As of Sunday afternoon, the Memphis Grizzlies haven’t accomplished a commerce.
Usually this is able to not be newsworthy. Most days of the 12 months, the Grizzlies do not make a commerce.
However this was totally different: A commerce occurred — the Brooklyn Nets sending Dorian Finney-Smith to the Los Angeles Lakers — and we obtained an uncommon quantity of speedy studies of a competing provide from the Grizzlies.
As apparently first reported by veteran NBA author Marc Stein on his Substack web site and subsequently corroborated by a number of different sources, the Grizzlies provided Luke Kennard, John Konchar and a protected 2025 first-round decide to the Nets for Finney-Smith and their 2025 second-round decide.
If this sounds acquainted, you will have seen this state of affairs offered in my first Grizzlies Commerce Market Preview Column A couple of weeks in the past, Finney-Smith was one among 4 potential targets floated.
This was maybe the board’s most blatant potential deal.
The Nets as an alternative selected the Lakers’ provide of guard D’Angelo Russell and three future second-round picks, with a swap of low-contract guards (Maxwell Lewis for Shake Milton) additionally a part of the deal.
