Predicting the role for each Grizzlies rookie selected in 2024 NBA Draft

The Memphis Grizzlies may not have been major players during this summer's free-agency period, but they were quite active on NBA Draft night this past June.

Coming away from the festivities, Zach Kleiman and company had brought aboard three young ballers to add to their talent pool, each possessing skill sets and varying levels of development that are hoped to come in handy for the organization in one way or another.

Predicting roles for each Grizzlies rookie selected in 2024 NBA Draft

Heading into their rookie campaign, each of these new prospects will serve specific and very different roles on the team. Today, we at BSB predict how they will ultimately be utilized during the 2024-25 season.

Cam Spencer

The last player selected by the Grizzlies in this year's NBA Draft finds himself first to be discussed on today's list. In many ways, Cam Spencer is arguably the most intriguing talent among the club's rookie class.

After making a name for himself at the collegiate level as a long-range marksman for the NCAA Champion UConn Huskies, the 24-year-old's sniper skill set translated seamlessly into this year's NBA Summer League tournament, where he ended up posting impressive averages of 13.0 points on an insane 57.1 percent shooting clip from distance and 68.8 percent shooting overall from the floor.

Tabbed by many as a Max Strus type of baller, it's no surprise that the 29-ranked three-point shooting team from last year opted to select a guy like Spencer with the 53 overall pick and why they were eager to sign him to a rookie-scale deal soon after.

Role: Frequent G League participant

Agreeing to terms on a two-way contract earlier this month, the two-guard will almost certainly be seeing the majority of his professional minutes logged in the G League with the Grizzlies' affiliate team, the Memphis Hustle.

That said, players attached to such deals are eligible to be promoted to the varsity squad up to 50 times throughout the regular season, and, considering his well-documented intensity and overall drive to succeed, it's hard not to believe that he'll be a frequenter on the sidelines throughout the club's 82-game slate, especially if they end up failing to re-sign the likes of Luke Kennard.

We've already seen some top-flight success stories coming from the development team over the past few years (GG Jackson, Vince Williams Jr., Scotty Pippen Jr., etc.). Hopefully, Cam Spencer can find a way to add his name to such a luxurious list.