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Robert Pera Returns to Memphis and Addresses Concerns

By Red Coleman On February 12, 2013 · Add Comment · In February 2013

In a much-anticipated return to the “We Don’t” Bluff City, new majority owner Robert Pera took time to meet with the coaching staff and the players, and then held a press conference to answer questions from the media.

You can listen to the press conference in its entirety on Sports 56′s website.

Some of the highlights were that Pera is happy with the team’s makeup post-trade and truly feels that they are a more competitive and balanced team [...]

Inside the Rudy Gay Trade

By 3 Shades of Blue On February 1, 2013 · Add Comment · In February 2013

Everyone and their second cousin’s girlfriend’s roommate has weighed in on the trade that sent Rudy Gay (and Hamed Hadddi) to Toronto on Wednesday. The fans are elated, disappointed, understanding, or apoplectic. The media thinks it’s a great move or that it’s clearly a bone-headed deal. The local media seems mostly in favor of the deal, but not overwhelmingly so. The writers for this website are likewise somewhat split on what to think about it, although most of us are [...]

Talking Trade Talk

By 3 Shades of Blue On February 1, 2013 · 1 Comment · In February 2013

A Prince of a Man

The most well-known player who came to Memphis in the trade that sent Rudy Gay and Hamed Haddadi north of the border is Tayshaun Prince, the former Kentucky Wildcat and member of the Detroit Pistons championship team that shocked the heavily favored Lakers back in 2004. We wanted to get some info on how Prince will adjust to playing for the Grizzlies, so Chip Crain turned to Dan Feldman of fellow TrueHoop blog Continue Reading

When Finances Harden the Heart

By Red Coleman On October 30, 2012 · Add Comment · In October 2012

On Saturday night, the NBA world was rocked by news that the Oklahoma City Thunder had traded reigning 6th Man of the Year, James Harden, to the Houston Rockets in exchange for Kevin Martin and Jeremy Lamb. For a team considered one of the three legit contenders for the Larry O’Brien trophy next summer (along with the Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers) to ship out their third best player less than a week before the season began, well…it was [...]

Why I Miss…..Darko Milicic

By Red Coleman On August 31, 2012 · Add Comment · In August 2012

This is the 4th part of our continuing series at 3 Shades of Blue as we look back on former players that we would like to see in Beale Street Blue once again.

Darko Milicic. The #2 overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft. Ahead of Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, and a host of other notable players. A 17-year old foreign wunderkind that no one had seen outside of a few game tapes. Touted as Dirk Nowitzki meets [...]

Robert Pera Returns to Memphis and Addresses Concerns

Inside the Rudy Gay Trade

Talking Trade Talk

When Finances Harden the Heart

Why I Miss…..Darko Milicic

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