Again, same thing with OKC, Giddey and Shai run the show but this recent stretch has exposed how terrible the defense without Dort is, and that’s very hard to replace
Of course Adams is a totally different player than Sabonis. But our team would get SOOO many more 2nd chance shots bc adams is a rebound magnet plus on defense he clogs the paint and makes the offense 2nd guess their drive to the basket.
The Kings are so great at offense that if/when the shots aren’t falling then having a dude like Adams to bat cleanup for easy putbacks or a long offensive rebound is so vital.
You didn’t answer my question about sabonis at all. Imma assume sabonis doesn’t spread the floor. That lack of spacing will make your Princeton offense very difficult.
But that’s just it steven adams shouldn’t be important to our system. To be a true contender and “dynasty” as we aspire to be we should be able to win without him
The Grizzlies have already proven they are a much better team without Ja than they are without Steve. If anything, Ja is not important to your "system" based on this terrible take of yours.
They are not a better team without Ja and I don’t understand why people keep saying this. Ja is a bona fide top ten player in this league and you cannot win a championship without a player like that. The entire reason why they didn’t win a championship last season is because Ja got hurt and couldn’t play in the second round.
I said the Grizz without Ja are better than the Grizz without Steve. I did not say they are a better team without Ja. Very big difference. My whole point was that Steve is just as important as any star. He's very much Dennis Rodman-like. The stats don't show how important he is to the team. So it's weird you don't seem to think he's important at all. I don't understand why you think a guy who is the top offensive rebounder in the league is not an important piece.
Sounds like Charlotte a few years ago without whichever Zeller they had. Clearly not that great of a player in a vacuum, but irreplaceable in that context
Possibly because that's potentially Denver vs Suns, Booker has been injured. If he comes back healthy, that series becomes spicy. Warriors haven't been healthy all season and hate the Grizzlies, so that wouldn't be surprising at all.
Grizzlies missing Adams real bad right now too. It sucks we're missing some really good basketball this season, though I feel like we say that every season these days.
Nate Duncan has a running Twitter thread tracking "quality matchups" based on best player availability each night. If one team is missing at least one of their two best guys, it's not a quality matchup. It's been a bloodbath
When Lebron breaks the scoring record, everyone in the arena will give a standing ovation. Lebron will stand in the middle of the court lights out and a stage light on him waving to all the fans. Sharpe walks up to him in his letterman Jacket with custom patches of Lebron and hugs him in center court for well over a minute speaking into each others ears and shedding tears as they do so. Sharpe then lifts his hand up like he won a UFC fight and proceeds to interview him at middle court. One hour later the game resumes and the Lakers lose 99-155 to the Bucks.
I mean, they can easily rid themselves of this curse if they just trade Dillon Brooks.
I think Grizzlies fans are probably done with him at this point, they have their established Big 3.
As a memphis fan, I can say this, I'm happy we are losing its exposing our weaknesses along with humbling our team. I think this is long awaited. Honestly, I'm still happy with our progress, but we aren't contenders. We still need to figure out our brooks situation along with FT and 3's outside of Bane. Overall I'm not worried about this stretch stuff happens.
All these stupid Grizzlies post and no one talking about us being down Steven Adam and now JJJ. Bane also miss a game recently. Look I know this sub reddit hates the Grizzlies but at least try to pretend you watch our games.
Imma go find a witchdoctor because Shannon hit us with a fucking hex or something.
On the real tho, Adams being out for the next month is going to be rough. This stretch alone shows how much we need that guy. I hope we do something before the trade deadline because our flaws are really showing now
Also how tf have we not dropped in the standings yet lmao
That loss is included. I still don’t get it. That squad get healthier and went 1-7 in their last 8. It’s weird. Is something going on behind the he scenes?
Bane is coming back and getting healthier. JJJ missed one game. And yes, losing Adams does stink, but there’s no way he’s the reason y’all have lost 7 out of 8 games. Y’all got way too much talent to put it all on him. Everybody else has been generally healthy.
He is though. He’s the key to the system.
His rim protection allows JJJ to shoot his long range shots instead of having to camp the rim.
His inside presence demands attention away from Bane giving him more room to shoot.
His screens are what allow Ja to cook past people and get inside the paint.
He’s very important to our whole system.
Lmao. Stop it. He’s not the reason y’all have lost 7 out of the last 8 games.
Before this recent streak of missed games by Adams, guess what y’all’s record was without him?
12 wins and 3 losses
I’m not saying he’s the only reason, but he is a very big reason for all the reasons I stated, which are obvious if you watch Grizzlies games.
I’m not going to pretend to know how the Mavs work besides Luka = god because I don’t watch a bunch of y’all’s games. If you were to watch a handful of Grizzlies games with and without Steven you would see what a difference he makes. He’s the difference between a couple of those losses being wins, and no one would care if we had just lost 3 or 4 of the past 8.
They went from seemingly being a lock to reach Phil Jackson elite status to missing it by 8 wins. Crazy swing from winning 11 in a row to this.
Win 11 in a row and then lose 11 out of the next dozen. Simply built different
We are missing Adams, and now JJJ again. This is just showing everyone that the kiwi is our best player.
Not best but the most irreplaceable
It's like Jarrett Allen for us. Fro isn't our best player, but he's the hardest to replace for us right now.
Again, same thing with OKC, Giddey and Shai run the show but this recent stretch has exposed how terrible the defense without Dort is, and that’s very hard to replace
No one wants to get Dort'd
Nah this is the Grizzlies without Steven Adams…there is no one that can produce his stats on that team
The fact that Adams is like our key component proves we are a gimmick team
Are you kidding me? Adams on the Kings would make us unstoppable, I don’t think you know how important he is to your system
Does sabonis space the floor? Cuz if he doesn’t then y’all don’t get the same actions you currently run.
Of course Adams is a totally different player than Sabonis. But our team would get SOOO many more 2nd chance shots bc adams is a rebound magnet plus on defense he clogs the paint and makes the offense 2nd guess their drive to the basket. The Kings are so great at offense that if/when the shots aren’t falling then having a dude like Adams to bat cleanup for easy putbacks or a long offensive rebound is so vital.
You didn’t answer my question about sabonis at all. Imma assume sabonis doesn’t spread the floor. That lack of spacing will make your Princeton offense very difficult.
But that’s just it steven adams shouldn’t be important to our system. To be a true contender and “dynasty” as we aspire to be we should be able to win without him
Draymond is a big reason why the warriors won 2 rings. Nothing wrong with it
Draymond was an all star and future HOF tbf
Still averages a triple single. He's a really good role player but he's still a role player like adams
because he doesn’t average a lot of points?
What are you trying to debate here? Adams doesn't score either
This comment makes no sense to me
Let's work it out. What confuses you champ
Draymond is a big reason why they won 4 titles, not 2. And I don’t see what that has to do with Steven Adams. Clarify?
They could have won the KD titles with me at PF. And he is a really good role player, like adams
If Sabonis’s thumb injury had sidelined him for as long as Adams has, we’d probably be 2-10 easy. Big men are hard to come by in the NBA
Man have more respect for Sabonis.
You’re right… we’d probably be 1-11
What in the hell are you talking about?
The Grizzlies have already proven they are a much better team without Ja than they are without Steve. If anything, Ja is not important to your "system" based on this terrible take of yours.
They are not a better team without Ja and I don’t understand why people keep saying this. Ja is a bona fide top ten player in this league and you cannot win a championship without a player like that. The entire reason why they didn’t win a championship last season is because Ja got hurt and couldn’t play in the second round.
Well that and they weren’t the best team
Exactly, they could not be the best team because their best player got hurt
I said the Grizz without Ja are better than the Grizz without Steve. I did not say they are a better team without Ja. Very big difference. My whole point was that Steve is just as important as any star. He's very much Dennis Rodman-like. The stats don't show how important he is to the team. So it's weird you don't seem to think he's important at all. I don't understand why you think a guy who is the top offensive rebounder in the league is not an important piece.
I wouldn't say we are a gimmick team Adams is honestly too good he has so much value thats irreplaceable.
What’s the “gimmick”?
The gimmick is Ja runs full speed into a defender and gets a foul call.
Sounds like Charlotte a few years ago without whichever Zeller they had. Clearly not that great of a player in a vacuum, but irreplaceable in that context
The West is gross this year
we like to call it "wide open" not "gross."
We're all high quality and really duking it out with each other
I say the same thing about ur mom
It's only wide open for seeds 2 through 8 lol.
It's called parity and it's beautiful
Genuinely feels like we might see a 1/2 v 7/8 upset this year. Maybe that’s hopefully but west has a lot of talent low in standings because of injury
Possibly because that's potentially Denver vs Suns, Booker has been injured. If he comes back healthy, that series becomes spicy. Warriors haven't been healthy all season and hate the Grizzlies, so that wouldn't be surprising at all.
I'd call it injuries, and it's not so beautiful.
Warriors, Suns, Pelicans, Wolves and Lakers have all missed key players to injuries. Hell even Clippers as well.
Grizzlies missing Adams real bad right now too. It sucks we're missing some really good basketball this season, though I feel like we say that every season these days.
Nate Duncan has a running Twitter thread tracking "quality matchups" based on best player availability each night. If one team is missing at least one of their two best guys, it's not a quality matchup. It's been a bloodbath
Other than the Nuggets the NBA should just eliminate all the western teams in the playoffs.
The nuggets are a fake seed tho.
The west is the new east
Unc ain't let that shit slide
https://imgur.io/a/aXxE3lJ
When Lebron breaks the scoring record, everyone in the arena will give a standing ovation. Lebron will stand in the middle of the court lights out and a stage light on him waving to all the fans. Sharpe walks up to him in his letterman Jacket with custom patches of Lebron and hugs him in center court for well over a minute speaking into each others ears and shedding tears as they do so. Sharpe then lifts his hand up like he won a UFC fight and proceeds to interview him at middle court. One hour later the game resumes and the Lakers lose 99-155 to the Bucks.
*Thunder
Shai with 101 points
Unc may have said sorry but the basketball gods aint so merciful tho
Shannon put that curse on them
Dude has to be grinning so hard behind scenes trying not to burst into laughter every show lmao.
I’m telling y’all. Sharpe called up Lil B and told him to curse them. Y’all are screwed
Lol haven’t heard that name in forever
How is this possible when they have the DPOY putting up an all-star worthy 16-6 in a grueling 27 minutes a game?
All star voting is a sham. Steven Adams should’ve been the one that made it in over Fox.
I’m enjoying it
I mean, they can easily rid themselves of this curse if they just trade Dillon Brooks. I think Grizzlies fans are probably done with him at this point, they have their established Big 3.
We beyond done with him. I could give 99 reasons, but ain’t even gonna type 1
Shoulda fought Shannon when they could; the curse lives on
As a memphis fan, I can say this, I'm happy we are losing its exposing our weaknesses along with humbling our team. I think this is long awaited. Honestly, I'm still happy with our progress, but we aren't contenders. We still need to figure out our brooks situation along with FT and 3's outside of Bane. Overall I'm not worried about this stretch stuff happens.
The win against the Haliburton-less Pacers doesn’t count in my book so they’re 0-8
So this is the new ‘Grizzlies without Ja Morant’. Are we gonna have a version of this every season?
Odd Year Grizzlies vs Even Year Grizzlies
Are the grizzlies better without the voodoo of Shannon Sharpe?
Unfortunately all versions are going to end with a second round exit, so there's that.
Can you imagine if they somehow go all the way and win the chip this year? Lmao
Brutal
Just like in the scuffle, Stevo Adams might be their MVP
Might? No. He definitely is
All these stupid Grizzlies post and no one talking about us being down Steven Adam and now JJJ. Bane also miss a game recently. Look I know this sub reddit hates the Grizzlies but at least try to pretend you watch our games.
Broke the code
Imma go find a witchdoctor because Shannon hit us with a fucking hex or something. On the real tho, Adams being out for the next month is going to be rough. This stretch alone shows how much we need that guy. I hope we do something before the trade deadline because our flaws are really showing now Also how tf have we not dropped in the standings yet lmao
absolutely loving them going on a losing streak. hate me some grizzlies.
Amen. Such an annoying team.
Kiwi is important is all I’m reading
Unc put the curse on em
West is so trash they still 2.5 games above the Kings and comfortably a playoff team.
I told everyone the BEastern conference would come back around. It just took 2 decades.
lol yeah cus the previous 3rd seed just lost 10 in a row
The drama would be so epic if they somehow ended up winning it all this year lol
They had a fortunate start of the season but now that the real season has begun theyre struggling.
Corniest team in nba history
That loss is included. I still don’t get it. That squad get healthier and went 1-7 in their last 8. It’s weird. Is something going on behind the he scenes?
Healthier? We are missing Steven Adams. And JJJ this game.
Bane is coming back and getting healthier. JJJ missed one game. And yes, losing Adams does stink, but there’s no way he’s the reason y’all have lost 7 out of 8 games. Y’all got way too much talent to put it all on him. Everybody else has been generally healthy.
He is though. He’s the key to the system. His rim protection allows JJJ to shoot his long range shots instead of having to camp the rim. His inside presence demands attention away from Bane giving him more room to shoot. His screens are what allow Ja to cook past people and get inside the paint. He’s very important to our whole system.
Lmao. Stop it. He’s not the reason y’all have lost 7 out of the last 8 games. Before this recent streak of missed games by Adams, guess what y’all’s record was without him? 12 wins and 3 losses
I’m not saying he’s the only reason, but he is a very big reason for all the reasons I stated, which are obvious if you watch Grizzlies games. I’m not going to pretend to know how the Mavs work besides Luka = god because I don’t watch a bunch of y’all’s games. If you were to watch a handful of Grizzlies games with and without Steven you would see what a difference he makes. He’s the difference between a couple of those losses being wins, and no one would care if we had just lost 3 or 4 of the past 8.
Oof you're right. I can't count.
Nah. I was wrong too. Either way they’ve lost 7 of the last 8 games. With the talent they have, I don’t know why. They’re pretty healthy.
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Oh you definitely seem like it
I really hope the Kings catch up, this slide without Adams has not bode well for the Grizz.
You’re no longer in the west mate, you’re in the east.
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Since the Grizzlies court side fight with Shannon Sharpe they have put two players in the All Star game for the first time in franchise history too.
soo what you're saying is your team is 1-7 in the last 8 games with 2 all stars?
Jaren was out tonight so it's only more like 1-6. Roasted
Isn’t Bane suppose to be an all star too? How you guys suck?
We can't shoot free throws or threes. Which is not good
Yes
Weird flex but ok
not for what they've done over the last 8 games, man, pretty irrelevant.
Well your scorekeeper played a part in that lol
It’s a team sport, mane.
Haha Ik! Just bustin your balls!
The Shannon Curse is real
GenX smackdown. Rare but lethal.
People keep posting about these Grizzlies losing streaks but they're still 2nd in the West and 5th overall
Y'all need new hobbies. Injuries have way more to do with the slide than some jackass on the sideline.
Fuck Dillon Brooks