Discounted Memphis Grizzlies Jerseys
- The Memphis Grizzlies jerseys first appeared as the Vancouver Grizzlies and came into the league along with the their Canadian cousins the Toronto Raptors and first played in the 1995 - 1996 campaign.
- Men in Memphis Grizzlies jerseys did not fare well in the early days as they posted losing records for the first few years. The move to Memphis jerseys happened for the 2001 campaign.
- The Memphis Grizzlies jerseys changed drastically on May 24, 2004 because the team showed the world a new logo that would be on them. New colours were also unveiled. The new Memphis Grizzlies jerseys are said to represent aptitude, bent, capability, capacity, competency, dynamism, effectiveness strength, power, aggressiveness, aplomb, arrogance, assuredness, audacity, boldness and character, tenacity and fearlessness. The bear face shows that basketball is this city is gritty, tough, and shows the fierce passion in the bears eyes.
- When the club moved to the new city, polls were conducted throughout the city to determine how the population felt about the existing team nickname and the existing emblems. It was determined that the inhabitants liked the existing moniker so it was kept.
- Thier new identity starting in 2004 included not only the gear they wore, but also the look of the court. A series of hoops has to be jumped through by the legal teams of the club and the National Basketball Assoc. themselves as they look into all the copyright issues that a new look will present.
- Originally, while the club was in Vancouver and before they first put a team on the court, they tried to name themselves the Mounties, but the RCMP objected and they gave up the attempt to use that nickname.
- From 1970 through 1975 there was a team in this city which played in the ABA.
- The mascot for this club is Grizz, who came to town along with the team in 2001. He does all the usual mascot fare including antics and buffoonery with a dose of clowning around, foolishness, hanky-panky, and a lot of high jinks.
- The team plays in the FedEx forum, which they moved into for the 04/05 campaign.
- Bears are most often found living in Canadian provinces of BC, Alberta, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories. They are also found in America mostly in Alaska, Idaho, Wyoming, Washington, and Montana.
* They stay within a predetermined "home range" that might be as small as 10 squar miles or as big as 380.
* They usually prefer to avoid large bodies of water, staying away from coastlines and oceans.
* Closely related to the Kodiak bear, they eat moose, mountain goats, fish, and love cutworm moths.
* These bears, or any like them, are not known to play basketball or any varation of the sport.
* Bear dens always give the animal needed security and protection throughtout the long and cold winter time. The bear can dig a den easily himself but more often than not will make use of caves and old hollowed out tree trunks. They are usually dug stable ground where the temperature remains steady and a few degrees above the freeze mark. As winter settles in and the snow comes down it will covers the den and keep it warm. - Basketball legend Jerry West is associated with this club.
* Mr. West made the All Star team each and every year that he played and took LA to the championship series a total of 9 different times. For a white man, this guy could jump.
* West was not big, was not too strong, and could not handle a dribbling ball very well, but he could hustle with the best of them.