Memphis Grizzlies draft history

The Memphis Grizzlies were first located in Vancouver after the National Basketball Association (NBA) granted the city an expansion team on April 27, 1994, and they first participated in the NBA draft in 1995.

[1] However, the Grizzlies win–loss record after six seasons was only 101-359 (.220), and on July 4, 2001, the league's board of governors approved a move to Memphis, where the team has been located ever since.

[1] In 1989, the NBA agreed with the National Basketball Players' Association to limit drafts to two rounds, an arrangement that has remained the same up the present time.

[2] Before each draft, an NBA draft lottery determines the first round selection order for the teams that missed the playoffs during the prior season.

Including draft day trades, ten of the players that the Grizzlies have drafted were named to the NBA All-Rookie Team in their respective rookie seasons—Shareef Abdur-Rahim in 1997, Mike Bibby in 1999, Shane Battier and Pau Gasol in 2002, Rudy Gay in 2007, Jaren Jackson Jr. in 2019, Ja Morant and Brandon Clarke in 2020, Desmond Bane in 2021 and GG Jackson in 2024[4]—Gasol was named the Rookie of the Year in 2002 while Morant was named the Rookie of the Year in 2020.