Memphis Grizzlies entrance workplace government Zach Kleiman held his postseason media availability. Among the many subjects mentioned had been issues Kleiman might have dealt with totally different. One mistake made was declining the workforce’s 2025-26 fourth-year rookie scale workforce possibility for ahead Jake LaRavia, which in the end led to LaRavia being traded.
“I feel we should always’ve picked up Jake LaRavia’s workforce possibility,” Kleiman stated. “The error was there. I feel Jake might’ve helped us down the stretch.”
Kleiman went on to say he thought Vince Williams Jr. and GG Jackson can be extra prepared to exchange LaRavia within the Grizzlies rotation.
“I most likely overweighted simply how a lot of a burden they’d have been in a position to 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 possibility, the restriction on paying LaRavia greater than $5.2 million in first-year wage carries over to Sacramento.
