Memphis Grizzlies win their NBA Regular Season Opener as Ja Morant outlasts Zion Williamson
It was a difficult preseason for the Memphis Grizzlies – but in this moment, it’s all worth it. Host Joe Mullinax breaks down the brilliance of Ja Morant, the pros and cons of Jaren Jackson Jr., and how GG Jackson fits in after a major win in Memphis over the Pelicans on this episode of Locked on Grizzlies!
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32 Comments
It’s a school night sleepy Joe!
Let's go Grizz! Man, I am hyped up about Coward – so much for the League being too much for him!!!!!!!
One down, 49 to go (to guarantee a high seed in the playoffs)! GO GRIZZ!
HEY JOE!! Did you see Konchar’s beautiful lob to Cedric Coward ?!?!?🤓🤓🤓
Trade GG Jackson for a Bronny, a real prospect
Jessica Benson highlighted the versatility of this squad and noted how crazy that was considering we have like 5 players injured.
That’s what you get with a Tuomas Iisalo collective. Do you see it now? And this is just the start! We aint seen nothing yet.
Figured you’d be happy the grizzlies won
White rice goes great with almost everything 🙃
You speak of Jock as if he is earning $20m per year. He is on a vet minimum deal and is a good return based on that alone.
Let's not overdo it with Cedric Coward, who was great! Let's give Jock Landale a chance to get comfortable before we write him off for a replacement.
My Grizzlies wish! Morant to play in 70 of 82 games. If so, he will be an all-star, and the Grizzlies will finish as a top five team in the west. Go Grizzlies!
GG's personality and skillset doesn't fit this squad or the direction of this team. Trade him to either Portland, Charlotte, Chicago, Sacramento, Utah, or Philly. He needs to go to a team that doesn't have a lot of pressure on the to win but us good enough to maybe make the play-in. I believe Memphis rushing him to be great because of his talent. But not giving him time to develop. He's a kid who lets his offense dictate how hard he plays. If he's having a good game and getting the minutes then his effort is higher. But if he's thinking too much about getting bench then he makes mistakes because he's rushing. It's a balance and I hope he gets traded to one of those teams I mentioned because he's too talented to be outta this league
everyday
Center rotation is buns. Aldama is useless on both sides of the floor(except for those blocks which low key had me a little hyped) Javon Small as the backup point guard is not a good look. If he’s not making those pull up 3s then he’s not doing much of anything. Just not enough shot creation.
I don’t see why GG didn’t play in those rotations where we lacked shot creation.
Prosper did not look lost out there cause I was definitely lost on who he was when I saw him live lol
Santi is useless.
Jaren has had about 10x the game XP of the guy he doubled in production. Its the first game 19:15–19:45. He got those minutes because JJJ got 4 fouls in the 1st half and through him in the fire first game. Just saying.
Hoping for health this YEAR
Only one game. Kind of sloppy but as long as the win came, it's all good. Pelicans are suffering just as much as we are. Zion looked pretty good too. Once the depth comes back healthy, Ja and Jaren will have higher assist totals. Vince and GG might want to start proving what their worth is in the near future.
Olivier-Maxence Prosper – "Max P"
I couldn't watch the game in its entirety but I am actually feeling optimistic about the comback. I dnt really mind the slow start, the main thing is the W. We've come out hot many times just to lose the game. The fact that we were able to turn things around and win makes me think that we have gotten to a place where we can actually make good in game adjustments now.
What a turn around for Coward. He looked terrible in preseason and now looked great.
I don't get Santi or why they continue to keep him around as a key piece.
Yea that was a bad win. That game was horrible and they won just because they got the teams number to be real. From all the bad fouls Jaren took to the terrible ball movement on offense. Ain’t no way we think this going to win games with this type of defense and ball movement. Glad for the win but we definitely going to need to get better because win we play against teams with better bigs and players this want happen.
You could tell by watching the game that KCP is the veteran presence that the grizzlies desperately needs
coward was fantastic, he is a gem
yeah aldama was off ofensively, but look at the two consecutive blocks he did to zion, ahh jajajajja that was good yes sir. Not every patzer can block zions shot
25:10 you are very right about this, both gg and jjj have a similar issue in regards to playmaking, it seems that they focus too much on their move and forget to read the whole court.
Small sample size but i liked what i seen from OMax. You say we want dogs, he looked more dog than vince or gg have in a long time. He was 2nd best player off the bench.
Jaylen wells I hope he becomes a all-star this year in his second season
I don't mind Konchar, not saying he is anywhere near my favorite. I think his best quality is sneakiness. He gets way more rebounds than a guy his size should because he sneaks up and grabs one from someone else.