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The Grizzlies Migrate to Memphis - From Vancouver Failure to Southern Success
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The Grizzlies Migrate to Memphis - From Vancouver Failure to Southern Success
Series: Sports & Popular Culture
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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 defeating, in 2021, the Oklahoma City Thunder
152–73, the largest margin of victory in NBA history. So why did
the NBA fail in Vancouver but thrive in Memphis? This is the
question Łukasz Muniowski seeks to answer in The Grizzlies Migrate
to Memphis: From Vancouver Failure to Southern Success. In his
pursuit, he explores how the Vancouver Grizzlies came to be, the
team’s evolution and eventual relocation to Memphis, the success
the Grizzlies found there, and the differences between the two
phases of this NBA franchise. Rooted strongly in media coverage of
the Grizzlies franchise in both Vancouver and Memphis, The
Grizzlies Migrate to Memphis offers a thoughtful blend of
storytelling and analysis that will interest scholars and NBA
enthusiasts alike.
General
Imprint: |
University of Tennessee Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Sports & Popular Culture |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Authors: |
Lukasz Muniowski
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
184 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-62190-839-5 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-62190-839-9 |
Barcode: |
9781621908395 |
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