Are the Memphis Grizzlies to blame for the leak to Shams Charania of The Athletic that Dillon Brooks will not be returning to the team? Was it Dillon’s representation? Or someone else? And in the grand scheme of things, how does it impact the Grizzlies ability to get better this offseason? Host Joe Mullinax breaks down this, and other areas Memphis must address to get closer to NBA title contention, on this episode of Locked On Grizzlies!
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As a team it seems like the ball movement is way better and everyone is more involved when Tyus starts. I wish Morrant would figure this out and do the same. Instead of everyone standing around watching Ja.
You can’t be #62 out of 63 of SFs and 352/367 overall in true shooting percentage for small forwards and be too 100 in the NBA. That take is ridiculous, The only player at the 3 he was better than was Rudy Gay.
I do agree that last summer was the better opportunity to make that big trade to bring in a solid 3. Wish they could have gotten Cam Johnson at the trade deadline after striking out with Durant and Bridges, we still could but it’ll be more difficult not. Him and OG are the best fits for our team that are possibilities, we can’t bring in a ball dominant guy scorer at the 3 without blowing chemistry too much (I.e. Derozan).
Coaching mistakes during the playoffs:
Game 1) It's easy to characterize game one as a "feel out game" and no one saw Rui Hachimura dropping 30 and yes Ja leaving midway through the 4th quarter had an impact but it still was a 1 point game late in the 4th quarter and you're supposed to win those games at home. Austin Reeves was killing lil Tyus Jones so Taylor should have gone with the Bane/Luke backcourt down the stretch.
Game 3) The Grizzlies were outscored 35-9 in the first quarter. Even if the Lakers had played the Rockets in that game no one would have predicted a 35-9 score after one. If Taylor Jenkins somehow could have limited the damage to only being -10 instead of -26 after one quarter the Grizzlies probably with that game because Ja was unguardable.
Game 4) When the Grizzlies were up 97-90 late in that game, DLo got switched onto Jaren and he hit a three. At that moment Taylor should have switched to trapping DLo but he didn't and on the very next possession Jaren switched again and DLo hit another three. Also, when the Grizzlies were up two with 6 seconds remaining Taylor should have had Bane on DLo, Konchar on Reeves, Dillon on LeBron, Xavier on AD, and Jaren playing free safety. He didn't and we know what happened.
Game 6 doesn't really matter because if the Grizzlies even win two of those three games there is no game 6.
Another strength for Dillon Brooks is he's one of the few Grizzlies that was not as injury prone. Morant, Jackson, Baine and Adams missed many games due to injuries. The Grizzllies team lacked conditioning and strength coaching which spawns more injuries!
My prediction is under no circumstances will the Grizzlies Defense be as good without Dillon Brooks!
Some of the comments on DB as it relates to the Shams report disgusts me. We can all acknowledge that he had a terrible shooting year but bashing a guy who has been on this team for 6 years and given his all.. is gross. Tip your hat and wish him well.
I’m not sure that I’d feel good about trading Tyus. Ja makes too many risky decisions. His potential for injury (or god forbid suspension) is way too high to throw away the best backup PG in the NBA.
Us real Grizz fans do appreciate what Dillon was for us and did for this team but saying we are going to miss his defense so bad we wont be good is ridiculous when you have the defensive player of the year behibd him protecting the rim Dillon was effort guy but on the offensive end he was rewarded with wide open shots on a nightly basis from the 3pt line and he couldn't deliver in a league where the 3 ball is so valuable it was time for a change the way it went down was messy but its time to move on
So this exciting spicy nugget that you've been bragging about for the first part of the video is just some random theory you pulled out of your butt?!? 🤣🤣 You say you have no confirmation, and it's completely unsourced.. Great job, buddy.
There is a video of ja and dillon talking in the lakers series, ja saying to dillon we willbe back with no injuries, and dillon says to ja i wont be back sorry man.
They gota get Alex Caruso
Jaren needs to do some mma over summer, hes too soft. Maybe some medium rare steaks, and go hunting barefoot with stevo. And ja needs to do gun training. He will mature a lot, handle some bigger guns that will humble his respect for guns. Plinking is a good stress reliever too.
Demar derozen is not a defender tho. So if they get him who would be the main wing defender?
if the org did it thats just messed up and makes it look really bad
It does seem like most of the guys who follow/fans of the Grizz respect Dillon and what he did for the Grizz and arent all that cool with all the bagging on Dillon. Ready to move on from Dillon but in no way want to see him be treated bad or not land on his feet.
Grizzlies messed at trade deadline going for the big fish. lA did a great job getting good solid complimentary players
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I still say its coaches