2006–07 Memphis Grizzlies season

2006–07 Memphis Grizzlies season
Head coach	Mike Fratello (fired) Tony Barone
General manager	Jerry West
President	Jerry West
Owner(s)	Michael Heisley
Arena	FedEx Forum
Results
Record	22–60 (.268)
Place	Division: 5th (Southwest) Conference: 15th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	FSN South SportSouth
Radio	WREC

The 2006-07 Memphis Grizzlies season was the team's 12th in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 49-33 output from the previous season. However, they came up 27 games shy, finishing 22–60, and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in four seasons. The Grizzlies had the worst team defensive rating in the NBA.

Mike Fratello was fired in December after a 6–24 start. He was later replaced by Tony Barone.

Team captain Pau Gasol missed the first half of the season after suffering a foot injury during the FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Draft picks

Main article: 2006 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School
1	24	Kyle Lowry	PG	United States	Villanova

Roster

2006–07 Memphis Grizzlies roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From PG 3 Atkins, Chucky 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1974-08-14 South Florida PF 35 Cardinal, Brian 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1977-05-02 Purdue SG 5 Conroy, Will 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1982-12-08 Washington C 16 Gasol, Pau 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1980-07-06 Spain SF 22 Gay, Rudy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1986-08-17 Connecticut PG 10 Harrington, Junior 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1980-10-02 Wingate PF 32 Johnson, Alexander 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1983-02-08 Florida State SG 30 Jones, Dahntay 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1980-12-27 Duke SG 6 Jones, Eddie 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1971-10-20 Temple SG 7 Kinsey, Tarence 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1984-03-21 South Carolina PG 1 Lowry, Kyle 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 196 lb (89 kg) 1986-03-25 Villanova SG 33 Miller, Mike 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1980-02-19 Florida PF 44 Roberts, Lawrence 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1982-10-20 Mississippi State PG 20 Stoudamire, Damon 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 171 lb (78 kg) 1973-09-03 Arizona C 4 Swift, Stromile 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1979-11-21 LSU C 12 Tsakalidis, Jake 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 285 lb (129 kg) 1979-06-10 Republic of Georgia PF 21 Warrick, Hakim 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 219 lb (99 kg) 1982-07-08 Syracuse

Head coach Mike Fratello (fired) Tony Barone Assistant coach(es) Mitchell Anderson Paul Cormier Lionel Hollins Eric Musselman Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Last transaction: April 4, 2007

Regular season

Season standings

Southwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
z-Dallas Mavericks	67	15	.817	-	36–5	31–10	14–2
x-San Antonio Spurs	58	24	.707	9	31–10	27–14	10–6
x-Houston Rockets	52	30	.634	15	28–13	24–17	8–8
New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	39	43	.476	28	24–17	15–26	6–10
Memphis Grizzlies	22	60	.268	45	14–27	8–33	2–14

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Dallas Mavericks	67	15	.817	-
2	y-Phoenix Suns	61	21	.744	6
3	x-San Antonio Spurs	58	24	.707	9
4	y-Utah Jazz	51	31	.634	16
5	x-Houston Rockets	52	30	.634	15
6	x-Denver Nuggets	45	37	.549	22
7	x-Los Angeles Lakers	42	40	.512	25
8	x-Golden State Warriors	42	40	.512	25
9	Los Angeles Clippers	40	42	.488	27
10	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	39	43	.476	28
11	Sacramento Kings	33	49	.402	34
12	Portland Trail Blazers	32	50	.390	35
13	Minnesota Timberwolves	32	50	.390	35
14	Seattle SuperSonics	31	51	.378	36
15	Memphis Grizzlies	22	60	.268	45

Record vs. opponents

2006-07 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MEM	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NOK	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	3–1	1–3	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–2	2–0	0–4	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–2	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–3
Boston	1–3	—	2–2	0–3	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	3–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–3
Charlotte	3–1	2–2	—	1–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	1–1	2–2
Chicago	4–0	3–0	2–1	—	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	0–2	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	3–1
Cleveland	3–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	—	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	4–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1
Dallas	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	—	3–1	1–1	0–3	3–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	3–0	4–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–2	1–1
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	—	0–2	3–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–2	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–3	1–1
Detroit	2–1	4–0	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–0	—	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	0–2	2–2
Golden State	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–3	2–0	—	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–4	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–1	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1
Houston	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–2	—	1–1	3–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	3–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–3	2–0
Indiana	3–1	3–1	2–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	0–2	0–4	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–3
L.A. Clippers	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–2	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	—	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–3	1–1
L.A. Lakers	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	—	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–1
Memphis	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–3	0–4	0–2	0–3	2–2	—	0–2	0–2	2–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–2	1–2	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–1
Miami	4–0	2–1	2–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	—	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–1
Milwaukee	2–1	2–2	2–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–0	0–2	0–4	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–2	—	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–3
Minnesota	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–4	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–3	1–2	0–2	0–2	—	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–2	1–3	0–2	1–3	1–1
New Jersey	2–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	—	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	4–0
New Orleans/Oklahoma City	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–2	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–3	1–2	3–1	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–1
New York	2–1	1–3	2–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	0–2	0–4	0–2	—	2–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–2
Orlando	1–3	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	—	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–4	2–0	2–2
Philadelphia	3–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–2	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–3
Phoenix	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	—	4–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–3	1–1
Portland	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–3	1–3	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–2	1–3	2–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	—	2–2	0–4	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–0
Sacramento	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–4	2–2	1–1	1–3	0–3	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	—	0–4	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–2
San Antonio	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	4–0	—	4–0	2–0	2–2	2–0
Seattle	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–3	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–4	—	1–1	2–2	0–2
Toronto	2–2	3–1	3–0	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	—	0–2	3–1
Utah	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	—	1–1
Washington	3–1	3–0	2–2	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	2–2	2–2	3–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	—

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Hakim Warrick	PF	82	43	2,152	420	75	43	30	1,045	26.2	5.1	.9	.5	.4	12.7
Rudy Gay	SF	78	43	2,103	348	100	71	74	846	27.0	4.5	1.3	.9	.9	10.8
Dahntay Jones	SG	78	25	1,671	153	68	39	22	583	21.4	2.0	.9	.5	.3	7.5
Chucky Atkins	PG	75	23	2,064	139	346	50	4	988	27.5	1.9	4.6	.7	.1	13.2
Mike Miller	SG	70	69	2,740	378	298	54	18	1,293	39.1	5.4	4.3	.8	.3	18.5
Damon Stoudamire	PG	62	51	1,501	139	299	47	2	467	24.2	2.2	4.8	.8	.0	7.5
Pau Gasol	C	59	59	2,133	581	201	29	126	1,226	36.2	9.8	3.4	.5	2.1	20.8
Alexander Johnson	PF	59	19	753	181	17	25	35	260	12.8	3.1	.3	.4	.6	4.4
Stromile Swift	C	54	18	1,029	250	17	30	62	419	19.1	4.6	.3	.6	1.1	7.8
Lawrence Roberts	PF	54	18	969	261	30	36	13	283	17.9	4.8	.6	.7	.2	5.2
Tarence Kinsey	SG	48	12	967	97	41	53	1	369	20.1	2.0	.9	1.1	.0	7.7
Eddie Jones†	SG	29	14	561	61	33	22	2	161	19.3	2.1	1.1	.8	.1	5.6
Lorinza Harrington	PG	29	8	543	68	89	21	5	152	18.7	2.3	3.1	.7	.2	5.2
Brian Cardinal	PF	28	1	313	59	31	22	1	127	11.2	2.1	1.1	.8	.0	4.5
Jake Tsakalidis†	C	23	7	258	64	2	7	11	54	11.2	2.8	.1	.3	.5	2.3
Kyle Lowry	PG	10	0	175	31	32	14	1	56	17.5	3.1	3.2	1.4	.1	5.6
Scott Padgett†	PF	7	0	33	9	0	1	0	2	4.7	1.3	.0	.1	.0	.3
Will Conroy†	SG	3	0	17	2	1	0	0	0	5.7	.7	.3	.0	.0	.0

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Grizzlies only.

Awards and records

• Rudy Gay, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team