This is a perfect opportunity for the Grizzlies...

This is a perfect opportunity for the Memphis Grizzlies. Now a lot of people are not going to be on board with this young team But if you look at the early part of their schedule There's plenty of reason to believe why the Grizzlies could get off to a strong start in the NBA season and the NBA Adam Silver could have not blessed them any better than this. What's going on everybody? Drew Rehlendorf for another episode of Grizzlies Digest. Thank you so much for tuning in to the episode and we're gonna get right into it So the NBA schedule came out, but one takeaway I have it's not the NBA schedule itself but rather what the Grizzlies are going to get. We'll have a another prediction from a Ryder from Bleach report At the end of this video. We'll also have a question I want to ask all of you to answer in the comments down below. As always you can like, comment, subscribe to this video Hey look, I'm still putting out content for you guys. Look, I know it's a dead period, a dead season in the NBA We had a huge offseason of signings. I mean Stuart Kambuza obviously, Kareem Lopez, Rick Saunders, Quinn Post and Of course, we have the core four, John Morant, Jaron Jackson Jr., Desmond Bain and Dylan Brooks No more, so We've known that but we know now this is a new era for a new Grizzlies team. That's why you have to stick around for Grizzlies Digest for all your content updates and needs because we're gonna be here covering this young team and you don't want to miss it. You want to stay through the year with me here on Grizzlies Digest whenever it all happens So this is what it looks like to start with, Utah Then Golden State, Sacramento Utah again So I understand this is going, the bottom line for all those teams is going very fast for some reason So I am just going to get rid of that for a second and I don't know why it's doing that, but I will show you They gave the Grizzlies to Utah twice. So that means Jaron Jackson Jr. will get a good round of applause Before the game against the Jazz, Wednesday, October 21st. He played Golden State, so if we went to post he gets a little homecoming at Sacramento. I don't think there's a homecoming there and then we go back to see Jaron Jackson Jr. Hopefully he will be playing Monday, August 26th. Then we go at Portland to see John Morant So we go and see John Morant for the first time Whenever he comes back to Memphis, I think those will be one of the two National televised games Tied for the worst by the way in the NBA, so Grizzlies they have two, Brooklyn has two Around there, I mean the NBA, they're treating the Grizzlies like bottom feeders. That's okay because that's what we accept We embrace that mentality, so that's okay On the second five games, you know Get the full graphic up there, so we don't have to look at that annoying bottom score versus Sacramento again So we get Utah, Utah, then Sacramento, Sacramento all in a span of October, which October is only We're playing less than half a month in October So then we get into November, we get New Orleans, and we get Indiana Oklahoma City, so both Indiana and Oklahoma City, of course, those are the two teams from the NBA Finals of 2025 That'll be very tough, and then at Toronto We assume that Kawhi, the Kawhi Leonard situation will be solved by then Hopefully, so I mean I'm assuming that he's gonna play in Toronto by the way things look right now, but You just you never know what these things Those will be three pretty tough games, but I think out of those three, I think Toronto will probably be The one that I think Memphis could Edge out, if they have the best chance they have for all three of those games, I'm gonna say it's Toronto I think they probably come on the losing end of Indiana and Oklahoma City, Tyrese Halliburton Coming back, didn't play at all last season because of the injury, unfortunate injury that he suffered Game seven of the NBA Finals, now I will say personally, Tyrese Halliburton is Not one of my favorite athletes, but of course you'd hate to see anybody go down the way he did Maybe probably the most important game of his life, and he was kind of, he was balling out at that point so Would love to see him back, and then with Oklahoma City, look Memphis has developed a little bit of a, let's say an edge They have a little bit of a chip on their shoulder when it comes to Oklahoma City, you go back to the 2025 playoffs John LeRant getting injured, thanks to Lugens Dort, who's now not even on the Thunder, now he's on the Atlanta Hawks But still there's a chip on that shoulder when it comes to San Antonio, Oklahoma City But let's be honest, the Grizzlies have a long way to go until we start talking about The Grizzlies on the same tier as those two teams, so this are the Yeah, the next group of games, so now we're getting into games 11 through 15 Put that graphic up for you again, so versus Denver and at New Orleans, so what do we notice here? We have Versus Utah at Utah, versus Sacramento at Sacramento, versus New Orleans at New Orleans And then you get Brooklyn and Washington So, how does that look? Looking at it right now, you're looking at a lot of bottom feeder teams In this schedule and Could that be favorable for the Grizzlies? Well, I don't know, but the NBA is at least giving them a chance to go Start with an 11-4 record Realistically, I mean when you think about it, look, so you get Denver-Cleveland, okay, those are obviously tough games, then you think about Indiana-Oklahoma City, and then those first five games though Realistically I mean again, this is a tough road stretch. Okay, best-case scenario, but ultimately best-case scenario Go 11-4 Realistic scenario Let's say Go 9-6, but either way It's a start. It's a strong start. You want to start strong, especially if you're a young team like the Grizzlies and They have a chance. They really do have a chance to get out of here Let's say I'm realistically 9 wins, but the NBA is the NBA. It's just as unpredictable as any other league Could get out of the first 15 games with 10 wins and that to me I think is If you look at all those bottom feeder teams, it's not out of the picture I mean Golden State They still got things to solve on their own. I mean, yeah It's I mean look Steph Curry, Draymond Green. They're not spring chickens anymore. I mean you can't we don't think of them as the They're four-time NBA champions put respect where it's due, but you really don't think of them as much And then you get Utah again, it's a four-game stretch, so that's why it's It's more tough than it looks But realistically get out of here with 10 wins. I mean, that's That's not bad at all So Reports that this is from Andy Bailey. He predicted that the Grizzlies would go 31 and 51 or the season Over under he put it 29.5 What do you think I mean 31 51, you know, that's a Little bit of an improvement, but I mean, are you really are you really? Gonna disrespect camp boots like that. I mean this guy is a win. I mean, he's gonna change the culture I really think like that even he says down low any Bailey boots report. He says the Grizzlies rebuild is Going to be a lot quicker than some may anticipate, but you give them a 31 and 51 record It doesn't really show That you're really fond of the Grizzlies reason But I don't know maybe you're saying for next season and then beyond 2028 and beyond But last question to you before we get out of here Again how many games do the Grizzlies win 26 to 30 31 to 55 36 to 40 Again, hey look, there are no wrong answers, but that's what we have Question time it's been a long time since I've asked you a question honestly, so leave a comment in the description below or excuse me leave a comment down below and Answer how many games do you think the Grizzlies would win? so any Bailey thinks That second one 31 and 51 But again, if we have a full strength of Memphis Grizzlies team, we have a legit rotation to work with here So again, you can say 31 51, but that's anticipating that there's gonna be a lot of movement and a lot of interest I Don't think there's gonna be too much Inconsistency, they're gonna be new guys. So me you may feel inconsistent a few times, but If you get this group together, you've got a solid 11 man rotation at least that you can work with me. I'm not saying they're gonna dominate win every game But I mean you can work with it That's gonna do it for us. Appreciate you watching the video. Leave a comment down below your thoughts Hey, how many games do they win your thoughts in the schedule especially the early schedule leave your thoughts on early schedule down below? Share your time see you in the next