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Last Memphis meal (until I’m back in a month): Pollo el carbon at Los Picoscos.

Fun question. My answers:

This Mavs team, post-deadline, isn’t radically different from last year’s Nuggets:

MVP-level main option
Elite shot-making guard sidekick
Role-player 3-5 starters who can’t do a lot on their own but can defend, hit open shots, catch lobs.
Energy 6th man.

As “y’all” is the South’s linguistic gift to the entire country, Anthony Edwards drawling “Bring ya ass” is the South’s linguistic gift to Minnesota.

This week’s Grizz pod, where Drew and I work through our (current) lists of favorite prospects for the Grizzlies at pick No. 9. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

Column: ‘Hot seat’ label for Grizzlies' Taylor Jenkins hard to avoid dailymemphian.com/subscriber/sec…

A point I made on the pod Drew and I recorded this afternoon (posting tomorrow) is there’s a difference between a “report” and an observation. Aggregation and the public game of “telephone” when observations are repeated has a way of collapsing that distinction.

Elementary school kid: “If you go up against LeBron, he will light you up.”

GG Jackson: “I gave them 31 brother.”

😂😂😂😂

Tayshaun Prince is a key front office piece that stays in the shadows for the Memphis Grizzlies.

He’s a teller of the truth - quiet, but firm in his beliefs.

It started at the 2002-03 Detroit Pistons Breakfast Club. Let me tell you about it.

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Surveying the Grizzlies' post-draft-lottery landscape dailymemphian.com/subscriber/sec…

HBO’s documentary series on Stax Records debuts tonight. I spoke with the series director and wrote about it here.

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BringYaAss.com takes you to the Minnesota tourism site.

Surveying the Grizzlies' post-draft-lottery landscape:

🏀The West’s formidable final four
🏀The Grizzlies’ luxury tax decision
🏀How the lottery result impacts the center market
🏀 Draft combine observations
🏀 Jarrett Allen as trade target

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Some enterprising Twin Cities MC needs to do a “Bring Ya Ass” re-write. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic28Jn…

Mike Conley making big plays, man.

Kevin Harlan calling a Wolves Game 7. When I was in college, Harlan and Kevin McHale was the local broadcast Wolves announcing team.

Memphis in May or SmokeSlam? For two teams, the answer is both dailymemphian.com/subscriber/sec…

HBO documentary captures story — and soul — of Stax dailymemphian.com/section/arts-c…

How many of Dallas’ buckets have been lobs? Feels like all of them.