Memphis Grizzlies entrance workplace government Zach Kleiman held his postseason media availability. Among the many matters mentioned have been issues Kleiman may have dealt with completely different. One mistake made was declining the crew’s 2025-26 fourth-year rookie scale crew choice for ahead Jake LaRavia, which in the end led to LaRavia being traded.
“I feel we must always’ve picked up Jake LaRavia’s crew choice,” Kleiman mentioned. “The error was there. I feel Jake may’ve helped us down the stretch.”
Kleiman went on to say he thought Vince Williams Jr. and GG Jackson could be extra prepared to switch LaRavia within the Grizzlies rotation.
“I in all probability overweighted simply how a lot of a burden they might have been in a position to placed on in a playoff push,” Kleiman mentioned.
LaRavia will now be an unrestricted free agent this summer time, after ending the season with the Sacramento Kings. As a result of Memphis declined the rookie scale crew choice, the restriction on paying LaRavia greater than $5.2 million in first-year wage carries over to Sacramento.
