The Grizzlies Migrate to Memphis From Vancouver Failure to Southern Success | 5.87 MB
Title: The Grizzlies Migrate to Memphis From Vancouver Failure to Southern Success
Author: Lukasz Muniowski
Category: History of Canada, Basketball, Canadian History
Language: English | 177 Pages | ISBN: 1621908399
Description:
Following the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona and the success and celebrity of the Dream Team, the NBA became a global sensation. Around the same time, and despite ardent warnings from his parents, Arthur Griffiths purchased an NBA team that would become the expansion Vancouver Grizzlies. Who better to restore the Dream City, he thought, than the NBA?
Expansion franchises went to Vancouver and Toronto-the Canadian cities of choice as the NBA grew its international brand. But while Toronto thrived under the rising star of Vince Carter, Vancouver floundered under serial mismanagement. Six seasons wasted, the Grizzlies relocated to Memphis, where they clawed their way to victories both on the court and in the hearts of the city's eager fanbase. More than two decades later, the Memphis Grizzlies continue to win, claiming NBA records for defeating, as an eight-seed club, the one-seed San Antonio Spurs in the 2011 playoffs (only the fourth franchise to have done so) and for...
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