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And its not just that his constant gamesmanship makes the game hard to watch. Against Atlanta, he makes one of his famous gem adjustments. The Rocket announcers think its hilarious. Paul knows which refs are milktoast (or on his Christmas list) because, just like when he sucker punched Gasol (ok, forearm to the solar plexus), there is a Chrissy-friendly ref a few feet away. Great win, btw.

I'm gonna blame the usual suspects. This was not a game where one team should have shot twice as many free throws. We should have won it, but anyway, NBA.com tagline should have read, "Thunder (AND REFS) Surge Past Grizzlies Down Stretch" (Well, I forgot about Parsons. His defense is grab and hold.)

Back to Back, ciunas bringin it!

Maybe I will end up eating crow, but I'll say it anyway. I'm starting to hate this guy. I've had two sports knee surgeries, so I'm biased and knowledgeable. Its over for Parsons. I just watched his grinning interview. Its a little knife in the gut every time that hypocrite says the word "team." Parsons, take every dime of your 94 million and go home. You are embarrassing yourself and the Grizzlies. They said you had to prove that you could play before they would let you. (How unreasonable of them.) Now they've gone back on that. To me this means that you've decided to push your sorry broken down backside up and down the court no matter the cost ... to others.

I hope this means that he is NBA ready _and_ ready to prove it in the G League. If not, the Grizzlies and fans are cast as bit players in the continuing Chandler Parsons Saga, as we find your hero, Chandler, turning away from early injury retirement, once more grabbing the spotlight and battling impossible odds to return to his beloved NBA.

NBA refereeing is ridiculous. Its part of the show, not sport. Money closes mouths. "Rasslin" calls confirm that some games are rigged. I hope the winner of the Super Bowl is the boycott. It might send a message, even to the NBA.

Professionally refereed sports entertainment.

Well I tried, but it seems that you must get your panties in a wad. I asked you why you repeatedly misstated the facts before you messaged that you didn't the facts. It had been pointed out to you in at least one another thread, so for all I knew you were doing it on purpose. I was honestly wondering why. Calling me Chris is strange, but being bassackward about the worst FO stuff is stranger. There are plenty of facts against the Wallace FO. Your view of "banished" _is_ a twist of the facts. Wallace would not have done that to the team that he had a major role in building.

I see your reply above that you didn't know the facts. The Grizzlies best shot at a title, the goal of the blow-it-uppers, was killed by that new FO, the clean sweep. You make great arguments for your case, but you were unconsciously rewriting history to erase the best argument against it. Its hard not to be affected by current politics, seeing the facts twisted 180. I don't mean to offend. I'm sure I do it myself. Its a sign of the times.

And on cue, Atlanta takes it to Oklahoma. About the low playoff threshold in the east, its also likely that a couple of the group of nine will hit the skids. So still 3 or 4 that we have to beat to make the goal.

Definitely these 5: Atlanta Chicago New York Cleveland Phoenix So we only need 3 out of these 9: Washington Sacramento Minnesota New Orleans Dallas Brooklyn Charlotte Orlando Detroit I guess depends on who gets hurt and who comes to play.

Why do you continue to say this?

I go back to my old standby. Its Marc and Mike's team. They need to enforce the mismatch thing. Because of his size, Marc is often the one who should be taking advantage of the mismatch. He should be shooting over or pounding and bullying his way to the hoop until they double or the refs stop him. Then there will open jump shots.

Click-bait and I guess ear-bait for local radio.

Marc fell asleep on the rebound. At times the team is asleep. Just create the mismatch and do what works until they adjust. This is the number one frustration watching Griz games, followed closely by post entry passing. This team should have a playoff worthy record. And the players know it.