**MEMPHIS** — The NBA has opened an investigation into the Memphis Grizzlies after the franchise won its sixth consecutive game Saturday night, raising serious concerns that somebody in the organization may have figured out how basketball works.
Memphis improved to 6–0 with a 136–105 demolition of Sacramento, matching the best start in franchise history and becoming the league's last remaining undefeated team.
The performance immediately triggered suspicion.
Rookie Cameron Boozer scored 27 points, Isaiah Stewart added 24, and the Grizzlies' bench contributed an alarming 81 points, an amount of production investigators believe may violate several unwritten rules of NBA roster construction.
League officials are particularly concerned about Boozer, who appears to have skipped the traditional three-year development process involving inconsistent minutes, questionable shot selection, and repeated assurances that he's still learning the system.
Investigators are also reviewing footage suggesting Memphis players have been passing to open teammates, communicating on defense, and occasionally making intelligent basketball decisions without direct supervision.
The league has reportedly requested access to the team's playbook to determine whether this level of coordination was authorized.
Sacramento, meanwhile, fell to 0–6, providing investigators with a reassuring example of an NBA franchise operating within normal expectations.
The Kings have not been contacted as part of the investigation.
For now, Memphis remains unbeaten, its bench remains suspiciously productive, and the NBA faces a question nobody expected to be asking six games into the season.
Since when are the Grizzlies allowed to be this good?
