Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB. Once that is done, we will examine how each team honors its past players, coaches, and executives. As such, it is important to us that the Memphis Grizzlies will be retiring the number 9 of Tony Allen.

The event will take place when the Grizzlies host Miami on March 15.

Allen joined Memphis in 2010 as a free agent after six years with Boston, where he was an NBA Champion (2006).  A Grizzly for seven years, Allen was Memphis’ starting Shooting Guard, was a six-time All-Defensive selection (three First Team and three Second Team), and finished in the top ten in Defensive Player of the Year voting five times.  He was also vital in Memphis’ 2013 Western Conference Finals appearance.  With Memphis, He played 462 games overall, averaging 8.9 points and 1.7 steals per game.

Allen will be the third player to have his number retired by Memphis, joining Marc Gasol (#33) and Zach Randolph (#50).

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Tony Allen for his impending honor.

Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB.  Once that is done, we intend to look at how each team honor their past players, coaches and executives.  As such, it is important to us that the

Memphis Grizzlies will retire Marc Gasol’s number 33 on April 6.

From Spain, Gasol was originally drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in 2007, but did not play for them initially as his rights was traded to Memphis along with his older brother, Pau.  Gasol played for the Grizzlies from 2008 to 2019, where he won the 2013 Defensive Player of the Year, and racked up a First Team All-NBA in 2014-15 and Second Team All-NBA in 2012-13.  The two-time World Cup Champion and two-time Olympic Silver Medalist is the all-time franchise leader in the following categories:

Games: 788
Minutes: 25,917
Field Goals: 4,341
Free Throws: 2,701
Defensive Rebounds: 4,624
Rebounds: 5,942
Blocks: 1,135

Gasol was traded to the Toronto Raptors in 2019, where he won an NBA Championship.

This announcement makes Gasol the second player to have his number retired by the Grizzlies following Zach Randolph, who saw his number 50 hung to the rafters in 2021.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Marc Gasol for this impending honor.

With the phenomenal nickname of "Z-Bo," Zach Randolph played one year at Michigan State before declaring for the NBA Draft.  It was the Portland Trail Blazers who would take him 19^th overall, and he became the starting Power Forward two years later.  That season, Randolph won the Most Improved Player of the Year Award and had his first 20/10 year.  He would accomplish the 20/10 feat again in 2006-07.