After another Memphis loss, what comes next for Jaren Jackson Jr. and the Grizzlies?
The Memphis Grizzlies have won THREE games in the month of January. That’s not acceptable – but what comes next with Ty Jerome and Scotty Pippen Jr. ramping up and Jaren Jackson Jr.’s name continuing to be mentioned in NBA trade rumors? Host Joe Mullinax breaks down Memphis’ loss to the Charlotte Hornets and more on this episode of Locked on Grizzlies!
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17 Comments
Cam is playing pretty well and hard as PG but he should play as a shooter. Of course I know that is not allowed now but I wish if Cam can concentrate on his long range shooting…. We need Jerome to be on the court if we are gonna continuously missing Ja….
I’m not putting all my chips on it but Ik the potential turnaround it can make on the team and the city. We need Giannis, or if anything a player with a similar play type. Our system these past few seasons have centered around an iso scorer being good at PnR, able to open the floor for shooters and get a bucket in clutch situations. For time and time again we forced and oh so believed that Jaren was/is the player for that role. He is not. Our somehow #1 option?? A Max player that will become invisible if the team is somewhat healthy, as he has done plenty times before btw. Every season is a repeat of us having to reply on Jaren and it ends up costing us because he’s most available and our biggest player that doesn’t consistently rebound, pass, nor be aggressive to get a bucket in clutch situations cause he’s top heavy with two left feet. Consistently being bullied by small guards should tell you enough. Averaging 4 fouls a game in YEAR 8 should tell you enough. Stop making an excuse that Jaren deserves better. WE DESERVE BETTER. I don’t want to point a finger at him but we as a community need to stop being in denial and admit that Jaren doesn’t fit for this team. He a good person, first person to hop off the bench to congratulate a teammate, players love his energy yea but we tryna to bring a ring to the city. However, to do so we need a dog at the PF, simple… and that’s not Jaren.
Jaren Jackson Jr. deserves better, &, like Giannis, needs to find a "new home." This man has soldiered through seasons where his player development was ignored, 3 different coaches, Ja/Kleiman/Pera/Jenkins/Iisalo drama all while representing the team/franchise with the utmost professionalism, he has served the community of Memphis, &, now, it seems he is being asked to tank away a season of his prime so the Grizzlies can position themselves for the draft to enter into some type of a rebuild. And, no, a man who has scored 20+ points in the 1st half of multiple games this season doesn't just forget how to score in the 2nd half. This combined with a team pattern this season of blowing sizeable leads… No, these are more than coincidences. It has seemed for quite some time that the team has been positioning itself for the draft. And, Jaren is the one who is being asked to sacrifice the most, &, most unfairly, he is the one mostly being attacked for losses that seem to be the product of an organizational decision. Jaren Jackson Jr. deserves far better than remaining the salary floor guy for a team/franchise that has not really done much right by him. God willing, he will find a "new home" soon. And, no, Giannis is not coming to Memphis. It'd be probably the last destination he would consider. And, no, sending Jaren to a Giannis-less, rebuilding Bucks franchise would not be doing right be Jaren. He deserves better.
It's crazy to see how fast teams go on runs when Jaren checks out of games. Also I've never seen a player before when he has 18+ in the first half he's almost guaranteed to give you nothing in the 2nd.
Trying to introduce Euro League coaching philosophy to the NBA is like apples and oranges.
You're talking about everyone except the Coach!
We want to tank at this point
Joe, Locked on Grizzlies fans. Bad coaching is a problem. Poor roster building, problem. I'm not impressed with Jaren. Diabate had 7 offensive rebounds 19 total. He clearly out played JJJ. This is just as bad when Stewart from Detroit looked like an all-star. We cannot win meaningful games when the biggest person on the court rebounds like a guard. Name one team who ever won anything with a big who can't rebound. I'd said this when Bane was traded. KCP is nowhere close to being the same player or defender. He should've been flipped to a contender. If Ja and Edey can't play, trade them too.
We WANT TO TANK!! WE HAVE A CHANCE AT 2 LOTTERY PICKS.
Here’s your copium:
-2 lotto picks potentially a top 5 or better
-then we have the last season for:
KCP 22 million
Brandon Clarke 12.5 million
Konchar. 6.5 million
Williams 2.5 million
Total 43.5 million
We are moving into a place where we have a really good team and let’s look at a squad next year and pretend we can move 2 first round picks to dump KCP, Clarke, and Konchar.
So we free up 41 million and have 2 amazing picks
Here is a lineup
1. Ja
2. Should’ve kept bane/but let’s say trade tye Jerome and we get an amazing sg in the lottery, say the #1 guy Peterson.
3. Zion Williamson
4. Jaren
5. Zach Edey
1b pippen
2b cam
3b other lottery
4b Santi
5b Hartenstein
If we had a team like that that was healthy we’d win.
WE WANT TO LOSE EVERY DAMN GAME.
God stop dumping our players:
Brooks
Adams
Bane
Laravia
Etc.?!?
Keep our freaking squad!
This commentary is dumb Joe! I don’t give AF about other teams?
Jaren at Milwaukee?!? Why? They suck with Gianni’s? He’d go from one shit team to the next?
We have a bright future still have we can hold for one more season. But this Bane move was AWFUL!!! IT WAS THE WORST MOVE IN GRIZZLIES HISTORY! It’s done though.
And the coach hasn’t had a chance and I was the most anti him there was, but cmon, the guy has had a terrible team.
Next season we will be in good shape and we need to hold! JA had no market and Jaren is not replaceable?
Hold and tank! That is the only play now. I’d say if you can move tye Jerome and Cam Spencer while they have trade value, do it. Other than that, hold!
My wife is an investigative journalist, so I appreciate the professional approach and the journalistic ethics this program uses covering this team. Things are rough right now for Grizz fans between the team being in a free fall and all the fallout from the Pera situation, but Mullinax and Cole are shining example of why we still need coverage from traditional print journalism.
Loses are a good thing not a bad thing. But I would never actually tune in to watch a loss that's crazy work
Cam is having the same issue Bane was. Trying to be a pg when youre a natural sg. We are just so lacking of pgs. I wish we had a star pg on our team. Oh wait…
guy went full talking-head mode
You say JJJ doesn't deserve this but yiu would trade him to the Bucks. After Giannis Bucka is in the same state as the Grizz of not worst.
Good tank the Grizz are doing! Keep pushing
Grizzlies fan king Real talk I thought this new organization going to build a team of stronger only building the team not for success money wise agent NBA team that won championship they always have a strong batch this guy tradeway all these bench players I know this guy tried to dismantle the starting five Disney owners do I need to build a strong team to win playoffs did they make and that's the reality