Alex Speers
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They brought it back.
I think they got it within two.
It was like 62-60, and then it was like Duncan Robinson time, and then it was over.
Yeah, I'll always remember that draft as the draft where Memphis really got high on their own supply.
They drafted so many guys.
They drafted Kennedy Chandler, Jake LaRavia, David Roddy, Vince Williams Jr., Kenny Lofton.
And Vince Williams Jr.
is the only one that's still on the team.
They traded him to Utah.
Yeah, yeah.
Oh, they did.
Yeah, that draft for the Grizzlies feels like a real turning point for them.
Yeah.
They had all these picks.
They had this idea in their head that we're going to shed some of these vets.
We're going to bring up the back of this roster with all these young guys.
We're so good at drafting.
A couple of these guys are going to hit.
And it didn't happen, and that was not the main reason things went the way they did in Memphis.
Right.