Vancouver Grizzlies

The same Michael Jordan always was present.

That's why consistently game to game he was just dominating, whether it was, you know, the Vancouver Grizzlies or it was the Indiana Pacers in game seven.

He played the same way and with the same in- intensity.

Um, so that's, to me, like, the true measure of greatness is, is that consistency week in, week out and showing up.

Yeah.

The Memphis Grizzlies, who play in Tennessee – They were the Vancouver Grizzlies, and they just moved to Tennessee and didn't change their name.

Oh, that's sad.

So that's a little bit goofy.

Syndrome.

The Vancouver Grizzlies.

There's a team we know about.

The Tokyo Samurais.

Blew for Oklahoma State.

Vancouver Grizzlies.

I was really hoping it was just a natural name.

Very

After his second retirement from basketball, Michael Jordan became involved with two other teams.

First, he played for the Washington Wizards, but later became an owner of which expansion franchise? Was it A, the Toronto Raptors, B, the Vancouver Grizzlies, C, the New Orleans Pelicans, or D, the Charlotte Bobcats? That's correct.

And this is also impactful because he became the first former player to become an owner of a team.

Thank you to our contestants.

Time for our third quarter break segment.

Better Know a Grizzly.

[bear growling]

So for today's, uh, Better Know a Grizzly, the aforementioned Cherokee Parks, one of the coolest names in NBA history.

Uh, however, I hated Dooky, who won the-

[laughs]

... 1992 national championship as a freshman, but of course, we warmed to him a bit as a Vancouver Grizzly.

Uh, Parks was drafted by the Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the 1995 NBA draft, so just a few picks after our special big boy.

All right.

We got ourselves a Vancouver Grizzlies Mike Bibby jersey that I bought in Vancouver.

One of my favorites.

Another Klay Thompson jersey because my girlfriend and my uncle both bought me Klay Thompson jerseys for Christmas this year because I put it on my list.