{"id":26743,"date":"2023-06-15T08:22:33","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T13:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=26743"},"modified":"2023-06-15T08:22:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T13:22:33","slug":"thursday-update-272","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/15\/thursday-update-272\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the Grizzlies have told Dillon Brooks in no uncertain terms that they will not bring him back for the 2023-24 season, the team is in need of a small forward. They will want to replace at least some of The Villain&#8217;s strong defensive skills, and if they can sign a player who provides some offensive power, that&#8217;s a bonus. Beale Street Bears takes a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/bealestreetbears.com\/2023\/05\/21\/dillon-brooks-replacements-for-the-memphis-grizzlies-in-nba-free-agency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the top 6 Brooks replacements Memphis might sign in NBA free agency<\/a> this summer. Number one on the list? The Charlotte Hornets&#8217; Kelly Oubre Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Bleacher Report has <a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/10077538-complete-2023-offseason-guides-for-every-nba-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a preview of every NBA team&#8217;s offseason<\/a>. Other than replacing Brooks, here are a few items that stand out for the Grizzlies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The team will be below the luxury tax line and will therefore have access to the NBA&#8217;s non-taxpayer mid-level exception. That will allow Memphis to sign a player for about $12.2 million even if they&#8217;re over the salary cap.<\/li>\n<li>Extending Desmond Bane is a priority. Another Bleacher Report article predicted the offer would come in around 4 years\/$100 million.<\/li>\n<li>The Grizzlies have picks number 25, 45, and 56 in the 2023 NBA draft a week from today.<\/li>\n<li>The Grizzlies can offer up to four 2024-2030 first-round picks as part of trade packages. They can also offer a protected 2024 pick they acquired from Golden State.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Grizzlies are looking to hire a <a href=\"https:\/\/choose901.com\/job\/memphis-grizzlies-memphis-basketball-llc-80-manager-avb-operations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">manager of AVB operations<\/a>. This person will manage all aspects of the scoreboards, video boards, and scoring system.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/30minuteego\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">30 Minute Ego<\/a> plays Slider Inn Downtown tonight beginning at 6. There will be yard games and the Slider Rider food truck will be on site.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Atomic Rose on being named by TimeOut as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/usa\/bars\/best-drag-bars-in-the-south\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one of the 10 best drag bars\/shows in the South<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Vernon, of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grindcitymedia.com\/shows\/chris-vernon-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Chris Vernon Show<\/a> on Grind City Media, will join Peacock this weekend for 4 days of coverage of the U.S. Open. My recommendation for the best place to watch would be Birdie&#8217;s golf bar at 493 S. Main.<\/p>\n<p>Easy Eye Sound recording artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/natmyersyall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nat Myers<\/a> will be at River City Records next Tuesday, June 20 at 6 PM. He&#8217;ll be stopping on his way to Nashville for his album release with Yellow Peril. Free to attend, but space is limited, so get there early.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8Kx-wsmBOxg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Today is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/f89a0df3b7e2e683af1b7bbceaf0ac91\/national-lobster-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Lobster Day<\/a>. My recommendation to celebrate would be Slider Inn, home of the very first lobster roll in Memphis.<\/p>\n<p>Break some wind in observance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/e44d661102046d1253bc1bca270c06f8\/global-wind-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Wind Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>ALSAC, St. Jude&#8217;s fundraising arm, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/2023\/06\/15\/st-jude-fundraising-organization-lays-off-26-employees-citing-financial-challenges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">laying off at least 26 employees<\/a>, citing financial challenges.<\/p>\n<p>From Action News 5: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/2023\/06\/15\/memphis-redbirds-celebrate-black-history-by-changing-red-sox\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Redbirds celebrate Black history by changing to &#8220;Red Sox&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have the most wonderful friends a person could ask for. I&#8217;m just going to end today&#8217;s post on that note. Back tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the Grizzlies have told Dillon Brooks in no uncertain terms that they will not bring him back for the 2023-24 season, the team is in need of a small forward. They will want to replace at least some of The Villain&#8217;s strong defensive skills, and if they can sign a player who provides some &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/15\/thursday-update-272\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thursday 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\/26743"}],"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=26743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26744,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26743\/revisions\/26744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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