Memphis Grizzlies entrance workplace govt Zach Kleiman held his postseason media availability. Among the many subjects mentioned had been issues Kleiman may have dealt with totally different. One mistake made was declining the staff’s 2025-26 fourth-year rookie scale staff possibility for ahead Jake LaRavia, which finally led to LaRavia being traded.
“I feel we must always’ve picked up Jake LaRavia’s staff possibility,” Kleiman mentioned. “The error was there. I feel Jake may’ve helped us down the stretch.”
Kleiman went on to say he thought Vince Williams Jr. and GG Jackson can be extra prepared to switch LaRavia within the Grizzlies rotation.
“I in all probability overweighted simply how a lot of a burden they might have been in a position to placed on in a playoff push,” Kleiman mentioned.
LaRavia will now be an unrestricted free agent this summer time, after ending the season with the Sacramento Kings. As a result of Memphis declined the rookie scale staff possibility, the restriction on paying LaRavia greater than $5.2 million in first-year wage carries over to Sacramento.
