The Grizzlies have built a strong identity behind Marc Gasol, Zach Randolph, Mike Conley and Tony Allen. Memphis is tough, defensively oriented and eager to make an impact in the paint. But Gasol’s free agency has potential to unravel everything. And even if the Grizzlies sweat it out and re-sign the center, they’ll have to do it all over again with Conley in 2016. Marc Stein of ESPN: Can’t the Grizzlies, in the name of stability, try to lock up Mike Conley for the long term before he ends up on the open market like Gasol? The Grizzlies would love to. Sources say, furthermore, that they’ve tried to engage Conley in extension talks. More than once. But the five-year, $40 million pact they signed Conley to in 2010 — openly second-guessed all over the NBA map at the time — proved to be too shrewd. Conley has a base salary of $9,388,426 next season. An extension, officially signed after June 30, could start at just 107.5 percent of that and last just three years. - See more at: http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports....zzlies/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
