The Grizzlies, who play the Charlotte Bobcats tonight, were off yesterday, but it was still an eventful night for the team. Within the span of an hour or so, word came out that the Grizzlies were signing Memphis native Lester Hudson to a rest-of-season contract and the fourth-seeded Los Angeles Clippers finally lost, falling at Phoenix in a close one.
Hudson first: The former Central High School and UT-Martin player is a dynamic 6’3” scoring guard who had a cup of coffee with the Grizzlies a couple of years ago, memorably scoring 13 points in 12 minutes in a home win over the Lakers back in February of 2010. Hudson, already 27, has been a journeyman through three seasons, playing 49 games for four franchises while spending time overseas and the “D” League, but has always shown good scoring ability when given the chance. And he finally got a major chance in 13 games this spring with the Cleveland Cavaliers, in which Hudson averaged 13 points in 24 minutes a game, including a recent four-game stretch in which he averaged 23 points a game and became a league-wide story for his sudden big-shot eruption:
