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If you want to find O.J. Mayo, look no further than the practice court. That’s where Mayo can be found shooting jumpshot after jumpshot. It has translated on the court, where Mayo has been scoring more and has been doing it efficiently. His teammates have noticed

Tony Allen:

“One thing about Juice is that he’s a competitor. He loves to win. When a person has that much fire in him, with his talent and the way he shoots, it’s a great attribute to our team. For him to get through all that (he has gone through), that just shows mental toughness. I’m glad he’s my teammate.”

Mike Conley

“I look up to him for the way he’s handled himself. It seems unreal what he’s had to go through the whole year. It seemed like issue after issue popped up out of nowhere but I knew once he got comfortable in his role he’d get back in a groove. He’s making shots he’s used to making.”

Zach Randolph

“He’s in the gym late at night working on his game and you can tell. He understands we need him and he’s big for this team.”

Coach Hollins:

“We had a conversation and I told him, ‘Shoot the ball when you’re open. That’s what you do’ I’ve never taken you out when you miss shots, so don’t think that you can’t take a shot because you might miss it. You can’t make them if you don’t shoot them.’ He’s come on and shot the ball extremely well. It’s important for us as we go forward that he continues to shoot the ball well. He’s a big factor on our squad. We need him to make shots.”

The Memphis Grizzlies can rest assured that they will get the best of O.J. Mayo in the Playoffs.

For the past few games, O.J. Mayo has been coming off the bench, not because of poor play, but so the Grizzlies can have a better bench. Coach Hollins was quoted as saying:

“I’ve been thinking about how we can balance our line-up. Everybody talks about how bad the bench is. We were not getting anybody on the bench that was a true, pure scorer so I have always been trying to figure out what is best to do. O.J. is a good shooter and he does have a scoring mentality. When you put him with the second unit maybe they’ll develop an identity.”

While Mayo is disappointed, he is committed to winning and doing what’s best for the team:

“You just have to be patient and stay enthused. I just want to help my team in any way possible. I just want it to be a winning decision. I won’t do anything to bother this team because I’m definitely a team player.”

O.J. Mayo was spotted in a high school gym working out with Derrick Rose and Tyreke Evans. Rose and Evans went on to win Rookie of the Year and showed that they can run the point for their teams while being an offensive treat. That’s what O.J. Mayo hopes to work on this summer and he has two great players to learn from.

You may have heard the rumors that O.J. Mayo was almost traded to the Golden State Warriors before the trade deadline for Monta Ellis.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Warriors head coach didn’t even know of the trade but had he known, would have done it in a heartbeat.

How do you think Mayo would fare in the run and gun offense of the Warriors?

OJ Mayo of the Memphis Grizzlies poses for a portrait during the 2010 NBAE Circuit as part of the 2010 NBA All-Star Weekend.

The NBA season finally tips off today for O.J. Mayo and the rest of the Memphis Grizzlies as they take on the Detroit Pistons. Here’s wishing O.J. a healthy and winning season!