Memphis Grizzlies Salary Archive – 2019/20

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Name 2019-20
Gorgui Dieng $16,229,213
Jonas Valanciunas $16,000,000
Justise Winslow $13,000,000
Miles Plumlee (waived) $12,400,000
Dion Waiters (waived) $12,100,000
Tyus Jones $9,258,000
Kyle Anderson $9,073,050
Ja Morant $8,730,240
Josh Jackson $7,059,480
Jaren Jackson Jr. $6,927,480
Dwight Howard (waived) $3,039,097
Marko Guduric $2,625,000
Brandon Clarke $2,478,840
Grayson Allen $2,429,400
Avery Bradley (waived) $2,000,000
Jordan Bell (waived) $1,620,564
Dillon Brooks $1,618,520
De’Anthony Melton $1,416,852
Dakari Johnson (stretched) $459,414
Ivan Rabb (waived) $371,758
Jontay Porter $197,933
Anthony Tolliver $183,115
Anthony Tolliver (expired 10-day) $91,557
Dusty Hannahs (expired 10-day) $81,678
Jarrod Uthoff (expired 10-day) $81,678
John Konchar (two-way)
Yuta Watanabe (two-way)
Total $129,472,869

Quick: Spent over the cap. Hard-capped via the Tyus Jones sign and trade.

Salary Cap: $109,140,000

Luxury Tax Threshold: $132,627,000

Hard Cap: $138,928,000

Roster Count: 15 guaranteed, two two-ways

Depth Chart
PG: Ja Morant, De’Anthony Melton, Tyus Jones
SG: Dillon Brooks, Marko Guduric, Yuta Watanabe (two-way), John Konchar (two-way), Grayson Allen (injured)
SF: Kyle Anderson, Josh Jackson, Justise Winslow (injured)
PF: Jaren Jackson Jr., Brandon Clarke, Anthony Tolliver, Jontay Porter
C: Jonas Valanciunas, Gorgui Dieng

Note: Teams often adjust their depth chart throughout the season, sometimes game by game.

Exceptions

  • Trade Exception (Mike Conley, expiring 10/23/20) — $7,726,457
  • Trade Exception (C.J. Miles, expiring 10/23/20) — $3,126,308
  • Trade Exception (Kyle Korver, expiring 10/24/20) — $3,440,000
  • Trade Exception (Jevon Carter, expiring 10/24/20) — $1,416,852
  • Trade Exception (Delon Wright, expiring 10/25/20) — $4,736,842
  • Trade Exception (Andre Iguodala, expiring 2/6/21) — $4,185,185
  • Trade Exception (Bruno Caboclo, expiring 2/6/21) — $1,845,301
  • Mid-Level Exception — $0 (Tyus Jones)
  • Bi-Annual Exception — $998,000 (Marko Guduric)

Waived Players: Avery Bradley, Dwight Howard, Matt Mooney, Dusty Hannahs, Ahmad Caver, Jarrod Uthoff, Shaq Buchanan, Ivan Rabb, Miles Plumlee, Bennie Boatwright, Dion Waiters, Jordan Bell

Traded Players: Mike Conley, C.J. Miles, Kyle Korver, Jevon Carter, Julian Washburn, Chandler Parsons, Andre Iguodala, Jae Crowder, Solomon Hill, Bruno Caboclo

Expired 10-Day Contracts: Dusty Hannahs, Jarrod Uthoff, Anthony Tolliver

G-League Affiliate: Memphis Hustle (head coach Jason March)

Two-Way Contracts: Yuta Watanabe, John Konchar

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Taylor Jenkins

Assistants: Niele Ivey, Brad Jones, David McClure, James “Scoonie” Penn, Vitaly Potapenko, Nevan Spahija

Trainers: David Crewe (head athletic trainer), Allen Gruver (medical director), Eric Oetter (director of performance)

Basketball Executives

  • Jason Wexler – president
  • Zachary Kleiman — executive vice president of basketball operations
  • Rich Cho — vice president of basketball strategy
  • Glen Grunwald — senior advisor
  • Tayshaun Prince — vice president of basketball affairs
  • Chantal Hassard — vice president of team operations and player programs
  • Chris Makris — director of player personnel

Pick Swaps

  • 2019 — Owe first-rounder (top-eight protected, top-six in 2020 and unprotected in 2021) to Boston Celtics (Jeff Green).
  • 2020 — Owed a first-rounder (8-14 range through 2021, top-six protected in 2022, top-three protected in 2023, top-one in 2024 otherwise converts to 2025 and 2026 second-rounders) from the Utah Jazz (Mike Conley).
  • 2020 — Owe second-rounder to the Chicago Bulls (Justin Holiday), may go to the Washington Wizards or Houston Rockets (TBD).
  • 2021 — Owed a second-rounder (31-35 range) from the Phoenix Suns (Josh Jackson).
  • 2021 — Owed second-rounder from the Portland Trail Blazers (Rodney Hood, Kevin Porter Jr., Deividas Sirvydis, Delon Wright).
  • 2021 — Owe second-rounder to Sacramento Kings (Ben McLemore).
  • 2022 — Grizzlies have second-round swap rights with Detroit Pistons (James Ennis), may be Chicago Bulls second-rounder (Jameer Nelson).
  • 2023 — Owed the lower second-rounder from the Miami HEAT or Dallas Mavericks (Delon Wright).
  • 2023 — The Grizzlies can swap second-rounders, the lower of the Dallas Mavericks and Miami HEAT, from the Houston Rockets provided Houston’s second is lower than 32 (Jordan Bell).
  • 2024 — Owed a first-rounder (top-4 protected in 2024, top-1 protected in 2025 and unprotected in 2026) from the Golden State Warriors (Andre Iguodala).
  • 2024 — Owed a second-rounder from the Toronto Raptors (Marc Gasol).
  • 2024 — Owe a second-rounder to the Oklahoma City Thunder (Brandon Clarke).

Cash Paid ($5,617,000 max): $1 million to the Portland Trail Blazers (Desmond Bane) — $4,617,000 remaining

Cash Received ($5,617,000 max): $2 million from the Golden State Warriors (Andre Iguodala) — $3,617,000 remaining

Transactions

  • 4/11/19 — Fired coach J.B. Bickerstaff.
  • 4/11/19 — General manager Chris Wallace demoted to scouting.
  • 4/11/19 — Jason Wexler named president, Zachary Kleiman as executive vice president of basketball operations.
  • 4/12/19 — C.J. Miles opted into the final year of his contract.
  • 5/14/19 — Received the 2nd pick in the draft lottery.
  • 6/11/19 — Hired Coach Taylor Jenkins.
  • 6/20/19 — Drafted Ja Morant (2nd).
  • 6/25/19 — Extended qualifying offer to Delon Wright.
  • 6/27/19 — Declined to extend qualifying offer to Tyler Dorsey.
  • 7/1/19 — Signed Ja Morant (2019-2nd) to a $39,619,480 rookie-scale contract.
  • 7/5/19 — Dillon Brooks’ $1,618,520 guaranteed for 2019-20.
  • 7/6/19 — Waived Avery Bradley.
  • 7/6/19 — Traded Mike Conley to the Utah Jazz for Jae Crowder, Kyle Korver, Grayson Allen, the rights to Darius Bazley (23rd) and a protected 2020 first-rounder.
  • 7/6/19 — Traded the rights to Darius Bazley (23rd) and a 2024 second-rounder to the Oklahoma City Thunder for the rights to Brandon Clarke (21st).
  • 7/6/19 — Traded C.J. Miles to the Washington Wizards for Dwight Howard.
  • 7/7/19 — Traded Kyle Korver and Jevon Carter to the Phoenix Suns for Josh Jackson, De’Anthony Melton and a second-rounder.
  • 7/7/19 — Signed Brandon Clarke (2019-21st) to a $12,152,560 rookie-scale contract.
  • 7/7/19 — Traded Julian Washburn to the Golden State Warriors for Andre Iguodala and a 2024 first-rounder.
  • 7/7/19 — Traded Chandler Parsons to the Atlanta Hawks for Solomon Hill and Miles Plumlee.
  • 7/7/19 — Signed John Konchar to a two-way contract.
  • 7/7/19 — Signed Jonas Valanciunas to a three-year $45 million contract.
  • 7/7/19 — Signed Tyus Jones to a three-year $26,451,429 contract (Minnesota Timberwolves unmatched offer sheet, incentives TBD).
  • 7/8/19 — Traded Delon Wright (via sign and trade) on a three-year $30,149,000 contract (incentives TBD) to the Dallas Mavericks for the rights to Satnam Singh (2015-52nd), a 2021 Portland Trail Blazers second-rounder, a 2023 second-rounder (lower of the Miami HEAT and Mavericks).
  • 7/10/19 — Bruno Caboclo’s 2019-20 salary guaranteed at $300,000.
  • 7/17/19 — Deyonta Davis trade exception ($128,099) expired.
  • 7/31/19 — Signed Marko Guduric to a two-year $5,375,000 contract.
  • 8/24/19 — Waived Dwight Howard.
  • 9/4/19 — Signed Matt Mooney to a non-guaranteed $898,310 minimum summer contract.
  • 10/14/19 — Waived Matt Mooney.
  • 10/14/19 — Signed Dusty Hannahs to a non-guaranteed $1,445,697 minimum summer contract.
  • 10/15/19 — Waived Dusty Hannahs.
  • 10/15/19 — Signed Ahmad Caver to a non-guaranteed $898,310 minimum summer contract.
  • 10/16/19 — Waived Ahmad Caver.
  • 10/16/19 — Signed Jarrod Uthoff to a non-guaranteed $1,445,697 minimum summer contract.
  • 10/17/19 — Waived Jarrod Uthoff.
  • 10/17/19 — Signed Shaq Buchanan to a non-guaranteed $898,310 minimum summer contract.
  • 10/18/19 — Waived Shaq Buchanan.
  • 10/18/19 — Signed Bennie Boatwright to a non-guaranteed $898,310 minimum summer contract.
  • 10/19/19 — Waived Ivan Rabb, Miles Plumlee and Bennie Boatwright.
  • 10/21/19 — Picked up Jaren Jackson Jr. and Grayson Allen’s third-year rookie-scale options.
  • 10/31/19 — Declined Josh Jackson’s fourth-year rookie-scale option.
  • 1/10/20 — Bruno Caboclo’s $1,845,301 guaranteed for 2019-20.
  • 2/5/20 — Signed Dillon Brooks to a three-year $35 million extension.
  • 2/6/20 — Traded Andre Iguodala, Jae Crowder and Solomon Hill to the Miami HEAT for Justise Winslow and Dion Waiters from the HEAT, and Gorgui Dieng from the Minnesota Timberwolves.
  • 2/6/20 — Traded Bruno Caboclo to the Houston Rockets for Jordan Bell and 2023 second-round swap rights.
  • 2/7/20 — Shelvin Mack ($1,512,601) and Garrett Temple ($184,467) trade exceptions expired.
  • 2/9/20 — Waived Dion Waiters.
  • 2/21/20 – Signed Dusty Hannahs to a 10-day $81,678 contract
  • 2/27/20 — Ended Dusty Hannah’s 10-day contract.
  • 2/27/20 — Signed Jarrod Uthoff to a 10-day $81,678 contract.
  • 3/2/20 — Waived Jordan Bell.
  • 3/2/20 — Signed Anthony Tolliver to a 10-day $144,901 contract.
  • 3/7/20 — Jarrod Uthoff’s 10-day contract expired.
  • 3/8/20 — Signed Jontay Porter to a two-year $1,715,914 contract, team option on final season.
  • 6/23/20 – Anthony Tolliver’s 10-day contract expired.
  • 6/23/20 — Signed Anthony Tolliver for the rest of the season at $289,803.
  • 11/20/20 — Traded a 2023 second-rounder (from the Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets or Miami HEAT) and a 2025 second-rounder to the Boston Celtics, and $1 million to the Portland Trail Blazers for Mario Hezonja from the Trail Blazers and the rights to Desmond Bane (2020-30th) from the Celtics.

Trade Kickers

  • None

Note: Players can waive their trade bonuses.

No-Trade: None

Free Agents (with Cap Holds)

  • Early Bird: Tyler Dorsey ($1,818,486)
  • Non-Bird: Joakim Noah ($1,618,486)

Unsigned Draft Picks

  • First-rounders: None
  • Second-rounders: Wang Zhelin (2016-57th), Tyler Harvey (2015-51st), Satnam Singh (2015-52nd)

Non-Guaranteed Salaries

  • None

Arena: FedEx Forum

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(Updated on 3/23/21)

Alan is an expert gambling writer who works as one of the chief editors for Basketball Insiders. He has been covering online gambling and sports betting for over 8 years, having written for the likes of Sportlens, Compare.bet, The Sports Daily, 90min, and TopRatedCasinos.co.uk. His particular specialisms include US online casinos and gambling regulations, and soccer and basketball betting. Based in London, Alan holds an MA in English Literature and is a passionate supporter of Chelsea FC.