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Grizzlies PR: Status Update: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Jaylen Wells are available tonight against the Lakers. Olivier-Maxence Prosper and Javon Small (Two-Way Transfers) are out.
Q. Was Kentavious Caldwell-Pope really playing on work release from jail? Was that like a real thing? Like that was that a real thing? Larry Nance Jr: KCP is our guy. Look, KCP, we love him. We love him. That was real. That was real. That was real. That ain't my story to tell, but like it was … I forgot about that, actually. I forgot about that until this very second.
Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr. both had inefficient offensive nights. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Jaylen Wells didn't offer much help on the offensive end. Against a team like the Houston Rockets, that won't be enough. The Grizzlies fell behind early and lost 124-109 at FedExForum. Morant finished with 17 points on 6-for-19 shooting. Jackson scored nine points on 2-for-6 shooting. Cam Spencer led the Grizzlies (3-6) with 19 points.
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Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: I mean, Memphis is safe, man. Like ever since I got traded, that’s all I was hearing before, but it’s been the total opposite of what I’ve actually experienced now. You know what I’m saying? It’s been the total opposite. Like, the condo I’m in — it’s nice. It’s one of the newest ones they just built out there. I’m downtown, about 7 minutes from the arena. I’ve got places I can go out, eat, hang out — it’s cool. It’s real cool.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: And honestly, over the last seven years I’ve been in the league, I’ve been betting on myself. I know what I can give. I know what I bring to the table. And I know what I’m going to do — first of all. I always tell myself, man — every year, 30 to 60 new kids are coming in. I’m 32 years old. Ain’t nobody going to take my job, man. I got five kids to feed.
Damichael Cole: Ty Jerome, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Jock Landale will play today. Scotty Pippen Jr. is out with some nagging toe soreness, Tuomas Iisalo said.
Q. Without injuries, how far you think y'all would have went like with that Wizards team? John Wall: I think we would have gotten to East Conference finals for sure. We would have made that step. And I think like I was getting to where I was, Bradley Beal was getting to where he was, somebody would have wanted to come play with us. We were missing one piece. Like Trevor Ariza was a great three-man. I think we just needed another like superstar because every team at that time was having three stars. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: I would say just like a mid-level superstar. Like somebody out there to get you 15 20 you know every night.
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Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: "But we’re talking about superstars. We’re talking about guys who get teams involved, elevate players, and when my team needs a win — they go get it. I can’t do that with Donovan Mitchell. And I’m 50/50 on Haliburton. He might average 25 and 8, but he’s not consistent. He’s clutch now, sure, but not consistent enough throughout the game. I need someone who shoots consistently, makes plays all game long. He’s getting there — but he’s not quite there yet."
“You got so many kids, man. You might lose count. He going for one more!” Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: “You should see me when all of them are sitting in one spot and I’m trying to talk to just one of them. I end up calling them every other name except the one I meant. It’s crazy. I’ll be like, ‘Kendrick... Kenzo...’—but I’m trying to talk to KJ. Tristan Da Silva: And they all start with a K too. Every one of them. My daughter’s name starts with a K. All of them: Kenzo, KJavius Jr., Kendrick, Kindle, Knowledge.
Former Magic wing Kentavious Caldwell-Pope said in the latest episode of his Dawg Talk Podcast (YouTube link) that he got a heads-up he would be traded to the Grizzlies before the agreement was reported last Sunday, so he wasn’t caught off guard when the news broke on social media. And while it took him a little time to wrap his head around the idea of changing teams again just one year after signing with Orlando, the 32-year-old is enthusiastic about what he’ll be able to bring to his new club in Memphis. “The more I talked about it, the more I got excited,” Caldwell-Pope said, singling out Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr., and Zach Edey as new teammates he’s looking forward to playing with. “A lot of the guys over there I know and I’m going to enjoy playing with. Seeing them, playing against them and the style that they have, I think it fits right into my game.”
The best thing about the Desmond Bane trade is that it came out of nowhere. There were no leaks. No rumors. I simply woke up and found out that Bane now played for the Orlando Magic. That’s the way it should be. I wanted to get a sense for how out of the blue this trade was so I reached out to Zach Rodriguez, the founder of Fanspo, which hosts one of the most popular NBA trade machines on the internet. In the last year alone, Fanspo users created more than 120,000 fake trades, according to Rodriguez. I asked Rodriguez, of those 120,000+ fake trades, how many of them featured Bane being sent to Orlando in exchange for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Cole Anthony. Rodriguez queried his database and wrote back, “After some digging, I was only able to find two trades that involved these three players and only those two teams.”
