Seems this lot is just as grisly whether it says Memphis or Vancouver on the front of the jersey.

Now, that shouldn't really come as any great surprise given the fact the Memphis Grizzlies, in an effort to woo fans in a new market, traded away their two best players and replaced them with an unproven 21-year-old from Spain, a college senior who has a great mind and a still-developing NBA game and a point guard who was cut adrift because he was too out of control for one of the league's most potent offences.

So that Memphis squad that pays its only visit this season to the Air Canada Centre tonight, comes in much like those old Vancouver squads did, with a bad record and little hope for immediate improvement.