2026–27 Memphis Grizzlies season

The 2026–27 Memphis Grizzlies season will be the 32nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 26th in Memphis. During this offseason period of theirs on May 11, 2026, longtime Grizzlies power forward Brandon Clarke would unexpectedly die due to a (likely) drug overdose. Despite the circumstances, Memphis would still enter the season with two first round picks, including a top 3 selection, and are looking to return to the NBA playoffs after previously missing the 2026 NBA playoffs due to severe injury problems, amongst other issues at hand. This will be the first time since the 2018-19 season that Ja Morant is not on the opening day roster, as he was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers on June 29.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 3 Cameron Boozer PF United States Duke 1 16 Bennett Stirtz PG United States Iowa 2 32 Richie Saunders SG United States BYU The Grizzlies entered the draft holding two first-round selections and one second-round selection. Their own first-round selection jumped into the top three as a result of the NBA draft lottery, while their remaining selections were acquired via previous trades with conditions tied to the 2025–26 regular season standings. They had traded their own second-round selection to the Utah Jazz in 2021 and was eventually used by the Los Angeles Clippers in the draft, as the pick fell outside its 43rd-to-60th protection range due to the Grizzlies' poor finish in the 2025–26 season.

Roster

Standings Division

Conference

Game log Preseason

| October 5 | @ Atlanta

| State Farm Arena | –

| October 7 | Orlando

| FedExForum | –

| October 9 | @ Chicago

| United Center | –

| October 16 | Charlotte

| FedExForum | –

Regular season

| 1 | October 21 | Utah

| FedExForum | –

| 2 | October 23 | @ Golden State

| Chase Center | –

| 3 | October 25 | @ Sacramento

| Golden 1 Center | –

| 4 | October 26 | @ Utah

| Delta Center | –

| 5 | October 29 | @ Portland

| Moda Center | –

| 6 | October 31 | Sacramento

| FedExForum | –

| 7 | November 2 | New Orleans

| FedExForum | –

| 8 | November 4 | Indiana

| FedExForum | –

| 9 | November 6 | Oklahoma City

| FedExForum | –

| 10 | November 9 | @ Toronto

| Scotiabank Arena | –

| 11 | November 11 | Denver

| FedExForum | –

| 12 | November 13 | @ New Orleans

| Smoothie King Center | –

| 13 | November 14 | Brooklyn

| FedExForum | –

| 14 | November 16 | @ Washington

| Capital One Arena | –

| 15 | November 18 | @ Cleveland

| Rocket Arena | –

| 16 | November 19 | Golden State

| FedExForum | –

| 17 | November 21 | @ Minnesota

| Target Center | –

| 18 | November 23 | @ Charlotte

| Spectrum Center | –

| 19 | November 25 | L.A. Clippers

| FedExForum | –

| 20 | November 27 | @ Minnesota

| Target Center | –

| 21 | November 29 | L.A. Lakers

| FedExForum | –

| 22 | December 1 | @ Philadelphia

| Xfinity Mobile Arena | –

| 23 | December 2 | @ Detroit

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 24 | TBD | TBD

| TBD | –

| 25 | TBD | TBD

| TBD | –

| 26 | December 12 | Milwaukee

| FedExForum | –

| 27 | December 14 | Golden State

| FedExForum | –

| 28 | December 16 | Miami

| FedExForum | –

| 29 | December 18 | Houston

| FedExForum | –

| 30 | December 20 | Phoenix

| FedExForum | –

| 31 | December 21 | @ New Orleans

| Smoothie King Center | –

| 32 | December 23 | Toronto

| FedExForum | –

| 33 | December 26 | @ L.A. Clippers

| Intuit Dome | –

| 34 | December 27 | @ L.A. Lakers

| Crypto.com Arena | –

| 35 | December 29 | San Antonio

| FedExForum | –

| 36 | January 3 | @ Orlando

| Kia Center | –

| 37 | January 5 | @ Miami

| Kaseya Center | –

| 38 | January 7 | @ Houston

| Toyota Center | –

| 39 | January 8 | @ San Antonio

| Frost Bank Center | –

| 40 | January 10 | Dallas

| FedExForum | –

| 41 | January 12 | Dallas

| FedExForum | –

| 42 | January 14 | @ Denver

| Ball Arena | –

| 43 | January 16 | Cleveland

| FedExForum | –

| 44 | January 18 | Houston

| FedExForum | –

| 45 | January 20 | @ Phoenix

| Mortgage Matchup Center | –

| 46 | January 22 | @ Oklahoma City

| Paycom Center | –

| 47 | January 25 | Minnesota

| FedExForum | –

| 48 | January 28 | @ Oklahoma City

| Paycom Center | –

| 49 | January 30 | @ Utah

| Delta Center | –

| 50 | February 1 | @ Milwaukee

| Fiserv Forum | –

| 51 | February 3 | Philadelphia

| FedExForum | –

| 52 | February 6 | Portland

| FedExForum | –

| 53 | February 8 | Portland

| FedExForum | –

| 54 | February 10 | Orlando

| FedExForum | –

| 55 | February 12 | L.A. Clippers

| FedExForum | –

| 56 | February 15 | New York

| FedExForum | –

| 57 | February 17 | San Antonio

| FedExForum | –

| 58 | February 18 | Boston

| 59 | February 26 | @ San Antonio

| Frost Bank Center | –

| 60 | February 27 | Sacramento

| FedExForum | –

| 61 | March 2 | @ New York

| Madison Square Garden | –

| 62 | March 4 | @ Atlanta

| State Farm Arena | –

| 63 | March 6 | New Orleans

| FedExForum | –

| 64 | March 8 | Atlanta

| FedExForum | –

| 65 | March 9 | @ Dallas

| American Airlines Center | –

| 66 | March 11 | @ Boston

| TD Garden | –

| 67 | March 13 | @ Chicago

| United Center | –

| 68 | March 15 | Phoenix

| FedExForum | –

| 69 | March 17 | @ Golden State

| Chase Center | –

| 70 | March 18 | @ L.A. Clippers

| Intuit Dome | –

| 71 | March 20 | Oklahoma City

| FedExForum | –

| 72 | March 22 | Charlotte

| FedExForum | –

| 73 | March 24 | @ Indiana

| Gainbridge Fieldhouse | –

| 74 | March 25 | Chicago

| FedExForum | –

| 75 | March 28 | @ Brooklyn

| Barclays Center | –

| 76 | March 30 | L.A. Lakers

| FedExForum | –

| 77 | April 2 | @ Houston

| Toyota Center | –

| 78 | April 4 | @ Denver

| Ball Arena | –

| 79 | April 6 | Detroit

| FedExForum | –

| 80 | April 7 | Washington

| FedExForum | –

| 81 | April 9 | @ Phoenix

| Mortgage Matchup Center | –

| 82 | April 11 | @ Dallas

| American Airlines Center | –

NBA Cup

West Group B

Transactions

Overview Players Added Via draft Cameron Boozer (2026 No. 3) Karim López (2026 No. 21) (from Detroit) Richie Saunders (2026 No. 32) Via free agency Quinten Post Via trade AJ Johnson D'Angelo Russell Isaiah Stewart Jerami Grant Kris MurrayPlayers Lost Via trade Ja Morant Santi Aldama Draft rights to Tarik Biberović (2023 No. 56) Via draft Bennett Stirtz (2026 No. 16) (to OKC) Ebuka Okorie (2026 No. 17) (to Detroit) Via free agency TBD Via retirement TBD Waived Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (to Philadelphia)

Trades

Date Trade Ref.June 23, 2026 To Memphis Grizzlies Draft rights to Ebuka Okorie (No. 17)Memphis flipped Okorie's rights to Detroit. 2030 second-round pickThe most favorable of the picks originally belonging to Denver, Houston, and Miami. 2033 OKC second-round pick To Oklahoma City Thunder Draft rights to Bennett Stirtz (No. 16)June 24, 2026 To Memphis Grizzlies Draft rights to Karim López (No. 21) 2029 second-round pickThe most favorable of the picks originally belonging to Detroit, Milwaukee, and New York.Detroit agreed to trade this pick to Memphis during the first round for the draft rights to Ebuka Okorie and during the second round the next night agreed to send it back to Detroit for Isaiah Stewart in a trade not yet made official. 2031 DAL second-round pick 2032 DET second-round pick To Detroit Pistons Draft rights to Ebuka Okorie June 29, 2026 To Memphis Grizzlies Jerami Grant Kris Murray To Portland Trail Blazers Ja Morant Cash considerationsJuly 8, 2026 Six-team trade To Dallas Mavericks Santi Aldama (from Memphis) Marcus Sasser (from Detroit) Draft rights to Tarik Biberović (2023 No. 56) (from Memphis)To Detroit Pistons John Collins (sign-and-trade) (from Los Angeles) Gary Harris (from Milwaukee) Taurean Prince (from Milwaukee) 2029 second-round pick (from Memphis) 2031 DAL second-round pick (from Memphis) 2032 DET second-round pick (from Memphis)To Los Angeles Clippers 2028 protected second-round pickLos Angeles will receive the pick if falls No. 56–60. (from Detroit)To Memphis Grizzlies AJ Johnson (from Dallas) D'Angelo Russell (from Washington) Isaiah Stewart (from Detroit) 2030 GSW protected first-round pickMemphis will receive the pick if falls No. 21–30; if it falls No. 1–20, Memphis will receive Golden State's own 2030 second-round pick. (from Dallas) 2029 HOU second-round pick (from Dallas) 2029 LAL second-round pick (from Washington) 2032 second-round pick swap rightMemphis may swap the more favorable of their own pick and the pick originally belonging to Philadelphia for the pick originally belonging to Utah. (from Washington) 2033 WAS second-round pick (from Washington)To Milwaukee Bucks Caris LeVert (from Detroit) 2027 MIL second-round pickMilwaukee traded this pick away in a previous transaction. (from Detroit) 2027 second-round pickThe less favorable of the picks originally belonging to Brooklyn and Dallas. (from Detroit) Cash considerations (from Los Angeles)To Washington Wizards Khris Middleton (sign-and-trade) (from Dallas) 2033 DAL second-round pick (from Dallas)

Free agency Re-signed Date Player Ref.

Additions Date Player Reason Former Team Ref.June 29, 2026Jerami GrantTradedPortland Trail BlazersKris Murray July 8, 2026Quinten PostFree agencyGolden State Warriors July 28, 2016Isaiah StewartTraded Detroit PistonsAJ JohnsonDallas MavericksD'Angelo RussellWashington Wizards

Subtractions Player Reason New Team Date Ref.Brandon ClarkeDeceasedMay 11, 2026Ja MorantTradedPortland Trail Blazers June 29, 2026Santi AldamaDallas MavericksJuly 8, 2026

Notes

References

2026–27 Memphis Grizzlies season

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