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People can't see past the current situation. When Ja is playing or Tyus is going through a slump, the whole attitude is 'why are we paying a backup so much money?' Meanwhile, everyone else recognizes Tyus could be a starter in this league.

They really are. Maybe it's the get off my lawn side of me, but I really miss pre-twitter NBA coverage. Pre-twitter anything, for that matter. I remember getting my news from Sportscenter, before all of the hot take talking head shows. Not that there aren't women on this board or that women don't follow basketball, but following the NBA right now really does feel like a soap opera for men.

Not that anyone cares, but I've almost stopped reading the boards five or six (probably more) times by now. It can be so unendingly negative and myopic. After losses, I avoid this forum like the plague. I'm already upset enough. It's unfortunate. To those who love the team, but who also enjoy following them more closely on these boards, simply take a break. It's not that serious. Realize that most people don't know what they're talking about and are simply venting their negative emotions here. .

This is complete speculation and is irresponsible reporting IMO. I'm 'guessing' this guy hasn't heard anything more than anyone else is reporting already.

Forgive me if it's been posted, but I read Ja checked himself in to rehab for alcohol. Has that been verified by anyone reputable?

I have never been more wrong about a player than I was about Santi. I rarely give up on players so early in their career, and I hadn't gotten to that point quite yet in Santis rookie season, but I was close. They got it right again. They seemed to gave missed on Zaire, and nailed it on Santi. He has incredible potential and I love watching him improve.

This is a good lesson in don't take a good thing for granted. Just because we have a young, fun team now, doesn't mean it will always be this way. I just want health and no drama for this grizzlies team and I think that's good for a championship sometime in the next 5 years.

Wow. That'd be a very harsh penalty that woild go into next season. At that point, I'd guess they'd just say suspended for the rest of this season. I think that punishment does not fit the crime, but it's obviously written into the CBA.

The SAnti Christ. On a serious note... we mat very well lose this game against the Clippers today because of our behavior, and nothing more. Two of our players are suspended for this game. What is it going to take for this team to grow and mature? Time is probably the simplest answer, but changes should be made to the personnel in the form of additional veterans for next year. That much is clear. Maybe these incidents will be an impetus for that growth. It's probably too much to ask, but maybe this could all end up being for the best.

This guy is basically just another forum goer with a youtubw channel. He's said literally nothing new or anymore succinctly than anybody on this board. He just edited the video well and spoke with your typical influencer cadence and inflections Form your own opinions.

My autocorrect about as good as Dillons offense this season . I do know the difference between breath and breathe. Maybe I'm the old dad who can't figure his electronics out now..... But yea, people need to reconsider their snap judgments about this issue. You don't simply trade a franchise player for making stupid mistakes. Is it a sign that he is going in tye wrong direction? Yes - but this isn't a Miles Bridges situation. I'm not minimizing his behavior but there are tiers of stupid **** you can do. It's so stupid and selfish though and could potentially lead to sometuint worse. My personal feeling is that it won't. I just think that you don't trade a player like Ja for what he has done to this point.

Yall have really lost it

I'm really just referring to the idea of trading Ja, more than anything. Snap reactions like tRadE jA! are understandable, I guess(?) but it's not remotely a smart decision to trade easil the best player rhe franchise has ever seen because he's making horrendously stupid mistakes, as a young man. Maybe he'll never mature; I don't know. I bet he does though. Though he's recently and to this point done some stupid ****, my own perception of him is that he's not a bad guy or the type to continue to get in his own way as he matures

Yes, we can hope. I saw some quotes from other guys on the team that made it sound like they already knew what it was. I'll try to find it, but they were basically saying they were feeling badly for him because of how long the recovery is from an injury like that, suggesting they'd heard it was definitively one thing or another.

Ok. Lol. Yall need to take a breath. Get outside, reevaluate. This will pass. Ja will mature as young men do, and we will be fine. Breath.