Found November 28, 2011 on Verno's Blog:
The Grizzlies have 9 guys locked in and under contract I will list the player, followed by their actual cap number for the upcoming season...Zach Randolph $15,200,000Rudy Gay $15,032,144Mike Conley $ 6,611,571OJ Mayo $ 5,632,637Tony Allen $ 3,150,000Xavier Henry $ 2,171,640Darrell Arthur $ 2,027,119Sam Young $ 1,184,750Greivis Vasquez $ 1,113,600So a total of 9 players at $52,123,461There are 4 other players to consider that are not part of these numbers...Ish Smith - has a non-guaranteed $788,872 - and I do not believe the Grizzlies will keep him.Hamed Haddadi - has been extended the qualifying offer - of $2 million. I think the most likely thing to happen with Haddadi is that they offer him a few years at less than that (like 2 years for $3 million or something like that). If there is someone on the market they want and they need that money, they may just pull the offer completely (like they once did with Warrick).Josh Selby - taken lat...
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