Two full seasons, 109 losses and a 35.3% winning percentage heralded the start of a long rebuilding in one of the NBA’s smallest markets. Memphis no move the same figures as other cities glamourosas like Los Angeles, New York or Miami, which are also a couple of steps above in other aspects such as the weather and the leisure and entertainment offer.
Both issues are very relevant but not decisive when recruiting new talent. Despite enter the 2019 Lottery Draft with just 6.3% chances of choosing in second place, luck smiled on the Grizzlies with that selection, used in Ja Morant. Number one went to the New Orleans Pelicans, who had previously won the tiebreaker against Dallas and the Grizzlies themselves.
An apparently banal distinction given the few possibilities that one and the other had of getting the pick 1 (of just 6%) and that finally ended up establishing the difference between Zion Williamson and Ja Morant. Despite having lost that little battle, in Memphis they now feel that they have come out of bliss triumphant contest.
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