According to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, the Memphis Grizzlies are the latest team interested in a trade for Kevin Durant. Durant let the Brooklyn Nets’ front office know last month that he wants to be dealt to another team. Memphis has an attractive assortment of draft picks to offer, including 6 first-rounders in the next 5 years. The Memphis front office is said to be reluctant to include Desmond Bane or Jaren Jackson Jr. in such a trade, but if they want Durant here they may have no choice.
-Rant Brothers “Mo” and “Du” in Beale Street Blue has a nice ring to it.
Floyd Mayweather partied in Downtown Memphis at The Cadre Building Friday night.
Today is National Eat a Peach Day. I celebrated a day early with a Razzle-Dazzle shot at the Blind Bear last night. That’s a fresh peach slice in a shot glass full of blue raspberry moonshine.
WREG reports that more than a dozen cars were broken into on the Sheraton Hotel’s lot last night.
That’s it. Not a terribly newsy Monday. Back tomorrow with more.