MEMM: Straight to the Hole!

It’s been just two short years for UFOS Uncalled Flopping Objects, but after going 3-33 over 2024-25, Victor decided to call it quits. I guess not every relative of Evan is a fantasy champion in waiting. However, CHMK was quick to send us a replacement! Evan reached outside of family this time and found us a new owner, one who was even raised in San Diego! We welcome Austin, the new owner of MEMM Memphis MonStars!!!

Austin and Evan play fantasy baseball together—in a league full of Padres fans—and this will be Austin’s first keeper league for basketball. With most of his fantasy hoops experience in roto, it’ll be interesting to see how he enjoys the 9Cat format. Not only does Austin play fantasy baseball and football--and is spry enough to play soccer multiple times a week--he also does fantasy Big Brother, which I need to ask him more about as one of my favorite fantasy sports is definitely fantasy MTV Challenge!

Now living in Memphis, Austin is a Grizzlies fan and he’s been following Ja Morant since high school. (Some of his favorite players in the past have been Larry Bird, Allen Iverson, Mike Bibby, Peja Stojaković, Carmelo Anthony, and Shaun Livingston.) So, the first order of business for the new MEMM franchise was to acquire Morant, which Austin did by shipping out Josh Giddey and a 2026 RD3 to ABCX pre-draft. That wasn’t Austin’s only pre-draft move either, as he also traded Jabari Smith Jr. for Devin Vassell—who ultimately wasn’t kept.

Mepmhis MonStars’ keeper core ended up looking like this after the one-team dispersal: Ja Morant, Kawhi Leonard, Onyeka Okongwu, Josh Hart, Keegan Murray, and Nikola Vucevic. The only holdover from UFOS days was Okongwu, with the likes of Smith Jr., Jarrett Allen, Jordan Poole, and Nic Claxton not surviving as carry over keepers from the previous season. The current mix of veterans and youth should put MEMM right into the playoff mix—especially since we are moving to a twelve-team playoff format—and if Morant and Leonard can stay relatively healthy, MEMM could beat out UFOS three total wins quite quickly.

This much maligned TeamID#4, which is now on its third owner after FOBS and UFOS, is the worst franchise in the league—boasting a 0.338 winning percentage over sixteen seasons. However, from all early scouting reports, Austin is the right owner to take them from the cellar to the penthouse. We wish him luck on a grand first season of SlamNation and we’re happy to have you MEMM Austin!