# 2020–21 Memphis Grizzlies season

The 2020–21 Memphis Grizzlies season was the 26th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 20th in Memphis. The Grizzlies qualified for the playoffs for the first time since the 2016–17 season following a victory over the Golden State Warriors in the play-in tournament. However, they lost to the Utah Jazz in five games.

## Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Club |
| 2 | 40 | Robert Woodard II | SF | United States | Mississippi State |
Guard Desmond Bane was acquired from the Boston Celtics for two future second-round picks, after they had selected him at #30 overall. He would make the All-Rookie Second Team, having averaged 9.2 points per game on 43.2% shooting from three, the latter of which led all rookies.
They would also trade the rights to Robert Woodard II to Sacramento for #35 overall pick Xavier Tillman, who had played with Jaren Jackson Jr. at Michigan State.

## Standings

Notes
* z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs
* c – Clinched home court advantage for the conference playoffs
* y – Clinched division title
* x – Clinched playoff spot
* pb – Clinched play-in spot
* o – Eliminated from playoff contention
* * – Division leader

## Game log
### Preseason

2020 preseason game log Total: 3-1; home: 1–1; road: 2–0) :
Preseason: 3–1 (home: 1–1; road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
December 12
@ Minnesota
W 107–105
Ja Morant (20)
Jonas Valančiūnas (9)
Ja Morant (11)
Target Center 0
1–0
2
December 14
@ Minnesota
W 123–104
Jonas Valančiūnas (22)
Kyle Anderson (8)
Ja Morant (7)
Target Center 0
2–0
3
December 17
Atlanta
W 128–106
Dillon Brooks (24)
Jonas Valančiūnas (13)
Ja Morant (13)
FedEx Forum 0
3–0
4
December 19
Atlanta
L 116–117
Ja Morant (15)
Jonas Valančiūnas (9)
Ja Morant (8)
FedEx Forum 0
3–1 :
2020–21 season schedule :

### Regular season

2020–21 game log Total: 38–34; (home: 18–16; road: 19–17 :
December: 1–3 (home: 0–2; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
December 23
San Antonio
L 119–131
Ja Morant (44)
Jonas Valančiūnas (13)
Ja Morant (9)
FedEx Forum 0
0–1
2
December 26
Atlanta
L 112–122
Ja Morant (28)
Kyle Anderson (14)
Ja Morant (7)
FedEx Forum 0
0–2
3
December 28
@ Brooklyn
W 116–111
Kyle Anderson (28)
Jonas Valančiūnas (14)
Dillon Brooks (4)
Barclays Center 0
1–2
4
December 30
@ Boston
L 107–126
Jonas Valančiūnas (20)
Jonas Valančiūnas (11)
Kyle Anderson (9)
TD Garden 0
1–3 :
January: 7–3 (home: 3–3; road: 4–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
January 1
@ Charlotte
W 108–93
Dillon Brooks (21)
Tyus Jones (12)
Kyle Anderson (11)
Spectrum Center 0
2–3
6
January 3
L.A. Lakers
L 94–108
Kyle Anderson (18)
Jonas Valančiūnas (10)
Dillon Brooks (5)
FedEx Forum 0
2–4
7
January 5
L.A. Lakers
L 92–94
Brooks, Dieng, Valančiūnas (13)
Jonas Valančiūnas (11)
Tyus Jones (8)
FedEx Forum 0
2–5
8
January 7
Cleveland
L 90–94
Jonas Valančiūnas (17)
Jonas Valančiūnas (10)
Tyus Jones (6)
FedEx Forum 0
2–6
9
January 8
Brooklyn
W 115–110
Dillon Brooks (24)
Brandon Clarke (8)
Tyus Jones (10)
FedEx Forum 0
3–6
10
January 11
@ Cleveland
W 101–91
Dillon Brooks (21)
Brooks, Valančiūnas (7)
Kyle Anderson (9)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 0
4–6
11
January 13
@ Minnesota
W 118–107
Jonas Valančiūnas (24)
Jonas Valančiūnas (16)
Tyus Jones (7)
Target Center 0
5–6
January 15
@ Minnesota
Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: May 5)
12
January 16
Philadelphia
W 106–104
Ja Morant (17)
Brandon Clarke (11)
Ja Morant (6)
FedEx Forum 0
6–6
13
January 18
Phoenix
W 108–104
Clarke, Morant (17)
Kyle Anderson (8)
Ja Morant (10)
FedEx Forum 0
7–6
January 20
@ Portland
Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: April 23)
January 22
@ Portland
Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: April 25)
January 24
Sacramento
Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: May 13)
January 25
Sacramento
Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: May 14)
January 27
Chicago
Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: April 12)
14
January 30
@ San Antonio
W 129–112
De'Anthony Melton (20)
Dieng, Konchar (7)
Ja Morant (11)
AT&T Center 0
8–6 :
February: 7–9 (home: 4–5; road: 3–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
15
February 1
@ San Antonio
W 133–102
Gorgui Dieng (19)
Dieng, Tillman (9)
Tyus Jones (14)
AT&T Center 0
9–6
16
February 2
@ Indiana
L 116–134
Dillon Brooks (25)
Dieng, Konchar (6)
De'Anthony Melton (6)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 0
9–7
17
February 4
Houston
L 105–113
Desmond Bane (16)
Xavier Tillman (10)
Tyus Jones (8)
FedEx Forum 0
9–8
18
February 6
@ New Orleans
L 109–118
Jonas Valančiūnas (23)
Xavier Tillman (8)
Ja Morant (9)
Smoothie King Center 1,440
9–9
19
February 8
Toronto
L 113–128
Jonas Valančiūnas (27)
Jonas Valančiūnas (20)
Ja Morant (9)
FedEx Forum 1,844
9–10
20
February 10
Charlotte
W 130–114
Kyle Anderson (27)
Jonas Valančiūnas (15)
Ja Morant (11)
FedEx Forum 1,830
10–10
21
February 12
@ L. A. Lakers
L 105–115
Grayson Allen (23)
Jonas Valančiūnas (8)
Ja Morant (10)
Staples Center 0
10–11
22
February 14
@ Sacramento
W 124–110
Jonas Valančiūnas (25)
Jonas Valančiūnas (13)
Ja Morant (10)
Golden 1 Center 0
11–11
23
February 16
New Orleans
L 113–144
Ja Morant (28)
Ja Morant (7)
Ja Morant (8)
FedEx Forum 1,982
11–12
24
February 17
Oklahoma City
W 122–113
Allen, Valančiūnas (22)
Jonas Valančiūnas (12)
Ja Morant (12)
FedEx Forum 0
12–12
25
February 19
Detroit
W 109–95
Ja Morant (29)
Jonas Valančiūnas (15)
Grayson Allen (6)
FedEx Forum 1,795
13–12
26
February 20
Phoenix
L 97–128
Gorgui Dieng (15)
Jonas Valančiūnas (12)
Ja Morant (5)
FedEx Forum 1,994
13–13
27
February 22
@ Dallas
L 91–102
Ja Morant (22)
Jonas Valančiūnas (15)
Ja Morant (9)
American Airlines Center 2,099
13–14
28
February 25
L. A. Clippers
W 122–94
Tyus Jones (20)
Jonas Valančiūnas (15)
Ja Morant (7)
FedEx Forum 1,896
14–14
29
February 26
L. A. Clippers
L 99–119
Jonas Valančiūnas (22)
Jonas Valančiūnas (11)
Ja Morant (5)
FedEx Forum 2,039
14–15
30
February 28
@ Houston
W 133–84
Justise Winslow (20)
Brandon Clarke (12)
Ja Morant (7)
Toyota Center 3,284
15–15 :
March: 7–8 (home: 4–4; road: 3–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
31
March 2
@ Washington
W 125–111
Ja Morant (35)
Jonas Valančiūnas (16)
Ja Morant (10)
Capital One Arena 0
16–15
32
March 4
Milwaukee
L 111–112
Ja Morant (35)
Jonas Valančiūnas (12)
Dillon Brooks (7)
FedEx Forum 1,961
16–16
33
March 10
Washington
W 127–112
Jonas Valančiūnas (29)
Jonas Valančiūnas (20)
Ja Morant (10)
FedEx Forum 1,912
17–16
34
March 12
Denver
L 102–103
Brooks, Clarke (20)
Jonas Valančiūnas (11)
Ja Morant (9)
FedEx Forum 2,160
17–17
35
March 14
@ Oklahoma City
L 122–128
Ja Morant (22)
Jonas Valančiūnas (14)
Ja Morant (7)
Chesapeake Energy Arena 0
17–18
36
March 15
@ Phoenix
L 99–122
Jonas Valančiūnas (24)
Jonas Valančiūnas (17)
Ja Morant (4)
Phoenix Suns Arena 3,188
17–19
37
March 17
Miami
W 89–85
Anderson, Melton, Morant (13)
Jonas Valančiūnas (12)
Melton, Morant (6)
FedEx Forum 2,217
18–19
38
March 19
Golden State
L 103–116
Allen, Morant (14)
Jonas Valančiūnas (16)
Tyus Jones (7)
FedEx Forum 2,716
18–20
39
March 20
Golden State
W 111–103
Brooks, Valančiūnas (19)
Jonas Valančiūnas (15)
Ja Morant (8)
FedEx Forum 0
19–20
40
March 22
Boston
W 132–126 (OT)
Ja Morant (29)
Jonas Valančiūnas (19)
Ja Morant (9)
FedExForum 2,319
20–20
41
March 24
@ Oklahoma City
W 116–107
Dillon Brooks (25)
Jonas Valančiūnas (15)
Ja Morant (7)
Chesapeake Energy Arena 0
21–20
42
March 26
@ Utah
L 114–117
Ja Morant (32)
Jonas Valančiūnas (18)
Ja Morant (11)
Vivint Arena 5,546
21–21
43
March 27
@ Utah
L 110–126
Kyle Anderson (16)
Jonas Valančiūnas (11)
Anderson, Morant (4)
Vivint Arena 5,546
21–22
44
March 29
@ Houston
W 120–110
Jonas Valančiūnas (30)
Jonas Valančiūnas (15)
Ja Morant (8)
Toyota Center 3,319
22–22
45
March 31
Utah
L 107–111
Ja Morant (36)
Jonas Valančiūnas (14)
Ja Morant (7)
FedEx Forum 2,314
22–23 :
April: 10–7 (home: 3–2; road: 7–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
46
April 2
Minnesota
W 120–108
Jonas Valančiūnas (19)
Jonas Valančiūnas (11)
Anderson, Morant (7)
FedEx Forum 2,987
23–23
47
April 4
@ Philadelphia
W 116–100
Dillon Brooks (17)
Jonas Valančiūnas (12)
Ja Morant (10)
Wells Fargo Center 4,094
24–23
48
April 6
@ Miami
W 124–112
Dillon Brooks (28)
Jonas Valančiūnas (10)
Anderson, Konchar (6)
American Airlines Arena Limited seating
25–23
49
April 7
@ Atlanta
W 131–113
Grayson Allen (30)
Jonas Valančiūnas (11)
Ja Morant (7)
State Farm Arena 2,774
26–23
50
April 9
@ New York
L 129–133 (OT)
Dillon Brooks (23)
Jonas Valančiūnas (14)
Ja Morant (6)
Madison Square Garden 1,912
26–24
51
April 11
Indiana
L 125–132
Jonas Valančiūnas (34)
Jonas Valančiūnas (22)
Ja Morant (6)
FedEx Forum 2,341
26–25
52
April 12
Chicago
W 101–90
Jonas Valančiūnas (26)
Jonas Valančiūnas (14)
Ja Morant (10)
FedEx Forum 2,194
27–25
53
April 14
Dallas
L 113–114
Grayson Allen (23)
Jonas Valančiūnas (16)
Bane, Jones, Morant (5)
FedEx Forum 2,141
27–26
54
April 16
@ Chicago
W 126–115
Dillon Brooks (32)
Kyle Anderson (11)
Anderson, Jones (7)
United Center 0
28–26
55
April 17
@ Milwaukee
W 128–115
Grayson Allen (26)
Anderson, Valančiūnas (8)
Kyle Anderson (8)
Fiserv Forum 3,280
29–26
56
April 19
@ Denver
L 137–139 (2OT)
Ja Morant (36)
Xavier Tillman (14)
Ja Morant (12)
Ball Arena 4,005
29–27
57
April 21
@ L. A. Clippers
L 105–117
Ja Morant (22)
Xavier Tillman (12)
Ja Morant (4)
Staples Center 1,782
29–28
58
April 23
@ Portland
W 130–128
Ja Morant (33)
Kyle Anderson (8)
Ja Morant (13)
Moda Center 0
30–28
59
April 25
@ Portland
W 120–113
Ja Morant (28)
Jonas Valančiūnas (10)
Desmond Bane (4)
Moda Center 0
31–28
60
April 26
@ Denver
L 96–120
Ja Morant (27)
Anderson, Jackson Jr. (7)
Ja Morant (6)
Ball Arena 3,823
31–29
61
April 28
Portland
L 109–130
Jonas Valančiūnas (19)
Brandon Clarke (10)
Ja Morant (8)
FedEx Forum 3,427
31–30
62
April 30
Orlando
W 92–75
Dillon Brooks (20)
Jonas Valančiūnas (15)
Ja Morant (6)
FedEx Forum 2,850
32–30 :
May
: 6–4 (home: 4–1; road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
63
May 1
@ Orlando
L 111–112
Dillon Brooks (23)
Jonas Valančiūnas (16)
Ja Morant (7)
Amway Center 3,924
32–31
64
May 3
New York
L 104–118
Dillon Brooks (25)
Jonas Valančiūnas (16)
Kyle Anderson (7)
FedExForum 2,789
32–32
65
May 5
@ Minnesota
W 139–135
Ja Morant (37)
Brandon Clarke (10)
Ja Morant (10)
Target Center 1,436
33–32
66
May 6
@ Detroit
L 97–111
Ja Morant (20)
Jonas Valančiūnas (16)
Anderson, Morant (5)
Little Caesars Arena 750
33–33
67
May 8
@ Toronto
W 109–99
Jaren Jackson Jr. (20)
Jonas Valančiūnas (21)
Ja Morant (6)
Amalie Arena Limited seating
34–33
68
May 10
New Orleans
W 115–110
Dillon Brooks (23)
Jonas Valančiūnas (11)
Ja Morant (12)
FedExForum 2,507
35–33
69
May 11
Dallas
W 133–104
Ja Morant (24)
Brandon Clarke (9)
Ja Morant (8)
FedExForum 2,684
36–33
70
May 13
Sacramento
W 116–110
Dillon Brooks (31)
Jonas Valančiūnas (13)
Kyle Anderson (9)
FedExForum 2,876
37–33
71
May 14
Sacramento
W 107–106
Justise Winslow (25)
Justise Winslow (11)
Justise Winslow (13)
FedExForum 3,502
38–33
72
May 16
@ Golden State
L 101–113
Jonas Valančiūnas (29)
Jonas Valančiūnas (16)
Ja Morant (9)
Chase Center 4,416
38–34 :
2020–21 season schedule :

### Play-in

2021 play-in game log Total: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0) :
Play-in: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 19
San Antonio
W 100–96
Dillon Brooks (24)
Jonas Valančiūnas (23)
Ja Morant (6)
FedExForum 7,019
1–0
2
May 21
@ Golden State
W 117–112 (OT)
Ja Morant (35)
Jonas Valančiūnas (12)
Anderson, Morant (6)
Chase Center 7,505
2–0 :

### Playoffs

2021 playoff game log Total: 1–4 (home: 0–2; road: 1–2) :
First round: 1–4 (home: 0–2; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
May 23
@ Utah
W 112–109
Dillon Brooks (31)
Jonas Valančiūnas (12)
Ja Morant (4)
Vivint Arena 13,750
1–0
2
May 26
@ Utah
L 129–141
Ja Morant (47)
Anderson, Valančiūnas (6)
Ja Morant (7)
Vivint Arena 14,200
1–1
3
May 29
Utah
L 111–121
Ja Morant (28)
Anderson, Valančiūnas (13)
Ja Morant (7)
FedExForum 12,185
1–2
4
May 31
Utah
L 113–120
Ja Morant (23)
Jonas Valančiūnas (12)
Ja Morant (12)
FedExForum 12,185
1–3
5
June 2
@ Utah
L 110–126
Brooks, Morant (27)
Jackson Jr., Morant (7)
Ja Morant (11)
Vivint Arena 14,250
1–4 :
2021 playoff schedule :

## Player statistics
### Ragular season

| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Tyus Jones | PG | 70 | 9 | 1,222 | 140 | 259 | 64 | 6 | 442 | 17.5 | 2.0 | 3.7 | .9 | .1 | 6.3 |
| Kyle Anderson | PF | 69 | 69 | 1,887 | 396 | 250 | 84 | 57 | 854 | 27.3 | 5.7 | 3.6 | 1.2 | .8 | 12.4 |
| Desmond Bane | SG | 68 | 17 | 1,519 | 210 | 118 | 41 | 16 | 625 | 22.3 | 3.1 | 1.7 | .6 | .2 | 9.2 |
| Dillon Brooks | SF | 67 | 67 | 1,997 | 196 | 157 | 78 | 26 | 1,151 | 29.8 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.2 | .4 | 17.2 |
| Ja Morant | PG | 63 | 63 | 2,053 | 252 | 465 | 57 | 13 | 1,204 | 32.6 | 4.0 | 7.4 | .9 | .2 | 19.1 |
| Jonas Valančiūnas | C | 62 | 61 | 1,755 | 776 | 112 | 35 | 57 | 1,058 | 28.3 | 12.5 | 1.8 | .6 | .9 | 17.1 |
| Brandon Clarke | PF | 59 | 16 | 1,415 | 328 | 95 | 60 | 51 | 610 | 24.0 | 5.6 | 1.6 | 1.0 | .9 | 10.3 |
| Xavier Tillman | PF | 59 | 12 | 1,085 | 256 | 75 | 44 | 33 | 390 | 18.4 | 4.3 | 1.3 | .7 | .6 | 6.6 |
| De'Anthony Melton | PG | 52 | 1 | 1,045 | 161 | 132 | 60 | 31 | 472 | 20.1 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 1.2 | .6 | 9.1 |
| Grayson Allen | SG | 50 | 38 | 1,259 | 160 | 108 | 46 | 8 | 532 | 25.2 | 3.2 | 2.2 | .9 | .2 | 10.6 |
| John Konchar | SG | 43 | 0 | 575 | 128 | 47 | 30 | 9 | 184 | 13.4 | 3.0 | 1.1 | .7 | .2 | 4.3 |
| Justise Winslow | SF | 26 | 1 | 507 | 118 | 50 | 15 | 12 | 178 | 19.5 | 4.5 | 1.9 | .6 | .5 | 6.8 |
| Gorgui Dieng$^†$ | C | 22 | 1 | 371 | 98 | 29 | 17 | 14 | 173 | 16.9 | 4.5 | 1.3 | .8 | .6 | 7.9 |
| Frank Ntilikina$^†$ | C | 18 | 1 | 182 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 57 | 10.1 | 1.3 | .4 | .3 | .4 | 3.2 |
| Sean McDermott | SF | 18 | 0 | 158 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 8.8 | 1.1 | .2 | .1 | .2 | 2.2 |
| Jaren Jackson Jr. | C | 11 | 4 | 258 | 62 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 158 | 23.5 | 5.6 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 14.4 |
| Jontay Porter | PF | 11 | 0 | 54 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 4.9 | 1.3 | .1 | .3 | .1 | 2.0 |
| Tim Frazier | PG | 5 | 0 | 62 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12.4 | 1.6 | 3.2 | .4 | .2 | 1.6 |
* $^†$ Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Grizzlies only.

### Playoffs

| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Ja Morant | PG | 5 | 5 | 203 | 24 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 151 | 40.6 | 4.8 | 8.2 | .4 | .0 | 30.2 |
| Dillon Brooks | SF | 5 | 5 | 175 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 129 | 35.0 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 1.4 | .4 | 25.8 |
| Jonas Valančiūnas | C | 5 | 5 | 166 | 49 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 75 | 33.2 | 9.8 | 2.6 | .6 | .6 | 15.0 |
| Kyle Anderson | PF | 5 | 5 | 142 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 42 | 28.4 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 2.8 | .0 | 8.4 |
| Jaren Jackson Jr. | C | 5 | 5 | 137 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 68 | 27.4 | 5.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 13.6 |
| Grayson Allen | SG | 5 | 0 | 116 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 23.2 | 2.6 | .2 | .4 | .2 | 6.4 |
| Desmond Bane | SG | 5 | 0 | 99 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 19.8 | 3.4 | 2.0 | .8 | .4 | 5.6 |
| De'Anthony Melton | PG | 5 | 0 | 83 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 16.6 | 3.2 | 1.0 | .2 | .8 | 6.2 |
| Tyus Jones | PG | 5 | 0 | 47 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 9.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 | .2 | .0 | 3.0 |
| Xavier Tillman | PF | 3 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6.0 | 1.0 | .3 | .3 | .0 | .7 |
| Brandon Clarke | PF | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4.5 | .5 | .0 | .0 | .5 | 1.0 |
| John Konchar | SG | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | 1.0 | .0 |
| Justise Winslow | SF | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |

## Transactions
### Trades

| November 19, 2020 | To Memphis GrizzliesDraft rights to Xavier Tillman (No. 35) | To Sacramento KingsDraft rights to Robert Woodard II (No. 40) 2022 second-round pick |
| November 20, 2020 | To Memphis GrizzliesMario Hezonja (from Portland) Draft rights to Desmond Bane (No. 30) (from Boston) | To Boston Celtics2023 second-round pick (from Memphis) 2025 second-round pick (from Memphis) |
| To Portland Trail BlazersEnes Kanter (from Boston) Cash considerations (from Memphis) |||

### Free agency
#### Additions

| Player | Signed | Former team |
| Jahlil Tripp | Exhibit 10 contract | Pacific Tigers |
| Sean McDermott | Two-way contract | Butler Bulldogs |
| Killian Tillie | Two-way contract | Gonzaga Bulldogs |
| Ahmad Caver | Exhibit 10 contract | Old Dominion Monarchs |
| Zhaire Smith | Exhibit 10 contract | Detroit Pistons |
| Bennie Boatwright | Exhibit 10 contract | Memphis Hustle |
| Christian Vital | Exhibit 10 contract | BG Göttingen |
| Shaq Buchanan | Exhibit 10 contract | Memphis Hustle |
| Tim Frazier | Two 10-day contracts / Rest-of-season contract | Detroit Pistons |
| Jontay Porter | 2-year contract | Missouri Tigers |

#### Subtractions

| Player | Reason left | New Team |
| Mario Hezonja | Waived | Panathinaikos B.C. / BC UNICS |
| Marko Gudurić | Waived | Fenerbahçe Beko |
| Jahlil Tripp | Waived | Memphis Hustle |
| Zhaire Smith | Waived | Memphis Hustle |
| Christian Vital | Waived | Memphis Hustle |
| Bennie Boatwright | Waived | Memphis Hustle |
| Shaq Buchanan | Waived | Memphis Hustle |
| Ahmad Caver | Waived | Memphis Hustle |
| Gorgui Dieng | Waived | San Antonio Spurs |

## Awards and records

| Player | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
| Desmond Bane | NBA All-Rookie Second Team | June 17, 2021 | |