{"id":599034,"date":"2026-02-12T15:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/599034\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T15:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:11:11","slug":"jahmai-mashack-starts-plays-22-minutes-for-memphis-at-denver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/599034\/","title":{"rendered":"Jahmai Mashack starts, plays 22 minutes for Memphis at Denver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 12, 2026, 7:03 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Denver (35-20) defeated Memphis (20-33), 122-116, Wednesday at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Former Tennessee <a href=\"http:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/mens-basketball\/2026\/02\/12\/jakobi-gillespie-scores-18-points-as-tennessee-vols-defeat-mississippi-state\/88635345007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">basketball<\/a> player <a href=\"http:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/mens-basketball\/2026\/02\/10\/jahmai-mashack-scores-17-points-memphis-grizzlies-at-golden-state-warriors\/88602175007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jahmai Mashack<\/a> made his second career start and played 22 minutes for the Grizzlies. He totaled nine points, three rebounds, two assists, two steals and one block. Mashack converted 4-of-11 field goal attempts and 1-of-5 three-point attempts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The former Vol signed a two-way contract with Memphis on Nov. 16, 2025 and splits time between the Grizzlies and the Memphis Hustle, a NBA G-League affiliate. He began the season with the Hustle and averaged 7.6 points, 5.4 assists and 3.4 steals per game through five contests before being promoted to Memphis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Mashack was selected in the second round by Memphis with the No. 59 overall pick. He was the final selection in the 2025 NBA draft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The 6-foot-4, 202-pound guard played for the Vols from 2021-25. He appeared in 137 games, including 59 starts. Mashack was named as a 2025 Naismith Defensive Player Finalist and earned 2025 SEC All-Defensive Team honors.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Memphis will next play on Feb. 20 versus Utah. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m. EST at FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_gl gnt_em__el\" href=\"http:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/picture-gallery\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/mens-basketball\/2025\/03\/02\/photos-tennessee-vols-basketball-jahmai-mashack-game-winning-three-point-shot-against-alabama\/81067133007\/\" data-t-l=\"\u2691g:l|l|c|view gallery:inline promo\" aria-label=\"View Gallery - Photos of Jahmai Mashack&#039;s game-winning three-point shot versus Alabama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770909071_931_81067307007-usatsi-25552313.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Follow Vols Wire on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VolsWire\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VolsWire\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">X<\/a>\u00a0(formerly Twitter).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 12, 2026, 7:03 a.m. ET Denver (35-20) defeated Memphis (20-33), 122-116, Wednesday at Ball Arena in Denver,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599035,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3795],"tags":[72400,7,1135,294,293,177,4070,6,77586,73480,73062,72696,72422,72526,73815,72687,72403],"class_list":{"0":"post-599034","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-memphis-grizzlies","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-co","11":"tag-grizzlies","12":"tag-memphis","13":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","14":"tag-memphisgrizzlies","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-sstssportscollegevolunteersmens-basketball","17":"tag-sstsnmens-basketball","18":"tag-tagdenver","19":"tag-tagfacebook","20":"tag-tagnba","21":"tag-tagsmg-timely","22":"tag-tagtennessee-volunteers-mens-basketball","23":"tag-tagtwitter","24":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116058304290087609","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}