Overview
- Boozer, the No. 3 pick in June’s draft, averaged about 18.5 points, eight rebounds and 3.7 assists per game in Las Vegas and helped the Grizzlies reach the Summer League final.
- Memphis fell 94-90 to the Golden State Warriors in the Las Vegas championship game where Boozer finished the evaluation window with sustained production and All-Summer League recognition.
- Boozer told reporters he studied the New York Knicks’ championship run and wants to play a positionless, multi-skill role that lets him screen, handle and create for teammates.
- He said he has worked on his three-point shot and lost roughly 10 pounds to improve perimeter defense, steps he tied directly to translating his college game to the NBA level.
- The Grizzlies, retooling after the Ja Morant era, now view Boozer as a likely day-one starter and foundational piece whose versatility could shape Memphis’s short- and mid-term lineup plans.