The Grizzlies' New Starting Five is a Fever Dream

The Memphis Grizzlies are officially starting Tyrese Jerome, Anthony Coward, Jaylen Wells, Cameron Boozer, and Zach Edey on Wednesday. That is not a typo. That is a lineup that sounds less like an NBA starting five and more like a randomly generated Summer League roster you simulate past in 2K.

Underdog NBA dropped the alert, and it immediately sent fantasy managers and prop bettors into a blind panic. When you roll out a crew featuring a rookie, a giant, and a point guard whose medical chart reads like a CVS receipt, the betting markets have absolutely no idea what to do with the total.

Let us start with Tyrese Jerome. The guy is currently putting up a highly respectable 19.7 points and 5.7 assists per game, which is a miracle considering his injury history. He has racked up 22 different injuries and missed 282 days over his career, mostly due to his calves staging a multi-year protest.

Then you have the youth movement. Cameron Boozer is fresh off a Duke campaign where he bullied college kids for 22.5 points and 10.2 rebounds a night. Throw in Jaylen Wells, who survived a terrifying broken wrist and head injury back in April 2025 to log 18.5 minutes a game this preseason, and Zach Edey clogging the paint, and the spacing is going to be pure comedy.

Memphis just handled the Charlotte Hornets 116-98, but rolling this specific five out against the Utah Jazz is a completely different social experiment. This is the kind of rotation that either loses by 30 or somehow shoots 60 percent from the floor because nobody on the scouting report has any tape on them playing together.

We will see if this chaotic experiment actually works or if it gets scrapped immediately. If they somehow survive the Jazz, they have to pack up this traveling circus and take it to face the Golden State Warriors this weekend. Adjust your fantasy lineups and prop slips accordingly, because this rotation is pure, unfiltered chaos.