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Not having a superstar pretty much lowers their expectations as far as playoffs are concerned, and they're not as deep as advertised... I have to believe they'll cool off eventually...
They are perched on top of their division at 8-1. After a 9-point road defeat to the Clippers on opening night, they've had impressive wins against Heat, OKC, and New York (consecutive Ws BTW). SA is not to be counted out by any stretch of the imagination, but Memphis is bigger, more athletic, and younger so I have to believe they will win the division (injuries aside for either team).
I like their swag. I like their toughness. They don't seem intimidated and looks like they are primed to make the next step. Thoughts?
Not having a superstar pretty much lowers their expectations as far as playoffs are concerned, and they're not as deep as advertised... I have to believe they'll cool off eventually...
Randolph is having another monster year again. With their size they have a real shot to take the conference if they stay healthy.
they play hard defense, have an allstar frontcourt, a dynamic wing player, a scoring PG, and play efficient offense where not one person dominates the ball. they've been following the spurs' championship blueprint. they even have their own lockdown defender in tony allen. they can make the WCF this year if they stay healthy.
Except they don't have a Tony Parker, Tim Duncan, or Manu...
People have said the same about Memphis for three years now, tbh... I get it, they're a small-market team, they act tough on the court, "grit n' grind," etc., but it's sickening how people have lined up to fellate the Memphis freaking Grizzlies, tbh....
grizz are better than the clippers tbh
Tbh, recent head-to-head results suggest otherwise...
last i heard playoff series are 7 games.
grizz are for real. you need to accept it.
that was last year son.
grizz are back and they're better.
Clippers got better too... no more Foye or Mo Williams stinking up the joint, tbh....
You're not giving Randolph enough credit. He's a monster on the glass, is a pretty versitale scorer, and he's shown himself to be a bigtime playoff performer. The Clippers look really solid too (especially if Odom can ever get in shape), but don't hate on the grizz man.
It's a rivalry, I gotta hate on the Grizz, tbh...
Grizz are dangerous, shedding OJ probably helped chemistry
good pointIt's a rivalry, I gotta hate on the Grizz, tbh...
Rudy is maturing as a player as well. He stood up LeBron, KD, and Melo. Then dropped L's on all 3 of them. I'm impressed with them tbh.
I like Grizz chance tbh to reach the WCF
their starting 5 is one of the most balanced in the nba tbh
their flaw is their bench, Speights is solid but the rest sucks badly
Yup and the Clipper have the strongest bench in the nba, that's how they stole the series last year. The Clips looks like the early favorites to win the west to me but it's a long season.
It'll be interesting to see if they can upgrade it before the deadline. That size though, I mean, they have a really high ceiling with Randolph and Gasol playing like they are. I know Miami would want no part of that matchup in the Finals.
This is true. Conley/Allen force turnovers like crazy and Conley isn't horrible on offense and tries to get a good shot.
Gay is a scorer who occasionally becomes a chucker but when he chucks Randolph boxes everyone out
Randolph might be an MVP candidate, tbh; then Fat Gasol is the same as his bro but not as soft
still haven't made up my mind about it.. two years ago without gay they looked like the real deal, but when gay came back they regressed a lot.. if they have finally learned how to make zach and rudy work well toghether, they may be up to something...
fascinating tale, scrah
Gay was out for the end of the 2011 season when Randolph beat up on TOSB Duncan/Dice and the turd towers. Then Randolph only played in 38 games last season (starting in 8) then was unsurprisingly ineffective in the playoffs.
Now they're both healthy and don't have a chucker in Mayo to take away touches from them and Fat Gasol
I'll say this. The Grizzlies are not the same team they were last season.
1. This season's Zach Randolph is much better than last season's Zach Randolph.
2. The Grizzlies backup point guard is not Jeremy Pargo (who sucks) or OJ Mayo (who doesn't have good handles and is turnover prone at that position). After years of the backup PG being a liability to the Grizzlies they finally found a decent backup point guard in Jerryd Bayless who comes in and runs the offense, hits some shots, and don't get the Grizzlies beat.
3. The Grizzlies are a better 3 point shooting team than they were last season (although they sucked against Charlotte) which has a little bit to do with the additions of Bayless and Ellington and the improvement of Quincy Pondexter. Can they keep it up? We shall see.
The Grizzlies should be getting Darrell Arthur back soon.
their next step will be exchanging some of their best performers to the lakers for some craps, they are farming team to lakers
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