Grizzled Vet

And I see him listed on the Hustle roster. In looking at that roster, they do like the J names.

Rodney Hood definitely out for season now.

And this is an NBA problem. Giannis makes one appearance in Memphis this year, and he's not going to play....but wait, at least you will be able to see young Ja Morant....oh, never mind. Hopefully JJJ doesn't get in foul trouble.

Fizdale is the man you want to lead your team to the promised lottery land. He hasn't had the best luck with rosters, but that could be said about a lot of coaches. Fizdale also has had some issues with players, especially the top European kind: Gasol and Porzingis. The criticism of European championships coming from somebody who won a championship riding the coattails of LeBron, Wade and Bosh would be pretty hard to take.

I can't be the only guy that opened this thread expecting to see pictures of Luka's or some other player's hot girlfriend, am I?

As a Grizzlies rostered player, is he normally listed? I don't know, but I didn't think most G-League teams listed NBA guys on their roster, regardless of how long they are assigned there. Again, I don't know.

Whatever players are brought in, they need to be 3-pt shooters. I'll just accept that to get them here, they will be overpaid, but healthy, overpaid 3-pt shooters.

Too many games in too short of time in too many venues and locations. I'm not sure it would matter though. It's almost like there is a certain prestige to sitting games now for some players.

This is truly frustrating. I understand that some of the baby touch fouls that guys like Anthony Davis (vs Grizzlies) and Harden (vs Errrbody) may be fouls by definition or even appearance, but when Davis is shooting 25 FTs in that game and Grayson Allen is put into the 3rd row by Davis with nothing called, it supports the idea that certain teams and players are reffed one way while others are reffed a different way.

Portland needs to figure out who they are and what their future is. They are last in their division and 11th in playoff race. They've had such a bad start to their season that if they don't look to be a playoff contender, they might start selling some assets instead of being a buyer. But they've played a little better lately, it seems. A deal with Portland would be for a heavily protected 1st, I would guess, or more 2nds. I'm still good with AI being waived on March 2nd.

Unless there is a blowout, I don't see him being real active tomorrow either.

Yuta with Grizzlies at T'Wolves tomorrow (12/1)

Yuta sighting tomorrow?

This team hasn't even had to deal with injuries yet, for the most part, but just some maintenance. Likely, the team will be back to the bottom 2 in West soon. I think before the lottery, the Grizzlies will be sitting around 4-8. I still don't know if this is the year the team conveys the pick to Boston or not, but Ainge has been so patient on holding onto it, they are going to have to receive an awesome offer to trade it away. Just play the season out, trying to build for the future as much as possible.

I'm not sure drive is the right word selection. Some might call Conley's willingness to play through a broken face as evidence of drive that may be unmatched from 98% of the league. I think they are different guys playing for different coaches under different league rules with different strategies.