The Memphis Grizzlies Thread

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#11,003
#11,003
So I see the weeping women came out for a few minutes and then quickly returned to the shadows.


....anyway.


Go Grizz.
 
#11,004
#11,004
Haven't seen him get butthurt and sulk before. Guess he can't take the heat. Lord knows he and I haven't been exactly on the same page, especially about Lionel.
 
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For TBrown

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#11,019
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What I posted in the NFL forum.

Broncos. Peyton is on a mission and I can't see him being denied. Plus, the broncos having 4 players and a coach with SB experience compared to Seattle who has nobody with experience is a big plus.

Looking at the weather forecast, it's a lot more favorable. Granted, it's still cold but the game time temperature will be hovering around 32 and there is no precip expected.

The cold doesn't concern me as much as wind and precip. Peyton torched the Titans with temps in the lower teens.
 
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#11,020
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Nerd-Vol said:
One of two ways:

1. Seattle by 3

Or

2. Denver by 10 or more.

I say if Denver loses it will be a close loss. If Denver wins it will be a blowout.
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I've been telling everyone that Peyton is gonna win this one, but I have it in the back of my mind it slips away from his grasp with the Seahawks defense. Hope that feeling is dead wrong.
 
#11,021
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Midseason grade on SI.com.

Midseason grades for all 30 NBA teams | The Point Forward - SI.com

Memphis Grizzlies: C-minus
20-20, No. 9 in West

This has been a dizzying free fall for the Grizzlies, who have plummeted from a franchise-best 56 wins last year to .500 this year, and from a dazzling trip to the conference finals to fourth place in the Southwest Division. The major extenuating factor, of course, is a knee injury that sidelined Marc Gasol for nearly two months. The Spanish big man is the Grizzlies’ centerpiece on both sides of the ball, and his absence made for a Memphis team that bears little resemblance to last year’s group. In 2012-13, the Grizzlies’ grit-and-grind defense ranked second. This season, Memphis is 17th in points allowed per possession, buried near the unimpressive likes of Cleveland and Orlando. Gasol, the reigning Defensive Player of the Year, will surely help pick things up on that end now that he has returned, but he is tasked with a major excavation effort.

The good news: Memphis sits just three games out of the playoff picture and could well replace Phoenix or Dallas by season’s end, thanks in large part to All-Star-caliber play from point guard Mike Conley (18.1 points, 6.3 assists, 20.8 PER) in Gasol’s absence. The bad news: The clock was already ticking on the Grizzlies’ veteran-dominated core group, and just squeaking into the playoffs won’t be enough to consider this season a success.

Indeed, the rough start to the season has been a reminder that contention windows can open and close with incredible quickness in the uber-competitive West. Falling out of the conference’s top tier — for any reason, injuries included — forces the Grizzlies to ask some tough questions. Can first-year coach Dave Joerger resurrect the team’s elite defense, or did their premier play on that end depart with former coach Lionel Hollins? Is a roster whose perimeter corps features the recently acquired Courtney Lee, the dilapidated Tayshaun Prince and the injured Quincy Pondexter capable of keeping up with the West’s premier offenses? Is it worth maintaining a payroll that’s nearly in the luxury-tax territory for a team that’s looking at an uphill battle to win a single playoff series? Is it time to start imagining a life without Zach Randolph, who is making $17.8 million this season and can become a free agent in the summer? Have we reached the point where this team’s core should really only consist of the Gasol/Conley pairing?

These aren’t questions that Memphis thought it would be facing so quickly after its 2013 joy ride, but they will all loom large unless Gasol can lead a major turnaround by April.
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#11,023
#11,023
I'm in a hotel room in Greenville Ms. Anybody know a site I can go to to watch the game tonight on my tablet? There is WiFi here but it doesn't seem to be real speedy.
 
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