Chris Herrington Charts Memphis Grizzlies’ Lottery 2018 Hurdle

The memphis grizzlies have not historically had great luck in the NBA Draft Lottery, and that history frames the team’s place in the lottery discussion again. The clearest recent marker came on May 15, 2018, when the Grizzlies landed the fourth pick in Chicago.

Chris Herrington and the Grizzlies

Chris Herrington has covered the Grizzlies since the franchise’s second season in Memphis. That gives him a long view of a team whose lottery story has rarely broken in its favor, even as the draft has remained one of the main ways to shape the roster.

Herrington also writes about music, movies, food and civic life, and he is a member of the Professional Basketball Writers Association. He is also part of a film critics group and has voted in national music critic polls for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice.

May 15, 2018 in Chicago

The one specific lottery result in the material is the Grizzlies’ fourth pick in 2018. NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum announced that result on May 15, 2018, in Chicago, giving the franchise a concrete recent reference point for its draft-lottery history.

That outcome sits at the center of the broader picture here: the Grizzlies have spent enough time in the lottery to build a track record, and the available material says that track record has not been a fortunate one. For readers following the team’s draft position, the relevant detail is simple — Memphis has a history, and the last clearly identified result in this file was fourth overall.