Memphis Grizzlies 2024-25 NBA Championship Betting
Following three consecutive playoff seasons, the Memphis Grizzlies were hopelessly out of the postseason in 2024. Ja Morant was out for the season due to injury, the headliner of an epidemic of injuries that ruined the Grizzlies season. Memphis had a staggering number of injuries that gave them no chance. Additionally, Morant has had his share of issues, many self-inflicted, but losing a season was a catastrophic blow to him and the Grizzlies, who were forced to continue without their marquee man.
Despite the season from hell, the Grizzlies are getting some future market feelers for the campaign ahead.
2024-25 NBA Championship Betting Odds
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In the 2023-24 season, the Memphis Grizzlies were 27-55 straight up, 40-42 against the spread, and 37-44 over/under the total. Memphis was 13th in the Western Conference playoff standings. Memphis was 30 games behind the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference playoff race.
Memphis had NBA metrics of 30th for scoring offense, 30th for field goal percentage, 29th for 3-point field goal percentage, 23rd for free throw percentage, and 24th for offensive rebounding. On defense, the Grizzlies had NBA metrics of 12th for scoring defense, 19th for field goal percentage permitted, 27th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 29th for defensive rebounding.
Key Players
In the 2023-24 season, the Memphis Grizzlies were 27-55 straight up, 40-42 against the spread, and 37-44 over/under the total. Memphis was 13th in the Western Conference playoff standings. Memphis was 30 games behind the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference playoff race.
Memphis had NBA metrics of 30th for scoring offense, 30th for field goal percentage, 29th for 3-point field goal percentage, 23rd for free throw percentage, and 24th for offensive rebounding. On defense, the Grizzlies had NBA metrics of 12th for scoring defense, 19th for field goal percentage permitted, 27th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 29th for defensive rebounding.
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 206-185 with three playoff appearances. Last year he faced the biggest challenge of his coaching career without his two top players. Memphis wisely gave him a mulligan and expected a rebound in the season ahead.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 6)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2023–24 |
82 |
27 |
55 |
4th, Southwest |
Did Not Qualify |
| 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 a 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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