Grizzlies honour Canadian forward Brandon Clarke who died in May

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Grizzlies honored former forward Brandon Clarke, who died in May from an accidental drug overdose, before Wednesday night's season-opener against the Utah Jazz. The game was the first for Memphis since Clarke died May 11 in Woodland Hills, California. A medical examiner's report out of Los Angeles County, said his death was from the effects of heroin and cocaine. Six weeks earlier, Clarke, 29, was arrested in Cross County, Arkansas, across the Mississippi River from Memphis with 200 grams of kratom, which was classified as a Schedule I controlled substance in Arkansas. He had led...