Free agency season is upon us, which means the most fun ("fun") part of the NBA offseason has begun: sitting around waiting for something to come across Twitter from one of the NBA reporting world's usual suspectsWoj, Marc Stein, Marc Spears, among othersabout what the league's 30 teams are up to. Today, Jodie Meeks somehow managed to land a contract worth $20 million (I assume this was done during the US World Cup game on purpose, in hopes that no one would notice).
But there's something a little depressing about this summer's free agency period to me, especially in light of the contract extension awarded to Zach Randolph last week immediately following the draft: the Grizzlies, yet again, aren't really in the market for any free agents. Sure, there are holes to fill here and therea cheap wing who can shoot 3's, a big for the end of the bench so there are five of them in Ed Davis' absence (Davis became an unrestricted free agent Monday), a back up point guard in case Nick Calathes somehow bails and goes back to Panathinaikos (who want to pay him millions of dollars to do so)but the truth of the matter is that the Grizzlies don't have any cap room left, not enough to make a splash in free agency.
Which is a problemif not this year, then for the future of this multi-year Grizzlies run.
