Not the info that kept us awake last night, as much to tell you that until Tuesday we are capitalizing on sleep, but all the same, the Grizzlies got well in the last hours because they extended Brandon Clarke and , as François Pignon would say so well, “and for a low price in my opinion”.
52 million over 4 years? Indeed my Sprocket is not expensive. Finally, what is the price, even though we are not economists, but here we think it is the price. In short. What should be understood with this signature? That of a 26-year-old back-up interior whose real role we now know (10 points, 5 rebounds and 1 against on average)? That this extension denotes a very specific objective of the Tennessee franchise, namely to continue to progress with the young people already in place, a whole young core who has been doing the job for two or three years around the franchise player Ja Morant. Because all these beautiful people seem to have something in them from Tennessee.
Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke has agreed on a four-year, $52 million contract extension, his agents Mark Bartelstein and Andy Shiffman of @PrioritySports tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/9MsE6EVip9
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 16, 2022
Indeed, the Grizzlies have been on a good upward slope since 2020 and owe it as much to their superstar as to all these lieutenants, well in their roles and well in the mood of a team full of guys we would like to be friends with. Brandon Clarke, it is therefore this first rotation at post 4, which returns to take advantage of the offerings at high altitude and to bring good big intensity in defense. A role that will be even more important until the return of Jaren Jackson Jr., even if it seems that Santi Aldama has the odds to replace JJJ in the starting five. In total scred we are therefore on a small signing, barely more than 10 million per season, but which reinforces the desire of the Grizzlies to move forward with those who deserve and who have made the identity of the franchise in recent years.
So that’s Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr, Brandon Clarke, Tyus Jones, John Konchar and Steven Adams who are under more or less long-term contract in Memphis, knowing that Taylor Jenkins has also been extended.
Next : Desmond Bane, Dillon Brooks (?) et Ziaire Williams.
— TrashTalk (@TrashTalk_fr) October 16, 2022
Good to know to finish, know that the 30 NBA franchises have until tonight to extend their best nuggets, randomly De’Andre Hunter, Kevin Porter Jr., PJ Washington, Matisse Thybulle, Cam Johnson, Grant Williams or Darius Bazley , so don’t be surprised by a big spike in notifications between 8 p.m. and midnight. 48 hours before the recovery, it will at least allow us to get back on track.