November 12
Memphis Commercial Appeal
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Grizzlies rookie Hasheem Thabeet did not make the trip to Toyota Center, but he could return from injury as soon as Saturday. The rookie center appeared to suffer a broken jaw Tuesday after a collision with teammate Zach Randolph during a loss to Portland. But Griz coach Lionel Hollins described Thabeet's injury as a "fractured bone on the lower jaw along the teeth line." Thabeet will miss only a matter of days. "It's a hairline fracture," Hollins said. "They've got it wired. Obviously, it'll be a pain issue, but we'll see what happens." Hollins said the timing of the injury was bad, too. He'd decided to give the 7-footer consistent playing time. "I was going to give him that time ..."
November 11
Memphis Commercial Appeal
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The Grizzlies returned home to FedExForum on Tuesday night after a tumultuous trip to the West Coast, where they took a beating in the press and in the Western Conference standings. Coach Lionel Hollins knew his team needed something good to happen against the Portland Trail Blazers. "It would be great," he said before the game, almost in a whisper, "to get a win." The franchise was fragile, his young players rattled — by five straight losses and by Hurricane A.I., who had left so much damage in his wake. Allen Iverson was hundreds of miles from the Grizzlies bench by the opening tip, at home in Atlanta mulling retirement. But his ghost haunted the place. The Blazers are a talented team ..."
October 9
Memphis Commercial Appeal
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He has already adopted the nickname "Dream," something Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon emphatically put in the NBA lexicon. Given how Grizzlies rookie Hasheem Thabeet looked until the team's first two preseason games, you could understand the snickers. Thabeet must be dreaming, right? The No. 2 overall pick in the June draft didn't come close to dominating the rookie/free-agent showcase at Las Vegas in July. Then, the 7-3 Thabeet often wandered aimlessly through Grizzlies' training camp at Birmingham-Southern College. First impressions hardly suggested "HasheemTheDream," as his Twitter account states. He seemed more like HasheemTheLostCause, a rookie asleep for too many stretches on the ..."