/news\/port-authority-airport-beer-food-prices-rules\">NYC airport bars can&#8217;t charge you $27 for a beer anymore thanks to new pricing rules<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have a favor to ask all of my readers this morning. Put your phone on the other side of the room and say, &#8220;Hey Siri\/Alexa, call (whoever is your contact in case of an emergency),&#8221; and make sure your phone obeys your instructions while it is out of your reach. You never know when you might need to do this.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the news for now. 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Calkins didn&#8217;t touch on this, but if Ja is named to an All-NBA team this season and next, he&#8217;d be eligible for a &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/16\/monday-update-183\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Monday 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\/25798"}],"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=25798"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25799,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25798\/revisions\/25799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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