2006–07 Memphis Grizzlies season

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.[1] The Grizzlies had the worst team defensive rating in the NBA.[2]

2006–07 Memphis Grizzlies season
Head coach
General managerJerry West
PresidentJerry West
Owner(s)Michael Heisley
ArenaFedEx Forum
Results
Record22–60 (.268)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Southwest)
Conference: 15th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television
RadioWREC

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 Olympics.

Draft picks
Main article: 2006 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School
124Kyle LowryPG United StatesVillanova

Roster
2006–07 Memphis Grizzlies roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
PG 32 Atkins, Chucky 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1974-08-14 South Florida
PF 35 Cardinal, Brian 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1977-05-02 Purdue
SG 5 Conroy, Will 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1982-12-08 Washington
C 16 Gasol, Pau (C) 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1980-07-06 Spain
SF 22 Gay, Rudy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1986-08-17 Connecticut
PG 10 Harrington, Junior 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1980-10-02 Wingate
PF 32 Johnson, Alexander 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1983-02-08 Florida State
SG 30 Jones, Dahntay 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1980-12-27 Duke
SG 6 Jones, Eddie 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1971-10-20 Temple
SG 7 Kinsey, Tarence 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1984-03-21 South Carolina
PG 1 Lowry, Kyle 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 196 lb (89 kg) 1986-03-25 Villanova
SG 33 Miller, Mike 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1980-02-19 Florida
PF 44 Roberts, Lawrence 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1982-10-20 Mississippi State
PG 20 Stoudamire, Damon 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 171 lb (78 kg) 1973-09-03 Arizona
C 4 Swift, Stromile 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1979-11-21 LSU
C 12 Tsakalidis, Jake 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 285 lb (129 kg) 1979-06-10 Republic of Georgia
PF 21 Warrick, Hakim 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 219 lb (99 kg) 1982-07-08 Syracuse
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: April 4, 2007

Regular season

Season standings
Southwest Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
z-Dallas Mavericks 6715.817-36–531–1014–2
x-San Antonio Spurs 5824.707931–1027–1410–6
x-Houston Rockets 5230.6341528–1324–178–8
New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets 3943.4762824–1715–266–10
Memphis Grizzlies 2260.2684514–278–332–14
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Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Dallas Mavericks6715.817-
2 y-Phoenix Suns6121.7446
3 x-San Antonio Spurs5824.7079
4 y-Utah Jazz5131.63416
5 x-Houston Rockets5230.63415
6 x-Denver Nuggets4537.54922
7 x-Los Angeles Lakers4240.51225
8 x-Golden State Warriors4240.51225
9 Los Angeles Clippers4042.48827
10 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets3943.47628
11 Sacramento Kings3349.40234
12 Portland Trail Blazers3250.39035
13 Minnesota Timberwolves3250.39035
14 Seattle SuperSonics3151.37836
15 Memphis Grizzlies2260.26845

Record vs. opponents
2006-07 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MEM MIA MIL MIN NJN NOK NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA TOR UTA WAS
Atlanta —3–11–30–41–30–21–11–22–01–11–32–00–22–00–41–22–01–20–21–23–11–31–11–11–10–20–22–20–21–3
Boston 1–3—2–20–31–20–21–10–40–21–11–30–20–21–11–22–21–12–20–23–11–31–30–22–00–21–11–11–30–20–3
Charlotte 3–12–2—1–22–20–21–12–21–10–21–20–22–00–22–22–21–11–21–12–22–22–20–20–21–11–10–20–31–12–2
Chicago 4–03–02–1—2–21–11–13–11–10–23–10–21–11–13–14–00–21–32–03–11–22–11–12–00–21–12–02–20–23–1
Cleveland 3–12–12–22–2—0–20–21–32–01–13–12–02–02–01–34–02–02–11–12–21–23–10–21–12–02–01–13–11–12–1
Dallas 2–02–02–01–12–0—3–11–10–33–12–02–13–14–02–02–04–02–04–02–02–02–02–23–04–03–14–02–01–21–1
Denver 1–11–11–11–12–01–3—0–23–11–22–02–13–12–22–02–02–21–12–21–11–11–11–23–12–21–23–11–11–31–1
Detroit 2–14–02–21–33–11–12–0—0–21–12–22–02–02–02–13–11–14–01–12–14–03–11–11–11–10–22–02–10–22–2
Golden State 0–22–01–11–10–23–01–32–0—2–11–12–20–43–10–20–22–11–13–11–11–12–01–32–13–11–33–11–12–21–1
Houston 1–11–12–02–01–11–32–11–11–2—1–13–12–24–02–02–02–22–01–32–02–02–01–32–23–02–23–01–11–32–0
Indiana 3–13–12–11–31–30–20–22–21–11–1—1–11–12–02–24–00–20–41–12–12–22–20–22–00–21–10–21–20–20–3
L.A. Clippers 0–22–02–02–00–21–21–20–22–21–31–1—2–23–02–02–01–21–12–21–11–12–02–23–12–20–42–20–21–31–1
L.A. Lakers 2–02–00–21–10–21–31–30–24–02–21–12–2—2–21–10–23–12–01–20–22–01–11–31–23–12–13–11–12–11–1
Memphis 0–21–12–01–10–20–42–20–21–30–40–20–32–2—0–20–22–10–21–30–21–11–10–42–21–21–31–21–11–31–1
Miami 4–02–12–21–33–10–20–21–22–00–22–20–21–12–0—2–12–03–11–11–30–41–30–22–02–01–12–02–12–03–1
Milwaukee 2–12–22–20–40–40–20–21–32–00–20–40–22–02–01–2—2–01–20–21–31–32–10–21–11–12–01–11–30–21–3
Minnesota 0–21–11–12–00–20–42–21–11–22–22–02–11–31–20–20–2—1–11–32–01–12–01–32–22–21–21–30–21–31–1
New Jersey 2–12–22–13–11–20–21–10–41–10–24–01–10–22–01–32–11–1—1–14–02–22–20–20–21–10–20–22–22–04–0
New Orleans/Oklahoma City 2–02–01–10–21–10–42–21–11–33–11–12–22–13–11–12–03–11–1—2–01–10–20–31–23–10–42–20–21–21–1
New York 2–11–32–21–32–20–21–11–21–10–21–21–12–02–03–13–10–20–40–2—2–11–30–21–11–10–21–11–31–12–2
Orlando 1–33–12–22–12–10–21–10–41–10–22–21–10–21–14–03–11–12–21–11–2—2–10–22–01–11–12–00–42–02–2
Philadelphia 3–13–12–21–21–30–21–11–30–20–22–20–21–11–13–11–20–22–22–03–11–2—1–11–11–10–22–01–31–10–3
Phoenix 1–12–02–01–12–02–22–11–13–13–12–02–23–14–02–02–03–12–03–02–02–01–1—4–03–11–22–12–01–31–1
Portland 1–10–22–00–21–10–31–31–11–22–20–21–32–12–20–21–12–22–02–11–10–21–10–4—2–20–42–21–12–22–0
Sacramento 1–12–01–12–00–20–42–21–11–30–32–02–21–32–10–21–12–21–11–31–11–11–11–32–2—0–42–11–12–10–2
San Antonio 2–01–11–11–10–21–32–12–03–12–21–14–01–23–11–10–22–12–04–02–01–12–02–14–04–0—4–02–02–22–0
Seattle 2–01–12–00–21–10–41–30–21–30–32–02–21–32–10–21–13–12–02–21–10–20–21–22–21–20–4—1–12–20–2
Toronto 2–23–13–02–21–30–21–11–21–11–12–12–01–11–11–23–12–02–22–03–14–03–10–21–11–10–21–1—0–23–1
Utah 2–02–01–12–01–12–13–12–02–23–12–03–11–23–10–22–03–10–22–11–10–21–13–12–21–22–22–22–0—1–1
Washington 3–13–02–21–31–21–11–12–21–10–23–01–11–11–11–33–11–10–41–12–22–23–01–10–22–00–22–01–31–1—

Player statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Regular season
Memphis Grizzlies statistics
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Chucky Atkins 752327.5.434.379.8101.94.6.7.113.2
Brian Cardinal 28111.2.494.409.9262.11.1.8.04.5
Will Conroy 305.7....7.3.0.0.0
Pau Gasol 595936.2.538.273.7489.83.4.52.120.8
Rudy Gay 784327.0.422.364.7274.51.3.9.910.8
Junior Harrington 29818.7.416.269.6742.33.1.7.25.2
Alexander Johnson 591912.8.538..6613.1.3.4.64.4
Dahntay Jones 782521.4.477.417.7932.0.9.5.37.5
Eddie Jones 291419.3.377.297.7352.11.1.8.15.6
Tarence Kinsey 481220.1.457.283.7962.0.91.1.07.7
Kyle Lowry 10017.5.368.375.8933.13.21.4.15.6
Mike Miller 706939.1.460.406.7935.44.3.8.318.5
Scott Padgett 704.7.143.000.0001.3.0.1.0.3
Lawrence Roberts 541817.9.452.000.7254.8.6.7.25.2
Damon Stoudamire 625124.2.391.337.7952.24.8.8.07.5
Stromile Swift 541819.1.465.000.7244.6.3.61.17.8
Jake Tsakalidis 23711.2.400..5832.8.1.3.52.3
Jake Tsakalidis 824326.2.524.000.7715.1.9.5.412.7

Awards and records

Transactions

References
  1. 2006-07 Memphis Grizzlies
  2. "Teams Defense". NBA.com. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
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