2008–09 Memphis Grizzlies season

The 2008–09 Memphis Grizzlies season was their 14th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Memphis Grizzlies finished 2 games ahead of their 2007–08 output, and finished 12th in the Western Conference as opposed to 14th.

2008–09 Memphis Grizzlies season
Head coach	Marc Iavaroni Lionel Hollins
General manager	Chris Wallace
Owners	Michael Heisley
Arena	FedExForum
Results
Record	24–58 (.293)
Place	Division: 5th (Southwest) Conference: 12th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports South, SportSouth
Radio	WRBO

Key dates

• June 26: The 2008 NBA draft took place in New York City.
• July 1: The free agency period started.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	5	Kevin Love	Forward-Center	American	UCLA
1	28	Donté Greene	Small Forward	American	Syracuse

Roster

Roster listing

Memphis Grizzlies roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From F 00 Arthur, Darrell 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Kansas G/F 7 Buckner, Greg 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Clemson G 11 Conley, Mike 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Ohio State C 33 Gasol, Marc 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Spain F 22 Gay, Rudy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Connecticut C 15 Haddadi, Hamed 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Iran G/F 55 Jarić, Marko 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Serbia G 32 Mayo, O. J. 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Southern California F/C — Mihm, Chris  (IN) 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Texas F 3 Miles, Darius 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) East St. Louis HS (IL) F/C 31 Miličić, Darko 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Serbia G/F 13 Ross, Quinton 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) SMU F/C 21 Warrick, Hakim 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 219 lb (99 kg) Syracuse G — Wilks, Mike  (IN) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Rice	Head coach Lionel Hollins (Arizona State) Assistant coach(es) Johnny Davis (Dayton) Henry Bibby (UCLA) Dave Joerger (Moorhead State) Barry Hecker (Frostburg State) Damon Stoudamire (Arizona) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Standings

Southwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-San Antonio Spurs	54	28	.659	—	28–13	26–15	10–6
x-Houston Rockets	53	29	.646	1	33–8	20–21	9–7
x-Dallas Mavericks	50	32	.610	4	32–9	18–23	7–9
x-New Orleans Hornets	49	33	.598	5	28–13	21–20	9–7
Memphis Grizzlies	24	58	.284	30	16–25	8–33	5–11

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	65	17	.793	—
2	y-Denver Nuggets	54	28	.659	11
3	y-San Antonio Spurs	54	28	.659	11
4	x-Portland Trail Blazers	54	28	.659	11
5	x-Houston Rockets	53	29	.646	12
6	x-Dallas Mavericks	50	32	.610	15
7	x-New Orleans Hornets	49	33	.598	16
8	x-Utah Jazz	48	34	.585	17
9	Phoenix Suns	46	36	.561	19
10	Golden State Warriors	29	53	.354	36
11	Minnesota Timberwolves	24	58	.293	41
12	Memphis Grizzlies	24	58	.293	41
13	Oklahoma City Thunder	23	59	.280	42
14	Los Angeles Clippers	19	63	.232	46
15	Sacramento Kings	17	65	.207	48

Game log

2008–09 game log
October: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 29 @ Houston L 71–82 Rudy Gay (20) Darrell Arthur (15) Mike Conley, Jr., Kyle Lowry (3) Toyota Center 18,196 0–1 2 October 31 Orlando W 86–84 Rudy Gay (29) Darrell Arthur (10) Kyle Lowry (4) FedExForum 16,139 1–1
November: 3–12 (Home: 2–5; Road: 1–7) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 3 November 1 @ Chicago L 86–96 Rudy Gay (20) Darko Miličić (9) Kyle Lowry (4) United Center 21,785 1–2 4 November 3 Golden State W 90–79 Marc Gasol (27) Marc Gasol (16) Mike Conley, Jr. (7) FedExForum 10,121 2–2 5 November 5 @ Sacramento L 95–100 O. J. Mayo (28) Rudy Gay, Kyle Lowry, Marc Gasol (6) Kyle Lowry (7) ARCO Arena 13,685 2–3 6 November 7 @ Golden State W 109–104 Rudy Gay (23) Darrell Arthur (12) Mike Conley, Jr. (6) Oracle Arena 18,744 3–3 7 November 9 @ Denver L 90–100 O. J. Mayo (31) Marc Gasol, O. J. Mayo (8) Mike Conley, Jr., Rudy Gay (4) Pepsi Center 14,359 3–4 8 November 10 @ Phoenix L 102–107 O. J. Mayo (33) Rudy Gay, Darrell Arthur (7) O. J. Mayo (5) US Airways Center 18,422 3–5 9 November 12 New York L 103–132 Rudy Gay (20) Hakim Warrick (8) Marko Jarić, Kyle Lowry (4) FedExForum 10,129 3–6 10 November 14 Milwaukee L 96–101 (OT) O. J. Mayo (25) Hakim Warrick (10) Mike Conley, Jr., Kyle Lowry (4) FedExForum 11,308 3–7 11 November 18 Sacramento W 109–94 Rudy Gay (22) Hakim Warrick (10) Mike Conley, Jr. (7) FedExForum 10,834 4–7 12 November 21 @ Dallas L 76–91 O. J. Mayo (19) Rudy Gay, Marc Gasol (8) Rudy Gay (5) American Airlines Center 20,035 4–8 13 November 22 Utah L 94–103 O. J. Mayo (23) Darrell Arthur (9) Mike Conley, Jr. (8) FedExForum 13,121 4–9 14 November 24 San Antonio L 81–94 O. J. Mayo (26) Darko Miličić (11) O. J. Mayo, Kyle Lowry (3) FedExForum 12,053 4–10 15 November 26 @ Utah L 100–117 Rudy Gay (27) Marc Gasol (8) Kyle Lowry (5) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 4–11 16 November 28 @ San Antonio L 98–109 O. J. Mayo (32) Rudy Gay, Marc Gasol, Darko Miličić (6) O. J. Mayo, Mike Conley, Jr. (4) AT&T Center 17,074 4–12 17 November 29 Oklahoma City L 103–111 O. J. Mayo (30) O. J. Mayo (7) Mike Conley, Jr. (6) FedExForum 11,977 4–13
December: 6–9 (Home: 5–4; Road: 1–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 18 December 3 @ Atlanta L 95–105 Hakim Warrick (20) Rudy Gay (10) Mike Conley, Jr., Kyle Lowry (4) Philips Arena 12,088 4–14 19 December 5 L.A. Clippers W 93–81 Rudy Gay (25) Darko Miličić (9) Kyle Lowry (5) FedExForum 10,484 5–14 20 December 6 @ New Orleans L 87–106 Marc Gasol (21) Marc Gasol (7) O. J. Mayo (5) New Orleans Arena 16,822 5–15 21 December 8 Houston W 109–97 Rudy Gay (20) Hakim Warrick, Marc Gasol (8) Kyle Lowry (5) FedExForum 10,691 6–15 22 December 10 @ Oklahoma City W 108–102 Rudy Gay (22) Rudy Gay, Hakim Warrick, Marc Gasol (6) O. J. Mayo, Kyle Lowry (5) Ford Center 18,009 7–15 23 December 12 Chicago W 103–96 Rudy Gay (29) Darko Miličić (11) Mike Conley, Jr. (7) FedExForum 17,132 8–15 24 December 14 Miami W 102–86 O. J. Mayo (28) Marc Gasol (7) Kyle Lowry (5) FedExForum 12,271 9–15 25 December 16 New Orleans L 84–91 Rudy Gay (28) Marc Gasol (11) O. J. Mayo, Mike Conley, Jr. (4) FedExForum 10,231 9–16 26 December 19 Charlotte L 83–112 Rudy Gay (17) Marc Gasol (6) O. J. Mayo (4) FedExForum 11,869 9–17 27 December 22 L.A. Lakers L 96–105 Rudy Gay (23) Darko Miličić (8) Kyle Lowry (7) FedExForum 17,456 9–18 28 December 23 @ Dallas L 82–100 Hakim Warrick (17) Rudy Gay (9) Kyle Lowry (4) American Airlines Center 20,200 9–19 29 December 26 Indiana W 108–105 Hakim Warrick (21) O. J. Mayo (8) O. J. Mayo (7) FedExForum 12,346 10–19 30 December 27 @ San Antonio L 103–106 (2OT) O. J. Mayo (29) Rudy Gay (11) Kyle Lowry (8) AT&T Center 18,797 10–20 31 December 29 @ Minnesota L 98–108 (OT) O. J. Mayo (23) Hakim Warrick (8) Kyle Lowry (12) Target Center 12,207 10–21 32 December 30 Phoenix L 89–101 Hakim Warrick (25) Marc Gasol (13) Kyle Lowry (6) FedExForum 14,471 10–22
January: 1–13 (Home: 1–8; Road: 0–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 33 January 2 San Antonio L 80–91 Hakim Warrick (16) Marc Gasol (11) Kyle Lowry, Rudy Gay (3) FedExForum 12,597 10–23 34 January 4 Dallas W 102–82 O. J. Mayo (21) Hakim Warrick, Rudy Gay (7) Kyle Lowry (5) FedExForum 11,731 11–23 35 January 6 Minnesota L 87–94 Hakim Warrick (22) O. J. Mayo (8) O. J. Mayo, Kyle Lowry (5) FedExForum 10,156 11–24 36 January 7 @ New Jersey L 89–100 O. J. Mayo (26) Marc Gasol (10) O. J. Mayo, Rudy Gay, Kyle Lowry, Greg Buckner (3) Izod Center 11,552 11–25 37 January 9 @ Toronto L 82–103 Rudy Gay (22) Darrell Arthur (7) Marc Gasol, Mike Conley, Jr. (4) Air Canada Centre 18,486 11–26 38 January 13 Cleveland L 87–102 Kyle Lowry (25) Marc Gasol (11) Kyle Lowry (7) FedExForum 15,121 11–27 39 January 16 Utah L 91–101 O. J. Mayo (23) Marc Gasol (10) Marc Gasol (3) FedExForum 10,422 11–28 40 January 19 Detroit L 79–87 Rudy Gay, O. J. Mayo (15) Marc Gasol (13) Mike Conley, Jr. (5) FedExForum 17,483 11–29 41 January 21 @ Charlotte L 86–101 Rudy Gay (26) Marc Gasol (6) Mike Conley, Jr. (5) Time Warner Cable Arena 11,249 11–30 42 January 23 @ New York L 88–108 Rudy Gay (20) Rudy Gay (9) Mike Conley, Jr. (4) Madison Square Garden 18,391 11–31 43 January 24 New Jersey L 88–99 O. J. Mayo (23) Marc Gasol (10) Rudy Gay (4) FedExForum 12,817 11–32 44 January 27 Denver L 85–100 O. J. Mayo (19) Hakim Warrick (10) Kyle Lowry, Mike Conley, Jr. (4) FedExForum 11,338 11–33 45 January 28 @ Oklahoma City L 102–114 (OT) Rudy Gay (25) Rudy Gay, Darrell Arthur (8) Mike Conley, Jr. (9) Ford Center 18,450 11–34 46 January 31 L.A. Lakers L 98–115 Rudy Gay (23) Hakim Warrick, Darrell Arthur (7) Mike Conley, Jr. (7) FedExForum 18,119 11–35
February: 4–8 (Home: 3–3; Road: 1–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 47 February 2 @ Washington W 113–97 O. J. Mayo (33) Marc Gasol (11) Mike Conley, Jr. (5) Verizon Center 11,442 12–35 48 February 4 Houston W 104–93 O. J. Mayo (32) Rudy Gay, Mike Conley, Jr. (9) Mike Conley, Jr. (7) FedExForum 10,109 13–35 49 February 6 L.A. Clippers L 105–126 Rudy Gay (26) Rudy Gay, O. J. Mayo, Marc Gasol (5) Mike Conley, Jr. (3) FedExForum 10,912 13–36 50 February 7 Toronto W 78–70 O. J. Mayo, Hakim Warrick (16) O. J. Mayo, Marc Gasol, Greg Buckner, Hakim Warrick, Darko Miličić (8) Mike Conley, Jr. (8) FedExForum 11,498 14–36 51 February 9 New Orleans W 85–80 O. J. Mayo (22) O. J. Mayo (16) Mike Conley, Jr. (8) FedExForum 10,896 15–36 52 February 11 @ Philadelphia L 87–91 Hakim Warrick (31) Marc Gasol (9) O. J. Mayo (5) Wachovia Center 12,812 15–37 53 February 17 @ Utah L 99–117 O. J. Mayo, Rudy Gay (18) Darko Miličić (10) Mike Conley, Jr. (4) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 15–38 54 February 18 @ Portland L 90–94 Rudy Gay (20) Marc Gasol (10) Mike Conley, Jr. (10) Rose Garden 20,385 15–39 55 February 20 Sacramento L 106–115 O. J. Mayo (24) Rudy Gay, Mike Conley, Jr. (10) Mike Conley, Jr. (7) FedExForum 15,036 15–40 56 February 24 @ Cleveland L 79–94 Hakim Warrick, Rudy Gay (13) Marc Gasol (9) Mike Conley, Jr. (7) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 15–41 57 February 25 @ Indiana L 99–104 Marc Gasol (22) Marc Gasol (15) Mike Conley, Jr. (8) Conseco Fieldhouse 13,211 15–42 58 February 28 Oklahoma City L 92–99 Rudy Gay (20) Marc Gasol (9) Mike Conley, Jr. (4) FedExForum 10,074 15–43
March: 4–11 (Home: 0–4; Road: 4–7) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 59 March 3 @ L.A. Lakers L 89–99 Marc Gasol, O. J. Mayo (17) Marc Gasol (14) Rudy Gay, Mike Conley, Jr. (6) Staples Center 18,997 15–44 60 March 4 @ L.A. Clippers W 118–95 Rudy Gay (35) Rudy Gay, Marc Gasol (8) Marc Gasol (10) Staples Center 13,813 16–44 61 March 7 Philadelphia L 105–110 Mike Conley, Jr. (31) Marc Gasol (13) Mike Conley, Jr. (9) FedExForum 14,458 16–45 62 March 8 @ Houston L 83–93 Rudy Gay (21) Darrell Arthur (12) Mike Conley, Jr. (7) Toyota Center 16,179 16–46 63 March 11 @ Minnesota L 79–104 O. J. Mayo (18) Darko Miličić (10) O. J. Mayo, Mike Conley, Jr. (5) Target Center 12,443 16–47 64 March 13 @ Boston L 92–102 Rudy Gay (26) Marc Gasol (15) Mike Conley, Jr. (9) TD Banknorth Garden 18,624 16–48 65 March 15 @ Detroit W 89–84 Mike Conley, Jr. (20) Darko Miličić (11) Marc Gasol (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 17–48 66 March 16 Portland L 92–103 O. J. Mayo (21) Rudy Gay (11) O. J. Mayo (6) FedExForum 11,417 17–49 67 March 18 Denver L 109–111 Rudy Gay (30) Marc Gasol (8) Mike Conley, Jr. (10) FedExForum 11,087 17–50 68 March 20 @ New Orleans L 84–96 Rudy Gay (23) Marc Gasol, Darko Miličić (6) O. J. Mayo (4) New Orleans Arena 17,837 17–51 69 March 21 Boston L 87–105 Hakim Warrick (20) Greg Buckner (7) Rudy Gay, Mike Conley, Jr. (3) FedExForum 18,119 17–52 70 March 23 @ Miami L 82–94 O. J. Mayo (21) Marc Gasol (9) Mike Conley, Jr. (5) American Airlines Arena 18,654 17–53 71 March 27 @ Sacramento W 113–95 Marc Gasol (27) Rudy Gay (9) Mike Conley, Jr. (5) ARCO Arena 12,987 18–53 72 March 28 @ Portland L 66–86 O. J. Mayo (12) Hamed Haddadi, Mike Conley, Jr. (6) O. J. Mayo (5) Rose Garden 20,680 18–54 73 March 30 @ Golden State W 114–109 O. J. Mayo (24) Hamed Haddadi (8) O. J. Mayo (10) Oracle Arena 18,471 19–54
April: 5–4 (Home: 4–1; Road: 1–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 74 April 1 Washington W 112–107 Rudy Gay (25) Marc Gasol (9) O. J. Mayo (7) FedExForum 10,013 20–54 75 April 3 Dallas W 107–102 Rudy Gay (27) Rudy Gay (10) Mike Conley, Jr. (5) FedExForum 15,126 21–54 76 April 4 @ Milwaukee W 107–102 Rudy Gay (26) Marc Gasol (10) Mike Conley, Jr. (9) Bradley Center 18,717 22–54 77 April 7 Portland L 93–96 O. J. Mayo (31) Darrell Arthur (5) Mike Conley, Jr. (8) FedExForum 10,089 22–55 78 April 8 @ Orlando L 78–81 Rudy Gay (18) Marc Gasol (8) O. J. Mayo, Darrell Arthur (2) Amway Arena 17,461 22–56 79 April 10 Phoenix W 106–89 O. J. Mayo, Rudy Gay (20) Darrell Arthur, Hakim Warrick (10) O. J. Mayo, Mike Conley, Jr. (6) FedExForum 15,908 23–56 80 April 12 @ L.A. Lakers L 75–92 O. J. Mayo (20) Marc Gasol (8) Marc Gasol, Mike Conley, Jr. (4) Staples Center 18,997 23–57 81 April 13 @ Phoenix L 110–119 Hakim Warrick, Rudy Gay (26) Hakim Warrick (9) Mike Conley, Jr. (6) US Airways Center 18,422 23–58 82 April 15 Atlanta W 98–90 O. J. Mayo (26) Darrell Arthur (10) Mike Conley, Jr. (7) FedExForum 12,736 24–58
2015–16 season schedule

Awards and records

• O. J. Mayo, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team
• Marc Gasol, NBA All-Rookie Team 2nd Team

Transactions

Free agents

Additions Player Signed Former team

Subtractions Player Left New team

References