The 2006-07 Memphis Grizzlies season was the team's 12th in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 49-33 output from the previous season. However, they came up 27 games shy, finishing 22–60, and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in four seasons.2006-07 Memphis Grizzlies The Grizzlies had the worst team defensive rating in the NBA.
Mike Fratello was fired in December after a 6–24 start. He was later replaced by Tony Barone.
Team captain Pau Gasol missed the first half of the season after suffering a foot injury during the FIBA Basketball World Cup.
Draft picks
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School 1 24 Kyle Lowry PG Villanova
Roster
Regular season
Season standings
Game log
Player statistics
Ragular season PlayerPF82 43 2,152 420 75 43 30 1,045 26.2 5.1 .9 .5 .4 12.7SF 78 43 2,103 348 100 71 74 846 27.0 4.5 1.3 .9 .9 10.8SG 78 25 1,671 153 68 39 22 583 21.4 2.0 .9 .5 .3 7.5PG 75 23 2,064 139 346 50 4 988 27.5 1.9 4.6 .7 .1 13.2SG 70 69 2,740 378 298 54 18 1,293 39.1 5.4 4.3 .8 .3 18.5PG 62 51 1,501 139 299 47 2 467 24.2 2.2 4.8 .8 .0 7.5C 59 59 2,133 581 201 29 126 1,226 36.2 9.8 3.4 .5 2.1 20.8PF 59 19 753 181 17 25 35 260 12.8 3.1 .3 .4 .6 4.4C 54 18 1,029 250 17 30 62 419 19.1 4.6 .3 .6 1.1 7.8PF 54 18 969 261 30 36 13 283 17.9 4.8 .6 .7 .2 5.2SG 48 12 967 97 41 53 1 369 20.1 2.0 .9 1.1 .0 7.7†SG 29 14 561 61 33 22 2 161 19.3 2.1 1.1 .8 .1 5.6PG 29 8 543 68 89 21 5 152 18.7 2.3 3.1 .7 .2 5.2PF 28 1 313 59 31 22 1 127 11.2 2.1 1.1 .8 .0 4.5†C 23 7 258 64 2 7 11 54 11.2 2.8 .1 .3 .5 2.3PG 10 0 175 31 32 14 1 56 17.5 3.1 3.2 1.4 .1 5.6†PF 7 0 33 9 0 1 0 2 4.7 1.3 .0 .1 .0 .3†SG 3 0 17 2 1 0 0 0 5.7 .7 .3 .0 .0 .0
Awards and records Rudy Gay, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team
References