Hakim Warrick

average of 27.1 ppg.  He will provide a much-needed scoring boost off the bench.  Without Hakim Warrick, Quentin Ross and Kyle Lowry, the Grizzlies have few reliable offensive sources

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mire.  However, the Suns asked for basically the entire nucleus of the Grizzlies' team, namely Hakim Warrick, Rudy Gay and Mike Conley.

While that may seem like a high price, the Suns would likely have settled for less had the Grizzlies negotiated at all.  However, they simply said, "No, thanks!" and sent the Suns on their way.  Phoenix is desperate to slash payroll, so they will take any measures to shed Stoudemire's contract.  I don't know if the Grizzlies could have handled the contract themselves, but they could have come to some sort of less expensive agreement.

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Mayo struggled mightily, managing only a season-low six.  Hakim Warrick added 15 for the Grizzlies, continuing his month-long streak of double-figure games.  He has really stepped up offensively after a slow start to the season.

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onto tonight to face their former expansion brothers, the Raptors (15-21).  The Grizzlies need Hakim Warrick to continue his stellar play off the bench.  Kyle Lowry's much-improved production over the last couple of weeks has resulted in a starting role, so Warrick and the other reserves need to step up.

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im for the rest of the season.  They could use some experience and leadership on the roster.

Hakim Warrick scored in double figures for the seventh straight game, recording 18 points.

Steve Francis was available for Sunday's game but did not play.

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;Manu Ginobili scored the Spurs' first seven points of the fourth to snuff out a Grizzlies rally.

Hakim Warrick led the Grizzlies in scoring with 21 points off the bench as the team's two stars struggled once again to put the ball in the basket.  It's good to see him contributing consistently now after having his difficulties in the early part of the season.  Unfortunately, the Grizzlies can't afford to have Rudy Gay and O.J. Mayo have coinciding off-nights.  If one of them doesn't have his shot, the other has to pick up the slack.  Without the offensive leadership of at least one of those guys, the Grizzlies don't stand much of a chance of winning, especially against a team like San Antonio.

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rd-year forward Louis Amundsen, a UNLV product, scored 10 points and grabbed eight rebounds.

Hakim Warrick had a great night for the Grizzlies, scoring 25 points on 7-of-11 shooting, but he was pulled from the game with three minutes left and the Grizzlies within three at 92-89.  Why would you do that?  He was the hottest shooter the Grizzlies had last night, but coach Marc Iavaroni yanked him to get Quinton Ross into the game, evidently for defensive purposes.  This team needs to take offense wherever it can get it right now.  I know defense wins games, but this team doesn't have any consistent shooters, so they can't afford to take the ball out of anyone's hands when they are hot.

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n order to be a playoff contender they will have to win at least half of their road games. 

Hakim Warrick led Memphis with 17 points while Rudy Gay scored 16 and Kyle Lowry added 15.  Neither Darko Milicic nor Quinton Ross scored a point.in 38 combined minutes.  Marc Gasol managed only five points and four rebounds. 

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d the hot hand for the Grizzlies, knocking down 12-of-21 shots on his way to a game-high 29 points. Hakim Warrick had one of his best performances of the year, finishing with 21 points while th

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Rudy Gay led the team with 22 points, while Hakim Warrick came off the bench to contribute 21 points and 10 rebounds. The Grizzlies (4-7) connected on 10-of-16 3-pointers and dominated the boards 46-33. Darko Milicic played his best game with nine rebounds in 20 minutes.

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, their first true offensive spurt of the season, to build an 81-74 lead by the end of the quarter. Hakim Warrick was probably one of the biggest stars of the night.  After hardly making an impact through the previous games, Warrick was key in the run and even more impressive in the clutch.

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11 rebounds and Spencer Hawes putting up 13 points, three rebounds and a block.

I'm not sure what Hakim Warrick's role is on this team.  He was an athletic player at Syracuse and came up with the title-saving block against Kansas a few years ago.  Maybe he just isn't strong enough to be effective at this level.  There has to be a reason he hasn't been getting playing time, especially on defense. The Grizzlies don't have a whole lot of shot-blocking options on this small roster, so I think it's worth giving him a shot.  The defense hasn't been bad this year, but last night he could have made a difference.  Offensively, he's pretty quick around the basket.  He may not be a 20-10 guy night in and night out, but those numbers aren't out of his reach.

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