GrizzTigerFan

Defense was a legit issue for sure. I'm not too worried about Jaren's poor performance in the paint; because he was facing 2 guys that match or exceed him athletically and are just as long as he is. We all know he needs to continue improving on his interior offense but at least his rebounding improvement looks like a reality.

yea Mr Conventional Wisdom never met Lebron.

lol we may have to dust off Culver for this one. No one else has the size but Kyle to guard him.

I can't wait to see Ziaire guarding LeBron!!

Adams being able to hold down the paint on defense allows jaren to focus on weakside shotblocking. Jaren will have a lot more unicorn flashes this season for sure.

Yep and once he gets more time with the guys they will start connecting consistently. The fact that he was in closing lineup over Kyle or BC says a lot too. JV wouldn't close unless he has a clear advantage.

Trey Murphy didn't do much in NOP loss so one game down where we don't have to hear about him being so much better than Ziaire.

Its really no wrong answer when DB gets back. Only thing is i would probably go this way Ja/Tyus Bane/Melton Dillon/SloMo/Williams Jaren/Clarke Adams/Jaren. That would be my 10. X on outside because i want JJJ getting more burn at the 5.

Yea im not trying to besmirch either of those guys because they were great Grizzlies. Difference between Bane/Melt and Grayson is that this game is just scratching the surface for them in contrast to Grayson being at his peak. Adams is just a better fit when you offensive is all about ball movement and pace.

Cool thing is we leave this game still not knowing who should start between Melt and Bane.

MVP MVP MVP: No#12 HM: Bane and Melton

Not to BeSmirch JV or Grayson but Melt and Bane both dropped 20+ and we destroyed them on the boards 53 to 36.

Nasty dunk tho even if it doesn't count.

ALL STAR........

whew.... this is def a game we coulda used Dillon defense to close.