Now that Memphis is out, what do they need to improve their chances for Next Year?

[SillyRabbit]

Ironically enough they need someone exactly like Rudy Gay.

Wing player who can create his own shot.

Sacramento Rudy though, not Toronto Rudy.

[gts]

Definitely a closer but as others mentioned don't do stupid things that handicap your team (Z-Bo) that took the one advantage they had out of the game

[avonbarksdale]

rudy gay

[LONGTIME]

Rudy & OJ

[Carter_17]

Sell the team to Seattle/Vegas/insert a decent city here. Your logo, arena and uniforms are ugly, your history (what? ) is Gasol brothers and nobody wants to live in memphis.
You will never even dream about being contenders and Jennings>Conley.

[VIntageNOvel]

trade marc gasol to his brother pau

[AintNoSunshine]

1. pay the league office
2. have your star players suk the refs
3. get naked pic of Silver or his wife

[andremiller07]

Carmelo Anthony

[AussieG]

Mentality of a winner vs mentality of an underdog.

And a superstar but they won't be getting one of those anytime soon. They were a good team this year but another shooter or scorer would help.

[rhowen4]

Nate
Melo would be sweet
Improve from within

How much of a difference would calathes have made?

[-Lebron23-]

Their relationships with refs.

[-Lebron23-]

Mentality of a wiener vs mentality of a hotdog.

Lunchtime?

[No Evans!]

Hope Rodney Hood or James Young falls and get a ball handling scorer off the bench. Maybe Lou Williams?

[Thorn]

Few shooters couldn't hurt...Pondexter was great for them last year vs SAS as a 3 and D guy. They probably need all the spacing they can get since Allen and Prince are near zeroes offensively. Lee and Miller were great additions, though. Wayne Ellington could've filled the 3 and D role also.

Another guy who can slice into the paint, make plays and draw fouls would be tremendous for them, to take some pressure off Conley. OKC-era Harden would've been perfect for them (not quite a Memphis-caliber defender but he wasn't as bad in OKC as he is in Houston since he had more energy/effort for defense in OKC than HOU)

[MMM]

lol @ people suggesting black holes like Melo and Gay would help them. They obviously need more shooters in the lineup and bench. Maybe it's time they moved on from ZBO and got more athleticism in their front court. I love Conley but if they want to improve their scoring the easiest way to do that is with a scoring guard. Probably coincidental but many of the teams left have explosive scoring guards.