The Grizzlies have never revealed the full extent of the special program they put Jackson through, but executive vice president of basketball operations Zach Kleiman said part of it involved extra shooting sessions at night. Outside of being late for a team meeting that led to a two-game suspension, Jackson did everything that was asked of him, Kleiman said. “Josh had his own program and we wanted to see if he was going to be able to hold up and deal with the rigors of what we’re throwing at him,” Kleiman said. “As we got to know Josh more and more, one, he did literally everything that we asked of him and he did it happily. Josh has bought in and Josh has been excited to grow with the group. He did a great job forming bonds with guys on the Hustle. We’d always hoped that that would get to a point where we would end up calling up Josh to the Grizzlies. We’re happy that he’s with the Grizzlies now.”
