Primarily a three-point specialist, Mike Miller came off the Grizzlies bench in 2005-06 to average 13.7 points per game and earn Sixth Man of the Year honors.

Dave Joerger finished his tenure as Grizzlies head coach (2013-16) with a regular season record of 147-99 and a franchise-record .598 winning percentage.

On September 10, 2009, Iverson signed a one-year contract with the Memphis Grizzlies. He stated that "God chose Memphis as the place that I will continue my career," and that "I feel that they are committed to developing a winner." However, once it became clear that Iverson would be a bench player, he left the team for "personal reasons." On November 16, the Grizzlies announced that his contract had been terminated by "mutual agreement." He played just three games for the Grizzlies, averaging 12.3 ppg, 1.3 rpg, and 3.7 apg in 22.3 mpg.

Jones selected #6 as growing up, he was a fan of the 76ers' Julius Erving.

Shareef Abdur-Rahim was the centerpiece of the Grizzlies team in 1997-98, setting a franchise record with 1,829 points.

He was drafted 21st overall by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2019 NBA draft and then immediately traded to the Grizzlies.

During their very first season, the Vancouver Grizzlies lost 23 straight games from February 16 to April 2, 1996. They finally ended the streak on April 3 with a 105-103 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Despite playing in all 66 games of the shortened 2011-12 season, Mayo did not start in any games for the Grizzlies, playing as a sixth man. When he was asked if being a reserve hurt his value, he answered: "I would say so, I would probably say so. What do you think?"

In 2012-13, Mike Conley, Jr. had a career high 174 steals.

Marshon Brooks played only 7 games for the Grizzlies in 2017-18 (and started only 1), but he led the team with 20.1 points per game, followed by Tyreke Evans (19.4 ppg) and Marc Gasol (17.2 ppg).