{"id":877520,"date":"2026-09-02T14:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T14:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/877520\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T14:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T14:40:12","slug":"which-players-would-every-nba-team-protect-from-an-expansion-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/877520\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Players Would Every NBA Team Protect From an Expansion Draft?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The Memphis Grizzlies <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/nba\/comments\/1sbuxal\/the_memphis_grizzlies_has_tied_the_nba_record_for\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">tied the NBA&#8217;s all-time record<\/a> by using 33 different players during the 2025-26 season, making them one of the tougher teams to pin down from a keeper perspective.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Some very good vets are exposed here, led by offseason acquisition Isaiah Stewart and guard Ty Jerome, who was immensely productive in the 15 games he played for Memphis last season. Both wind up as potential departures because the Grizzlies, a clear rebuilder, have so many young options worth holding onto. In fact, they have so many that some, like tantalizing scorer GG Jackson Jr., also wind up unprotected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Quinten Post just signed on in restricted free agency, and he sneaks in under the wire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The clear top five on the list\u2014Cameron Boozer, Cedric Coward, Zach Edey, Jaylen Wells and Cam Spencer\u2014were easy enough. Beyond them, you could slot in any number of alternatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Memphis Grizzlies tied the NBA&#8217;s all-time record by using 33 different players during the 2025-26 season, making&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":877521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-877520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=877520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/877521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=877520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=877520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=877520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}