2025–26 Memphis Grizzlies season
NBA professional basketball team season
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The 2025–26 Memphis Grizzlies season was the 31st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 25th in Memphis. On May 2, 2025, the Grizzlies hired Tuomas Iisalo as their full-time head coach.[1] Brandon Clarke was limited to just two regular season appearances in December 2025 before a severe right calf strain sidelined him for the remainder of the season, culminating in his tragic passing on May 11, 2026.[2][3]
| 2025–26 Memphis Grizzlies season | |
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| Head coach | Tuomas Iisalo |
| President | Jason Wexler |
| General manager | Zach Kleiman |
| Owner | Robert Pera |
| Arena | FedExForum |
| Results | |
| Record | 25–57 (.305) |
| Place | Division: 5th (Southwest) Conference: 13th (Western) |
| Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Stats at Basketball Reference | |
| Local media | |
| Television | FanDuel Sports Network South FanDuel Sports Network Southeast Gray Media[a] (7 simulcasts) |
| Radio | WMFS-FM |
On February 3, 2026, the Grizzlies traded Jaren Jackson Jr. to the Utah Jazz.[4]
On February 23, they were unable to improve over their 48–34 record from the previous season with a loss to the Sacramento Kings. On March 24, Ja Morant was shut down for the remainder of the season due to a left elbow injury, after playing only 20 games due to injuries and a suspension.[5] On March 25, they were eliminated from playoff contention for the second time in three seasons with a loss to the San Antonio Spurs. They would close the regular season with a 25–57 record, placing 13th in the West.
Draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College / Club |
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| 1 | 16 | Yang Hansen | C |  China |
Qingdao Eagles (China) |
| 2 | 48 | Javon Small | PG |  United States |
West Virginia |
| 2 | 56 | Will Richard | SG | United States |
Florida |
The Grizzlies entered the draft holding one first-round selection and two second-round selections, all acquired from previous trades.[6][7] Picks Yang Hansen and Will Richard were later traded to the Portland Trail Blazers and Golden State Warriors, respectively.
Roster
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Standings
Division
| Southwest Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
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| y – San Antonio Spurs | 62 | 20 | .756 | – | 32–8 | 30–12 | 13–3 | 82 |
| x – Houston Rockets | 52 | 30 | .634 | 10.0 | 30–11 | 22–19 | 10–6 | 82 |
| New Orleans Pelicans | 26 | 56 | .317 | 36.0 | 17–24 | 9–32 | 7–9 | 82 |
| Dallas Mavericks | 26 | 56 | .317 | 36.0 | 16–25 | 10–31 | 4–12 | 82 |
| Memphis Grizzlies | 25 | 57 | .305 | 37.0 | 14–27 | 11–30 | 6–10 | 82 |
Conference
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| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | z – Oklahoma City Thunder * | 64 | 18 | .780 | – | 82 |
| 2 | y – San Antonio Spurs * | 62 | 20 | .756 | 2.0 | 82 |
| 3 | x – Denver Nuggets | 54 | 28 | .659 | 10.0 | 82 |
| 4 | y – Los Angeles Lakers * | 53 | 29 | .646 | 11.0 | 82 |
| 5 | x – Houston Rockets | 52 | 30 | .634 | 12.0 | 82 |
| 6 | x – Minnesota Timberwolves | 49 | 33 | .598 | 15.0 | 82 |
| 7 | x – Phoenix Suns | 45 | 37 | .549 | 19.0 | 82 |
| 8 | x – Portland Trail Blazers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 22.0 | 82 |
| 9 | pi – Los Angeles Clippers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 22.0 | 82 |
| 10 | pi – Golden State Warriors | 37 | 45 | .451 | 27.0 | 82 |
| 11 | New Orleans Pelicans | 26 | 56 | .317 | 38.0 | 82 |
| 12 | Dallas Mavericks | 26 | 56 | .317 | 38.0 | 82 |
| 13 | Memphis Grizzlies | 25 | 57 | .305 | 39.0 | 82 |
| 14 | Sacramento Kings | 22 | 60 | .268 | 42.0 | 82 |
| 15 | Utah Jazz | 22 | 60 | .268 | 42.0 | 82 |
Game log
Preseason
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Preseason: 1–4 (home: 0–3; road: 1–1)
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Regular season
| 2025–26 game log Total: 25–57 (Home: 14–27; Road: 11–30) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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October: 3–3 (home: 2–2; road: 1–1)
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November: 6–9 (home: 2–4; road: 4–5)
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December: 6–6 (home: 3–3; road: 3–3)
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January: 3–11 (home: 3–6; road: 0–5)
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February: 4–7 (home: 2–2; road: 2–5)
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March: 3–14 (home: 2–7; road: 1–7)
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April: 0–7 (home: 0–3; road: 0–4)
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NBA Cup
West Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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| 1 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4 | 4 | 0 | 499 | 453 | +46 | Advanced to knockout rounds |
| 2 | Memphis Grizzlies | 4 | 3 | 1 | 464 | 450 | +14 | |
| 3 | Los Angeles Clippers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 465 | 485 | −20 | |
| 4 | Dallas Mavericks | 4 | 1 | 3 | 455 | 476 | −21 | |
| 5 | New Orleans Pelicans | 4 | 0 | 4 | 465 | 484 | −19 |
Source: NBA
Player statistics
Regular season
| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| Cam Spencer | SG | 72 | 20 | 1,714 | 183 | 400 | 52 | 11 | 798 | 23.8 | 2.5 | 5.6 | .7 | .2 | 11.1 |
| Jaylen Wells | SG | 69 | 69 | 1,821 | 220 | 111 | 61 | 9 | 865 | 26.4 | 3.2 | 1.6 | .9 | .1 | 12.5 |
| Cedric Coward | SG | 62 | 47 | 1,598 | 364 | 171 | 40 | 27 | 843 | 25.8 | 5.9 | 2.8 | .6 | .4 | 13.6 |
| GG Jackson II | PF | 55 | 28 | 1,178 | 235 | 81 | 31 | 44 | 686 | 21.4 | 4.3 | 1.5 | .6 | .8 | 12.5 |
| Olivier-Maxence Prosper | PF | 53 | 24 | 984 | 187 | 51 | 40 | 13 | 530 | 18.6 | 3.5 | 1.0 | .8 | .2 | 10.0 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | SG | 51 | 14 | 1,088 | 125 | 139 | 43 | 8 | 428 | 21.3 | 2.5 | 2.7 | .8 | .2 | 8.4 |
| Jock Landale† | C | 45 | 25 | 1,060 | 292 | 75 | 25 | 22 | 509 | 23.6 | 6.5 | 1.7 | .6 | .5 | 11.3 |
| Jaren Jackson Jr.† | C | 45 | 45 | 1,382 | 259 | 86 | 47 | 68 | 864 | 30.7 | 5.8 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 19.2 |
| Santi Aldama | PF | 43 | 11 | 1,198 | 287 | 126 | 37 | 31 | 602 | 27.9 | 6.7 | 2.9 | .9 | .7 | 14.0 |
| Javon Small | PG | 41 | 12 | 830 | 128 | 151 | 34 | 9 | 396 | 20.2 | 3.1 | 3.7 | .8 | .2 | 9.7 |
| Vince Williams Jr.† | PG | 34 | 12 | 736 | 136 | 150 | 27 | 14 | 272 | 21.6 | 4.0 | 4.4 | .8 | .4 | 8.0 |
| Jahmai Mashack | SG | 31 | 7 | 673 | 81 | 69 | 37 | 14 | 192 | 21.7 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.2 | .5 | 6.2 |
| John Konchar† | SG | 30 | 1 | 435 | 92 | 40 | 31 | 13 | 95 | 14.5 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 1.0 | .4 | 3.2 |
| Taylor Hendricks† | PF | 26 | 11 | 626 | 122 | 31 | 37 | 22 | 275 | 24.1 | 4.7 | 1.2 | 1.4 | .8 | 10.6 |
| Walter Clayton Jr.† | PG | 24 | 6 | 599 | 51 | 136 | 20 | 7 | 232 | 25.0 | 2.1 | 5.7 | .8 | .3 | 9.7 |
| Ja Morant | PG | 20 | 20 | 569 | 65 | 161 | 20 | 6 | 389 | 28.5 | 3.3 | 8.1 | 1.0 | .3 | 19.5 |
| Rayan Rupert† | SG | 16 | 8 | 495 | 102 | 34 | 26 | 7 | 195 | 30.9 | 6.4 | 2.1 | 1.6 | .4 | 12.2 |
| Ty Jerome | SG | 15 | 15 | 339 | 42 | 85 | 16 | 4 | 295 | 22.6 | 2.8 | 5.7 | 1.1 | .3 | 19.7 |
| Tyler Burton | SF | 12 | 0 | 307 | 50 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 129 | 25.6 | 4.2 | 1.0 | .9 | .3 | 10.8 |
| Zach Edey | C | 11 | 11 | 284 | 122 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 150 | 25.8 | 11.1 | 1.1 | .6 | 1.9 | 13.6 |
| DeJon Jarreau | SG | 11 | 0 | 231 | 51 | 36 | 10 | 8 | 88 | 21.0 | 4.6 | 3.3 | .9 | .7 | 8.0 |
| Christian Koloko† | C | 11 | 2 | 195 | 44 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 17.7 | 4.0 | .9 | .9 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
| Taj Gibson | C | 10 | 1 | 97 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 9.7 | 2.7 | .6 | .2 | .1 | 3.4 |
| Scotty Pippen Jr. | PG | 10 | 6 | 212 | 22 | 47 | 19 | 4 | 114 | 21.2 | 2.2 | 4.7 | 1.9 | .4 | 11.4 |
| Adama Bal | SG | 8 | 1 | 241 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 83 | 30.1 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.1 | .1 | 10.4 |
| PJ Hall† | C | 7 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 3.9 | 1.3 | .3 | .0 | .3 | 1.9 |
| Lucas Williamson | SG | 7 | 2 | 224 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 73 | 32.0 | 5.4 | 2.6 | 1.6 | .1 | 10.4 |
| Dariq Whitehead | SF | 6 | 2 | 183 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 98 | 30.5 | 4.0 | 1.5 | .7 | .0 | 16.3 |
| Toby Okani | SG | 6 | 4 | 217 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 60 | 36.2 | 3.5 | 1.0 | .7 | .5 | 10.0 |
| Kyle Anderson† | SF | 4 | 3 | 89 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 22.3 | 3.5 | .8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 9.3 |
| Charles Bassey† | C | 2 | 0 | 31 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 15.5 | 7.5 | 1.0 | .5 | .5 | 3.5 |
| Brandon Clarke | PF | 2 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10.0 | 3.0 | .5 | 1.0 | .0 | 4.0 |
| Lawson Lovering | C | 2 | 1 | 49 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 24.5 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | .5 | 7.0 |
- † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Grizzlies only.
Transactions
Trades
| Date | Trade | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 15, 2025 | To Memphis Grizzlies
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To Orlando Magic |
[9] |
| June 25, 2025 | To Memphis Grizzlies
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To Portland Trail Blazers
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[10] |
| July 6, 2025 | To Memphis Grizzlies
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To Golden State Warriors
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[11] [12] |
| To Memphis Grizzlies |
To Indiana Pacers |
[13] [14] | |
| February 3, 2026 | To Memphis Grizzlies
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To Utah Jazz |
[15] [16] |
| February 5, 2026 | To Philadelphia 76ers
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To Memphis Grizzlies
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[15] |
- Before this trade Washington had the right to swap its pick (if No. 1–8) for Phoenix's; then Orlando had the right to swap its pick for whatever Phoenix has; then Memphis had the right to swap its pick for whatever Phoenix had. This trade would let Memphis trade either its own pick or Orlando's for whatever Phoenix has after Washington's swap right, as well as keeping the other pick for itself.
Free agency
Re-signed
| Date | Player | Ref. |
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Additions
| Date | Player | Former Team | Ref. |
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| September 23, 2025 | Braxton Key |
Golden State Warriors | [17] |
Subtractions
| Player | Reason | New Team | Ref. |
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