The Pick-And-Popcast

Washington Post national NBA writer Tim Bontemps joins to discuss team controlling owner Robert Pera's decision to buy out minority owners Steve Kaplan and Daniel Straus, Memphis' status as an NBA small market, the prospect of league expansion, whether "tanking" is a problem, who the Grizzlies should target in this summer's NBA draft and more. 

The Pick-and-Popcast welcomes Anthony Sain, co-host of the local Outsiders Podcast, to discuss the Grizzlies "tank" season and which players have emerged as keepers, sort through the top draft prospects for the team this summer, and offer some music and food tips.Is Dillon Brooks starter-material? Is Luka Doncic too slow? Is lemon pepper overrated? Listen and find out.

Pick-and-Pop columnist Chris Herrington and guest Matt Hrdlicka ease out of the NBA's All-Star break and talk about where the Grizzlies stand as the reverse race for draft lottery odds picks up steam. Will the Grizzlies take the kind of "active measures" other teams seem willing to take?Chris and Matt also explore some of the subtle downsides in the team's decision not to trade Tyreke Evans and make some non-basketball recommendations. 

The Pick-and-Popcast welcomes Chris Vernon of Grind City Media and The Ringer to talk about the Grizzlies as we head into this weekend's All-Star Break. Topics include Chandler Parsons' surprise return, the decision not to trade Tyreke Evans, whether Evans will be back in Memphis next season, which young player has been most disappointing of late and more. Chris and Chris also make some non-basketball recommendations at the end. 

The Pick-and-Popcast returns from a winter hiatus to welcome Locked on Grizzlies host Peter Edmiston and the Memphis Flyer's Kevin Lipe for a three-man gabfest on the Grizzlies' present and future.Peter, Kevin, and host Chris Herrington make some final predictions on the Grizzlies activity ahead of tomorrow's NBA trade deadline, discuss which of the team's young players are most likely to matter beyond this season, and more.

The Pick-and-Popcast welcomes ESPN's Kevin Arnovitz to talk about the Grizzlies' firing of head coach David Fizdale and what potential paths the team could take this season and beyond.

Chris Vernon of Grizzlies/Grind City Media and The Ringer joins for a look at the Grizzlies' 7-7 start, Mike Conley's health, the surprisingly play of Dillon Brooks and Tyreke Evans and more. 

Chris Herrington welcomes Peter Edmiston of Sports 56 and the Locked on Grizzlies podcast to talk about the team's 7-4 start and what is and isn't sustainable.

The Pick-and-Popcast returns with first-time guest Tim MacMahon, the Dallas-based ESPN NBA writer who spent some time this summer in Los Angeles chronicling Grizzlies forward Chandler Parsons' offseason training regimen. 

Chris Herrington is joined by the Memphis Flyer's Kevin Lipe to explore various Grizzlies preseason topics, including Chandler Parsons' health, Marc Gasol's mind, JaMychal Green's contract, the team's pace and general expectations.

Matt Moore of CBS Sports joins Chris Herrington on The Pick and Popcast to talk about the biggest NBA story of the week, the potential trade of Cavs' star Kyrie Irving. They also talk about the Grizzlies' remaining free agents, JaMychal Green and Tony Allen, and how the team stacks up in the Western Conference heading toward next season.

Chris Vernon with The Ringer and Grind City Media joins Chris Herrington to talk about what he saw from Grizzlies players during NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, the rest of the Grizzlies summer, "Game of Thrones," and more.

With free agency winding down, ESPN's Kevin Arnovitz joins Chris Herrington to talk about the Grizzlies summer, the end of "grit and grind," and Kevin's recent piece on the summer's exodus of firepower to the Western Conference.

Chris Herrington is joined by Matt Hrdlicka, a contributor to SB Nation's Grizzly Bear Blues blog to talk about the end of the Zach Randolph/Tony Allen era in Memphis, the Grizzlies' signing of free agent Ben McLemore, the status of JaMychal Green and the Grizzlies status in the shifting Western Conference. 

With the NBA draft set for Thursday and free agency following soon after, Pick-and-Pop columnist Chris Herrington is joined by Sports 56 radio and Locked on Grizzlies podcast host Peter Edmiston.

As the NBA's regular season winds down, the Pick-and-Popcast returns. Chris Herrington reunites with his former radio partner Chris Vernon, now of with Memphis Grizzlies and The Ringer. Herrington and Verno talk about whether the Grizzlies met expectations this season, what their chances might be in the postseason, the nature of "Grit and Grind" and what Verno's been watching and listening to lately.

This week, Chris talks to Tim Bontemps of the Washington Post, about the Grizzlies' matchup with the Golden State Warriors.

The Pick-and-Popcast returns as Chris Herrington is joined by SBNation's Matt Hrdlicka to talk about the current status and future prospects for the five rookies and second-year players on the Grizzlies roster, the development of JaMychal Green and what that portends for the Grizzlies future, trade and playoff speculation and a deep, reckless dive into the declaring America's worst states.

The streams are crossed as Numbers Game columnist Peter Edmiston joins Pick-and-Pop's Chris Herrington to discuss the status of the Grizzlies in the aftermath of Mike Conley's back injury. How many games will he miss? What does the injury do to the team's playoff hopes?

This week, Chris talks to Pick-and-Popcast favorite Kevin Arnovitz of ESPN.com, an ace NBA writer, barbecue aficionado, honorary Memphian and the writer who discovered David Fizdale. (Ok, not, really, but you'll see.) Kevin talks about the new-look Grizzlies, the Fizdale hire, this weekend's opponents (Clippers and Blazers) and the wider Western Conference landscape. We even get some reading tips.

First-time guest Britt Robson has covered the Minnesota Timberwolves since at or near the franchise's beginnings as an expansion team during the first Bush administration, for Minneapolis' City Pages for many years and now for the digital newspaper Minn Post. With the Grizzlies and Wolves facing off tonight to start the season in Memphis and again next week in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, Britt seemed like the man to talk to.

The Pick-and-Popcast tips off the 2016-17 season with a first-time guest, Sports Illustrated NBA writer Rob Mahoney, perhaps best known to many Grizzlies fans for his terrific 2015 process story chronicling Mike Conley's broken face and quick return to the court.