Steve Francis was the Vancouver Grizzlies' second pick in the 1999 NBA Draft. However, long before David Stern called his name to the stage, the University of Maryland product let the world know ...

Steve Francis was ready to leave the Grizzlies as soon as he got drafted in 1999. ... I damn near cried when I got taken by the Grizzlies at No. 2,” Francis said in his Players’ Tribune article.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Grizzlies have waived three-time All-Star Steve Francis. The Grizzlies acquired Francis from the Rockets in December in exchange for a 2011 conditional second-round ...

On June 30, 1999, Steve Francis did not smile after his name was called during the NBA Draft. He did not smile after he hugged his grandmother, tugged a crisp Vancouver Grizzlies hat onto his head ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Steve Francis and Darius Miles, both obtained by Memphis last month, finally gave a veteran look to the young Grizzlies before Sunday's 102-82 win against Dallas. Miles was on ...

The Grizzlies had the second pick overall in the 1999 NBA draft, which they used to select Steve Francis out of Maryland. Unfortunately, Francis disliked the idea of playing for the team , which ...

As far as NBA Draft debacles go, the Vancouver Grizzlies' selection of Maryland point guard Steve Francis in 1999 is rarely mentioned as an all-timer, in the vein of Darko in '03, Shawn Bradley in ...

HOUSTON -- Oft-injured guard Steve Francis was traded from the Houston Rockets to the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday for a conditional second-round draft pick in 2011. The Grizzlies also receive a ...

It was one of those hinge points in Steve Francis’s life. He would be transitioning from college to the pros, from unpaid to paid. Just as Francis’s unlikely backstory—a rough childhood, a ...

Injury-plagued guard Steve Francis was traded from the Houston Rockets to the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday for a conditional second-round draft pick in 2011.

The most famous and overt precedent, though, took place in 1999, when the Vancouver Grizzlies selected University of Maryland guard Steve Francis with the No. 2 pick.