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Memphis Grizzlies

National Basketball Association team in Memphis, Tennessee
Organization basketball_team Q165529
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Summary

Memphis Grizzlies is a basketball team[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of basketball team entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,435 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Home venue: FedExForum[4]
  • League or competition: National Basketball Association[5]
  • Named after: Ursus arctos horribilis[6]
  • Headquarters location: Memphis[7]
  • Head coach: Taylor Jenkins[8]
  • Part of: Southwest Division[9]
  • Commons category: Memphis Grizzlies[10]
  • Inception: 1995[11]
  • Sport: basketball[12]
  • Official website: https://www.nba.com/grizzlies[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Memphis Grizzlies[14]
  • Described at URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20190414204445/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/scores95/95307/95307325.htm[15], https://web.archive.org/web/20190414204604/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/scores95/95309/95309315.htm[16]
  • Replaces: Vancouver Grizzlies[17]
  • Topic has template: Q25867763[18]
  • Category for members of a team: Category:Memphis Grizzlies players[19]
  • Social media followers: 1,153,719[20], 938,319[21], 28,300[22], 1,311,025[23], 36,000[24], 1,547,473[25], 59,900[26], 69,600[27], 82,000[28], 102,000[29]

Why It Matters

Memphis Grizzlies has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . nba.com. nba.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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