Memphis Grizzlies 2024 NBA Championship Odds
Following three consecutive playoff seasons, the Memphis Grizzlies are likely to be on the outside looking in this upcoming April. Ja Morant is out for the season due to injury, the main of many injuries that have ruined the Grizzlies season. Memphis has a staggering amount of injuries. Morant has had his share of issues, many self-inflicted, but losing a season is a catastrophic blow to him and the Grizzlies, who are forced to continue without their marquee man.
2024 NBA Championship Betting Odds
Memphis Grizzlies NBA Betting Lines
At the approach of the All-Star Break, the Memphis Grizzlies are 18-32 straight up, 23-27 against the spread, and 20-30 over/under the total. Late on, Memphis has covered six out of their last eight games. While the Grizzlies have gone under the total in four of its previous five matchups. Memphis is 13th in the Western Conference playoff standings. Memphis is 17 games behind the Oklahoma City Thunder and Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western Conference playoff race.
Memphis has NBA metrics of 30th for scoring offense, 30th for field goal percentage, 29th for 3-point field goal percentage, 21st for free throw percentage, and 23rd for offensive rebounding. On defense, the Grizzlies have NBA metrics of 13th for scoring defense, 13th for field goal percentage permitted, 23rd for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 28th for defensive rebounding.
The recent upturn in profits against the board is an indication that too many gamblers are scared to take shorthanded Memphis. Thus, oddsmakers have had to sweeten the pot to even out the betting action on the Grizzlies. Memphis may continue to carry enhanced value throughout the second half of the season. Bargain hunters and sharps will be keeping a watchful eye on the Grizzlies' prices. Another key loss was SG Desmond Bane, who is out for at least six weeks.
Memphis Grizzlies Key Players
PG Ja Morant was averaging 25.1 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. SG Desmond Bane was averaging 24.4 points and 5.3 assists per game. Thus, Memphis is without its two most productive players.
PF Jaren Jackson Jr is averaging 22.1 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. Jackson was the 4th overall pick of the 2018 NBA Draft out of Michigan State by the Grizzlies. He was a 2023 NBA All-Star and was also the NBA Defensive Player of the Year.
Memphis Grizzlies Head Coach
Head coach Taylor Jenkins was an NBA assistant for several seasons before taking over the Grizzlies in 2019. Jenkins has a career record of 179-130 with three playoff appearances. Now, he faces the biggest challenge of his coaching career without his two top players.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 5)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2022–23 |
82 |
51 |
31 |
1st, Southwest |
Lost in First Round, 2–4 (Lakers) |
| 2021–22 |
82 |
56 |
26 |
1st, Southwest |
Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2–4 (Warriors) |
| 2020–21 |
72 |
38 |
34 |
2nd, Southwest |
Lost in First Round, 1–4 (Jazz) |
| 2019–20 |
73 |
34 |
39 |
3rd, Southwest |
Did not qualify |
| 2018–19 |
82 |
33 |
49 |
3rd, Southwest |
Did not qualify |
Memphis Grizzlies History
Few teams in the NBA are more anonymous than the Memphis Grizzlies. Memphis has never won a championship of any kind since joining the NBA as an expansion team in Vancouver, where they operated from 1995 through 2001. They were one of the worst teams of all-time in their six seasons in Canada, never winning more than 23 games in a season before their move to Memphis.
Since moving to Memphis for the 2001-02 season, the Grizzlies have been more successful. They made the playoffs for the first time during the 2004-05 season, and they made the postseason for three straight seasons.
The 2010s were the most successful period for the Memphis Grizzlies. The Grit and Grind Grizzlies went to the playoffs for seven straight seasons, and they were a tough out in the playoffs with veterans like Zach Randolph and Tony Allen and young center Marc Gasol. Their most successful run came during the 2012-13 season when the Grizzlies knocked off the Los Angeles Clippers and Oklahoma City Thunder to reach the Western Conference Finals. Unfortunately, they were swept in the conference finals by the San Antonio Spurs.
Memphis is in position to challenge for supremacy in the Western Conference once again with a new collection of young, talented players highlighted by Ja Morant. The Grizzlies went 56-26 during the 2021-22 season, and they showed that they weren’t scared of the five-time champion Golden State Warriors.
NBA Teams
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Western Conference - Northwest
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