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 workforce’s 2025-26Â fourth-year rookie scale workforce choice for ahead Jake LaRavia, which finally led to LaRavia being traded.
“I feel we should always’ve picked up Jake LaRavia’s workforce choice,” Kleiman stated. “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 can be extra prepared to interchange LaRavia within the Grizzlies rotation.
“I most likely overweighted simply how a lot of a burden they might have been capable of placed on in a playoff push,” Kleiman stated.
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 workforce choice, the restriction on paying LaRavia greater than $5.2 million in first-year wage carries over to Sacramento.
