GBB Roundtable: Reflecting on the 1st half of the season Share this story Of the 32 games to start the season, the Memphis Grizzlies had to play ... 8 of them without Ja Morant 25 without Justise Winslow all of them without Jaren Jackson Jr. Factor that in with the revolving door of rotation players missing time and the week off from “health and safety protocols,” and that’s a whirlwind start to the season. And they still finished with a .500 record, and they’re sitting at 10th in the Western Conference — good for the play-in. If you laid out those scenarios to any Grizzlies fan, they’d ask if it was that bad. Instead, Taylor Jenkins rallied this guys to the “next man up” mentality to weather the storm and maintain fighting position in the brutal Western Conference.