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Fans, former teammates, Grizzlies honor 'first-team guy' Tony Allen at jersey retirement ceremony

The Commercial Appeal
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63% Informative

Tony Allen's jersey was retired at a jersey retirement ceremony at FedExForum on Saturday night .

Fans, former teammates and former teammates gathered for the ceremony.

The Memphis Grizzlies held a six-minute tribute video to the former NBA player.

Mike Conley left a tribute video where he ended with, " G-N-G forever".

VR Score

61

Informative language

55

Neutral language

70

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

30

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived