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The Memphis Grizzlies finished the 2006-07 season a frustrating last place in the Southwest Division, but new head coach Marc Iavaroni plans to turn it all around in 2007-08. Iavaroni is already off to a great start, adding number four draft pick Mike Conley, Darko Milicic, and Pau Gasol’s good friend Juan Carlos Navarro, which not only strengthens the roster but lets Gasol know how much the Grizzlies want to keep him. Get your tickets to FedEx Forum and watch the newly retooled Memphis Grizzlies dominate in the 2007-2008 season!

In 1946, the Toronto Huskies were the first professional basketball team in Canada. The team was a member of the Basketball Association of America, the predecessor of the NBA. In 1995, the NBA expanded north with two new teams, the Toronto Raptors and the Vancouver Grizzlies. The Vancouver Grizzlies locked up Brian Winters to be their first head coach. Winters was a long time assistant under Lenny Wilkens, the NBA's all-time winningest coach. The inaugural pick of the Grizzlies was the seven-foot center out of Oklahoma State, Bryant Reeves, aptly referred to as "Big Country."