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The Memphis Grizzlies have emerged as a hipster pick to exceed expectations, and it's not all that hard to see why.

Cameron Boozer looks like a five-year vet in preseason games. When he's on the floor with Zach Edey and Ty Jerome, Memphis will, at the very least, be competitive. And there's a fair bit of depth behind those three.

Given the last point, it looks like the Grizzlies may be willing to unload some talented players who may not be in line for rotation mintues.

In his latest post on The Stein Line, Jake Fischer reported "that the Grizzlies have been exploring potential trade markets for GG Jackson II and Walter Clayton Jr."

Either should be worth a shot from a team patient enough to develop them. Jackson is still just 21 and averaged 20.4 points over the last 18 games of his rookie season in 2023-24. Clayton is 23, won a national title in his last season in college and averaged 7.0 assists per 75 possessions as a rookie in 2025-26.

In a recent post on The Stein Line, "The People's Insider" Jake Fischer reported that the Lakers may be talking about a potential Dalton Knecht deal.

And if they were able to move him in exchange for anything (literally, anything) it would beat this fall's oft-rumored alternative: that L.A. might simply cut him.

According to Fischer, the target may be the Milwaukee Bucks' Jericho Sims, which would make sense. As currently constructed, Kevon Looney is the only true backup center on the Lakers, and even he's undersized. Sims would at least give the team some insurance at that position, while potentially sparing Sandro Mamukelashvili and Jarred Vanderbilt from having to play there.

Picking up Knecht would make some sense for Milwaukee too. At 25, he's two years younger than Sims. He'd fit among a building core of 6'6"-6'7", multipositional wings. He is, theoretically an outside shooter. Despite a down 2025-26, he still has an above-average three-point percentage for his career. There's work to do, but it's too early to give up on Knecht entirely.

This would certainly be a low-stakes deal, but it'd also have a good chance to be a win-win.