With a healthy Ja Morant returning and key pieces like Jaren Jackson Jr., Desmond Bane, the Grizzlies have the talent to make noise. They also added 7-foot-4 rookie Zach Edey, who should take pressure off Jackson Jr. in the frontcourt. However, …
With a healthy Ja Morant returning and key pieces like Jaren Jackson Jr., Desmond Bane, the Grizzlies have the talent to make noise. They also added 7-foot-4 rookie Zach Edey, who should take pressure off Jackson Jr. in the frontcourt. However, despite these positives, it’s unclear if this bounce-back season will push them to the top of the standings again. The Western Conference is as stacked as ever, and securing a top seed might be a stretch.
The Grizzlies have a strong defensive core, with Jackson Jr. just a season removed from being Defensive Player of the Year, and Smart, another former DPOY, bringing more grit to the backcourt. Bane is evolving into one of the best three-point shooters in the league, and if he stays healthy, his shooting and playmaking could make a huge difference. Memphis also has a solid rotation of role players like Luke Kennard, who was the second-best three-point shooter last season, and versatile young talent in Santi Aldama, GG Jackson, and Brandon Clarke.
A guide has captured an “incredible scene” involving two male grizzly bears fighting near a dead bison in Yellowstone National Park.
A guide has captured an “incredible scene” involving two male grizzly bears fighting over a bison carcass in Yellowstone National Park.
“Drama at the dinner table!” Yellowstone Wolf Tracker exclaimed Thursday via Instagram, adding that a lone wolf closely witnessed the brawl. “907F, of the Junction Butte Pack, looks on as two male grizzly bears fight over the remains of a deceased bison.”
The accompanying footage shows the bears shoving and swiping at each other, exchanging surprisingly swift blows as the wolf remains close to the carcass.
The footage is in three parts on the swipe-through Instagram post. The second and third frames show a more peaceful coexistence between all three animals.
The footage was captured through a spotting scope last week by Yellowstone Wolf Tracker guide Luke Jensen.
According to Yellowstone National Park, 150 to 200 grizzly bears live within park boundaries, while an estimated 965 grizzly bears inhabit the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and northwest Montana.
Grizzly bears and wolves rarely interact with each other except when potential food is involved.
Ziaire Williams, the Brooklyn Nets’ newly acquired wing, has shown glimpses of his potential as he navigates his early years in the NBA. Standing at 6-foot-9, Williams’ combination of length, versatility, and athleticism positions him as a …
Ziaire Williams, the Brooklyn Nets’ newly acquired wing, has shown glimpses of his potential as he navigates his early years in the NBA. Standing at 6-foot-9, Williams’ combination of length, versatility, and athleticism positions him as a prospective piece that could become key for the Nets’ rebuilding efforts.
Williams began his career with the Memphis Grizzlies, where he appeared in 150 games through three seasons averaging 7.5 points and 2.6 rebounds. His best season was his rookie campaign, when Williams averaged 8.1 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 62 games in 2021-22.
In a chat with HoopsHype, on behalf of Herbalife, Williams opened up about his NBA journey, sharing how he’s focused on leveling up his game and looking forward to a fresh start in Brooklyn.
The NBA revealed Golden State’s opponents for the group stage of the 2024 in-season tournament.
The NBA’s first-ever in-season tournament came and went for the Golden State Warriors. After tough come-from-behind losses to the Sacramento Kings and Oklahoma City Thunder, the Warriors were eliminated in the group stage of the debut in-season tournament.
In 2024, the Warriors will bring their new-look roster to the second-annual in-season tournament. On Friday, the NBA revealed the draw for the different groups in the tournament. Each conference will have three groups with five teams that will play each other with a ticket to the knockout round on the line. Eight teams will advance to the knockout round.
For the second straight season, the Warriors will be featured in Group C. The Warriors will see the Western Conference defending champion Dallas Mavericks to go along with the Denver Nuggets, New Orleans Pelicans and Memphis Grizzlies.
Starting November 12, all 30 teams will compete for the NBA Cup with 8 teams advancing out of groups into the knockout rounds, with the semifinals and championship held in Las Vegas, December 14 and 17! pic.twitter.com/gtu9CvMCrr
Along with battling against players like Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving, Ja Morant and Zion Williamson in the play-in tournament, the Warriors will also get a reunion with Klay Thompson and the Mavericks during the tournament.
Video footage shows a herd of bison taking an escape route from grizzly bears that included two difficult river crossings for the newborn.
A family of grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park sent a herd of bison running to escape, and in the herd were several newborn about to experience a river crossing for the first time.
While most of the calves jumped right into the water, one hesitant calf needing a bit of prodding. It’s mother pushed it off the bank and into the water, as seen around the 2:20 mark of the video captured by Ron Sterbenz.
Sterbenz told USA Today/For The Win Outdoors that the bison mom “was done with her calf hesitating to cross so she head-butted him right into the river.”
The incident occurred in Lamar Valley last month .
“It is always amazing when you remember that for many of these calves they were just born a few days before,” Sterbenz told For The Win Outdoors. “Most of them had never swam or seen a river until that day. They were being chased off the ‘Amethyst Bench’ area in the Lamar Valley and towards the Lamar River by three grizzlies, one sow and her two 3-year-old cubs, all three clearly wanting to have a bison meal.”
The video also shows the difficulties newborn bison face while crossing a river.
“At the end of the herd were also two smaller calves who were frightened and delayed crossing until they were the last two,” Sterbenz said. “They barely made the first crossing and immediately faced crossing an even larger, faster moving branch of the river.
“After struggling for some time even the moms began to panic. Amazingly, at about the last part of the river before they would be washed away, they find a sandbar just shallow enough to keep their little noses above water. In the end they just barely make it, exhausted, cold and tired. They are still forced to run and catch up to the herd.
“We were sure they would take a break on the island and if not, we thought we would see a drowning or two from the panicked crossing.”
Instead, they managed to cross and see another day.
When a male grizzly bear approached a grizzly sow and its two cubs in Yellowstone National Park, tourists watching the encounter felt a battle brewing.
When a male grizzly bear approached a grizzly sow and its two cubs in Yellowstone National Park, tourists watching the encounter felt a battle brewing.
“When a lone male moves in to meet a female, as this one did, it can be super aggressive [and] confrontational,” Ron Sterbenz, who witnessed the unusual encounter, told USA Today/For The Win Outdoors. “I expected this one to be a fight or flight situation.”
But neither occurred. Sterbenz posted a lengthy video of the out-of-the-ordinary meeting:
“What happened was much different,” Sterbenz explained. “The female laid down with her cubs close by, and it was the cubs who first attacked the male. The female then went after the most aggressive cub not the male, until the cub moved away.”
Then it was a staring contest. Eventually, one cub playfully approached the male (who earlier spent more than a minute scratching its back, doing so before an unimpressed crowd).
“The unsure male didn’t move at all,” Sterbenz said. “The cub then casually moved away towards its sibling and it was the female’s turn to inspect the bear close up. Zero aggression at all from the male or female. Not at all what we expected.
“We knew this could go bad very quickly, but…the aggressive grizzlies are anything but aggressive. I have never seen behavior like this from a male seeking a female and such an interaction with one of the cubs at the end.
“My guess is that it is young male, as he doesn’t look very stocky yet and perhaps not the meanest bear in the park; he looks too young to have fathered these two cubs as they are already 2-year-olds.”
Dillon Brooks’ agent called Shams Charania out for his report on the Grizzlies forward
A few days ago it seemed like the relationship between Dillon Brooks and the Memphis Grizzlies was unofficially done. The forward will be a free agent this summer and it’s unclear whether he’ll be back in Memphis next year after playing such a pivotal role with the team over the last few seasons.
But, as it turns out, that may not be completely true. While it seems unlikely Brooks will be back with the Grizzlies at all this season, a few nuggets of information have surfaced since, not only refuting Chararnia’s reporting but also calling him out for it.
So, with that said, let’s try and get to the bottom of everything to get a sense of what’s really going on when it comes to Brooks’ impending free agency this summer.
