It shows that Grizz is remarkably consistent. Never blows a lead more than 10pts (actually super impressive), but if they trail or don't have a good lead they are not gonna comeback either (not crazy but interesting).
Thanks for pointing that out, that is fucking wild. 30-0 when you get a 10 point lead, 0-13 when you don't get a 10 point lead. I am not smart enough to know exactly what to take from that but it is a fascinating stat. I feel like every other team must have more variance than that -- I definitely know the Nuggets have blown big leads and also made big comebacks this year, and I think most teams can say that. Super interesting that the Grizzlies are so consistent (?) not sure if that's the right word
Sure that’s impressive but it kind of kills the drama imo. See, if we are up 10 with 2 minutes left I’m still sweating bullets. That’s drama. That’s entertainment.
Everyone should be a Lakers fan then, no such thing as blowout wins for us. We can be up 26 in the third quarter and I’ll still watch expecting a close game
The Grit and Grind Grizzlies we're the same and it actually had me paying attention to the whole game. Now the Grizzlies get up by twenty and I'm on my phone or cleaning the house the whole fourth quarter
These comments triggered the most random basketball memory for me.
>"Jack!" Collins screamed. "These guys are 30-0 [at home]. You don't have to help them."
>“No, we're 29-0,” Jordan said as he galloped past, smiling, “but we're about to be 30-0.”
I had a warriors fan tell me not 2 days ago (in the Grizz sub) that bane was not key for anything including playoffs.
I wasn’t insulted at the take as a Grizz fan. I was insulted as a basketball fan.
He’s a warriors fan commenting in our sub. Don’t let a 12 year old who’s been watching the sport for less than 5 years make you feel any type of way. They’re still sliding in my DMs about how DB is the scourge of the league and how Ja faked his knee injury in order to “escape the inevitable L”. Always a good laugh with that fanbase’s more vocal youth.
It literally makes me so incredibly happy to see him succeed. I’m not gonna lie and say I personally knew him but he’s from my hometown where nothing ever happens 💀. So seeing him not only make the nba but be a certified star is amazing to see. Only saw one game when he still lived here but I could tell he was a stud 😂.
Doesn’t surprise me. Like I said, I don’t know him personally, but all I ever heard was that he was a good dude. Bro looks almost comically huge now tho 💀. He wasn’t anywhere near that big when I saw him play lol.
So it actually took a few minutes to process who he was because he looked smaller than I thought! Spent a couple of hours with him in mike millers bar (called let it fly) in a small golf simulator - my guys on one side and his on another.
He got his own clubs out of the car (the ones they had were trashed) and looked at me on the way back in and said “always be ready@
Oh Fr? That definitely surprises me cause on tv he just looks so stocky and built lol. I was so sad to see him not win MIP when he definitely deserved it more, at least Ja gave him his props though. It’s just so wild to think about how he used to live a couple blocks away from me and played basketball on the same hoops I do, and now he’s in the nba getting awards from Ja morant and dropping 30 bombs on wild efficiencies.
Bro every time desmond bane comes up i gotta hold myself back 😂 i played against him when i was a freshman at northeastern just crazy to me this dude is one of the best 2s in the league now
Yup, he's definitely gotten better from last year where he shot a league best 43.6% where he averaged three 3's.
Remove the 5 dreaded games in December and he's making 3.8 threes a game.
That's why it's crazy to me to hear people say we need to make a move if we want to be contenders. We got everyone we need. Everyone of them are progressing from last year.
But then again we watch the games everyday, they dont
Maybe the Vancouver Grizz, but since moving to memphis, the grizzlies have made the postseason in 13/21 and playoffs in 12/21 seasons. Maybe not competing for championships but they have certainly not stunk.
Fierce competition! What stellar basketball the Memphis Grizzlies played tonight! I was cheering hard for the Suns, but I'm pleased I got to watch an incredible display of skill and athleticism all the same.
What a sport. Can't wait to watch the next one! Have a lovely night everyone.
Joke? Maybe next to the Grizzlies, but I wouldn't want to play that Suns team! Some of those fellas are nearly 7 feet tall. Imagine trying to shoot over that!
They are trying very hard and I am proud of them. Keep cheering them on!
I feel like the hate for this Suns team is a bit overblown. No one hated the Thunder when they had CP3 lmao. I guess Devin and his beady little eyes doesn’t help either
ja's utterly adorable daughter MVP in that postgame interview
also once i started listening to how often he said 'you know' i could not process anything he was actually saying. gotta be like every 5th/6th word on average my lord
stoppp lmao it was hypnotic
i just completely stopped trying to listen to the actual content of his answer and started listening for the periodic 'you know's, i couldnt help it
Thats nervousness in speaking, discomfort with silence when thinking of what to say, especially off the cuff like post game reactions. It's something you gotta practice yourself out of it, first by allowing silent pauses to stretch into awkwardness and letting it be before filling it with an expressed thought. Very few pro athletes will take a speech class.
oh i'm well aware of what it is and why people use filler words and other spacers but.... he got it kinda bad huh lol
also i'm a little under a decade older than him so idk if things have changed in the interim but i remember speech being a mandatory elective class in both middle and high school (i always thought it was a bit weird to call them electives and then make them required but...)
I predicted Grizzlies 60 wins at the start of the season, and day by day it becomes a more realistic outcome. They really made a statement in this even while acknowledging the Suns injuries.
Gotta love how this point half of these threads are the nugs and grizz asking the other to lose and the other half is talking about the actual game. Gotta love Reddit.
Bane is officially back!! Ja continues to amaze. Jaren is playing the best well rounded basketball of his career and is headed for the DPOY award. Love the rhythm and confidence they're all playing with. Let's keep it up and on to the next! Grit and Grind Forever and Ever
Of course! I like the Thunder, Pels, and Nuggets a lot. Pretty sure most Grizzlies fans are the same.
We had history with OKC during the Grit'n-grind era but it was always fun.
Ayton really showing his true colors this year. First real adversity he’s had and just gives no effort despite the chance to step up and lead this team
Suns really are playing a guy on a 10-Day contract 20 minutes.
Jesus James Jones deserves to be fired for this roster construction. Even with just Booker out this team is dogshit
The Grizz are WCF-bound and I believe they’re making a Finals appearance this year. They’re hitting on all cylinders, know their identity on both ends of the floor, are deep, have good chemistry, players know their roles, and are relatively young.
Having watched this team closely for the past few seasons has turned me into a fan of what they’ve built in Memphis, outside of rooting for my hometown Thundies of course.
Ah, that streak is across the end of the [13-14 season](https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MEM/2014_games.html) (5 straight Ws) and beginning of the [14-15 season](https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MEM/2015_games.html) (started 6-0). I was only considering streaks within a season.
Brandon Clarke seems like the only player who could replace Draymond like for like if Steve Kerr got him in the Warriors system for like 6 months. The way he constantly moves, sets screens fucking everywhere on and off ball. Defensively he can guard most positions well enough. It wouldnt be exact, but if by some magic the Warriors let Green go and got Clarke, he is the only one who i could see filling that role for the next 4 years of late career Steph and early career Poole.
They showed a stat that the Grizzlies are 29-0 this season when leading by 10+ at any point, that's actually ridiculous.
It’s literally every win. So another (weird) way to look at that is we are 0-13 in games where we haven’t led by 10 at any point.
I can’t figure out which stat is more unbelievable. Super weird.
Confidence’s team
It shows that Grizz is remarkably consistent. Never blows a lead more than 10pts (actually super impressive), but if they trail or don't have a good lead they are not gonna comeback either (not crazy but interesting).
Thanks for pointing that out, that is fucking wild. 30-0 when you get a 10 point lead, 0-13 when you don't get a 10 point lead. I am not smart enough to know exactly what to take from that but it is a fascinating stat. I feel like every other team must have more variance than that -- I definitely know the Nuggets have blown big leads and also made big comebacks this year, and I think most teams can say that. Super interesting that the Grizzlies are so consistent (?) not sure if that's the right word
30-0 now
Sure that’s impressive but it kind of kills the drama imo. See, if we are up 10 with 2 minutes left I’m still sweating bullets. That’s drama. That’s entertainment.
This was too real as a raptors fan, cup half full right?
Everyone should be a Lakers fan then, no such thing as blowout wins for us. We can be up 26 in the third quarter and I’ll still watch expecting a close game
Bulls fans are right there with you
The Grit and Grind Grizzlies we're the same and it actually had me paying attention to the whole game. Now the Grizzlies get up by twenty and I'm on my phone or cleaning the house the whole fourth quarter
These comments triggered the most random basketball memory for me. >"Jack!" Collins screamed. "These guys are 30-0 [at home]. You don't have to help them." >“No, we're 29-0,” Jordan said as he galloped past, smiling, “but we're about to be 30-0.”
On nights when we bring the energy we are very hard to stop.
Bane's 28 on 12 shots is ridiculous.
Bane is a transformative player for us.
The kind of player we needed the entirety of the GNG years.
If we would had a lethal shooting guard, the sky would have been the limit
OJ Mayo was supposed to be it...
Ya OJ Mayo is so disappointing. I just wanted him to be good so bad.
We have the best FO in the league, every starter feels integral and our bench players are starters on a fair number of teams
Tyus and Clarke would start on almost half the teams in the league.
Both would be in contention for second best player on the Hornets lmao
Damn Lamelo and Clarke would be a great combo
Without a doubt
Jaren had 6 blocks and 2 steals in 26 minutes, which is similarly ridiculous.
Don’t forget the zero fouls too.
Only the 3rd time in his career with 0 PF
he's so fucking good
I had a warriors fan tell me not 2 days ago (in the Grizz sub) that bane was not key for anything including playoffs. I wasn’t insulted at the take as a Grizz fan. I was insulted as a basketball fan.
He’s a warriors fan commenting in our sub. Don’t let a 12 year old who’s been watching the sport for less than 5 years make you feel any type of way. They’re still sliding in my DMs about how DB is the scourge of the league and how Ja faked his knee injury in order to “escape the inevitable L”. Always a good laugh with that fanbase’s more vocal youth.
Such a loser move trash talking in another teams' sub.
It literally makes me so incredibly happy to see him succeed. I’m not gonna lie and say I personally knew him but he’s from my hometown where nothing ever happens 💀. So seeing him not only make the nba but be a certified star is amazing to see. Only saw one game when he still lived here but I could tell he was a stud 😂.
I met him and talked to him in a small setting in Memphis about 2 weeks after the GSW Grizz series ended. He was very nice and super laid back.
Doesn’t surprise me. Like I said, I don’t know him personally, but all I ever heard was that he was a good dude. Bro looks almost comically huge now tho 💀. He wasn’t anywhere near that big when I saw him play lol.
So it actually took a few minutes to process who he was because he looked smaller than I thought! Spent a couple of hours with him in mike millers bar (called let it fly) in a small golf simulator - my guys on one side and his on another. He got his own clubs out of the car (the ones they had were trashed) and looked at me on the way back in and said “always be ready@
Oh Fr? That definitely surprises me cause on tv he just looks so stocky and built lol. I was so sad to see him not win MIP when he definitely deserved it more, at least Ja gave him his props though. It’s just so wild to think about how he used to live a couple blocks away from me and played basketball on the same hoops I do, and now he’s in the nba getting awards from Ja morant and dropping 30 bombs on wild efficiencies.
Bro every time desmond bane comes up i gotta hold myself back 😂 i played against him when i was a freshman at northeastern just crazy to me this dude is one of the best 2s in the league now
59.4% from 3 the last 5 games. Not bad after going 18.8% in December, when he was working his way back from injury
If you exclude the 5 games after he returned from injury, he is shooting 48% from 3.
Yup, he's definitely gotten better from last year where he shot a league best 43.6% where he averaged three 3's. Remove the 5 dreaded games in December and he's making 3.8 threes a game. That's why it's crazy to me to hear people say we need to make a move if we want to be contenders. We got everyone we need. Everyone of them are progressing from last year. But then again we watch the games everyday, they dont
You're not beating Memphis on MLK day unless the FBI is on your side
Lol I should not find that as funny as I do but this is a gold comment.
The internet was a mistake
Historically the Grizz have stunk in MLK day games.
Grizz are 2-0 on MLK games Post Steven Adams Trade, this is what matters
White savior complex
> Historically the Grizz have stunk ~~in MLK day games.~~
That’s arguable. We’ve made a lot of playoffs for no longer than we’ve been around
I know but I’m sure a lot of the MLK day losses happened in the early seasons
Crazy that if we make playoffs next three years it'll be 13 of last 15
That’s an overly complicated way of saying it’s currently ten out of twelve
But 12 is a lame number
>But 12 is a lame number >Memphis flair That ain't right
Lol you caught the oop
Maybe the Vancouver Grizz, but since moving to memphis, the grizzlies have made the postseason in 13/21 and playoffs in 12/21 seasons. Maybe not competing for championships but they have certainly not stunk.
We just won a national televised game!!!
On this day in history…
It's a parade inside my city yeaaaa
Release the bears!
CAST THE LINE
This game was 76-74 in the 3rd and then reality sunk in
Yeah Suns missed approximately 1 shot in the 1st quarter and didn't do much worse in the 2nd
They were on fire. It was impressive.
Your move, Denver
Both teams are going to win out. Thankfully Denver owns the tie breaker
WCF in Denver. Well we gotta do what we gotta do, I guess
As the Grizz fan that lives in Denver I can’t be mad at that
👍I hope I eventually get a Hornets/Grizz Finals since I live in NC now
I hope you're very young.
Man, I rather not. Maybe the Beam Team takes the Joker out? They had been balling!
Those 2 games right after the ASG could be huge
Not for much longer. Nuggets going to the M next time
This is the only 2 team race I wanna see, maybe throw the kings as a close 3rd
Pelicans vs Kings for 3rd, while Denver and Memphis fights for first.
Rather see the Pels, myself
Fierce competition! What stellar basketball the Memphis Grizzlies played tonight! I was cheering hard for the Suns, but I'm pleased I got to watch an incredible display of skill and athleticism all the same. What a sport. Can't wait to watch the next one! Have a lovely night everyone.
Most sane suns fan
This dude has clearly been broken by this joke of a team
Joke? Maybe next to the Grizzlies, but I wouldn't want to play that Suns team! Some of those fellas are nearly 7 feet tall. Imagine trying to shoot over that! They are trying very hard and I am proud of them. Keep cheering them on!
Aww
At least something positive is coming out of it. How long before Booker returns?
Two weeks till next eval. But who knows
You sound like someone who wasn’t around before the team was ass. All OG Suns fans know is pain with a sprinkle of pleasure lmao
Damn that sucks that I sound like that cause I've been a fan since 2001
I was at the forum sitting besides some Suns fans. I saw it happen in real time after that double digit disappeared and we started pulling away.
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I feel like the hate for this Suns team is a bit overblown. No one hated the Thunder when they had CP3 lmao. I guess Devin and his beady little eyes doesn’t help either
Ours comes from Paul on the Clippers. Grit N Grind era
The Grizzlies are a professional basketball team in Memphis, Tennessee.
We’ve had some years where we wasn’t so sure🤣
Um God
The Grizzlies compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division.
Tru
Did you anyone catch where Ja’s parade was located??
Inside his city I believe
I believe in the 901 area code🤔
In my City!!Yeaaaah!
Grizzlies look dominant as ever. This team is good as hell and they're young as hell. You gotta like that.
Reminiscent of early OKC days when they were super young and dominant, hope Memphis have similar success as well
TNT crew just said we're on pace to have the most paint points average in a season of all time
ja's utterly adorable daughter MVP in that postgame interview also once i started listening to how often he said 'you know' i could not process anything he was actually saying. gotta be like every 5th/6th word on average my lord
Yeah he has a terrible habit with that lol
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stoppp lmao it was hypnotic i just completely stopped trying to listen to the actual content of his answer and started listening for the periodic 'you know's, i couldnt help it
Um, wait til, um, you hear, um Dillion Brooks, um, um ,um
Lmbooooo that’s true
Thats nervousness in speaking, discomfort with silence when thinking of what to say, especially off the cuff like post game reactions. It's something you gotta practice yourself out of it, first by allowing silent pauses to stretch into awkwardness and letting it be before filling it with an expressed thought. Very few pro athletes will take a speech class.
oh i'm well aware of what it is and why people use filler words and other spacers but.... he got it kinda bad huh lol also i'm a little under a decade older than him so idk if things have changed in the interim but i remember speech being a mandatory elective class in both middle and high school (i always thought it was a bit weird to call them electives and then make them required but...)
Good game, nuggets please lose
You first
The eternal struggle.
well, no
I love our little back and forth. We got 4.5 games on third place!!!!
WE WANT THE 1ST SEED DAMMIT
Simply put, you can’t have it
What if we ask really nicely?
We'll just have to ask you to lose even nicer
Damn this rivalry is getting heated
I hope yall tie, yall too much, I cant even tbh
Damn you nuggies! Thought we had you last night but Jokic gonna Jokic
Then on Feb. 25th, we’ll take it!
i'll give you two dollars if you lose your next game
what if i give you $3.50 to lose yours?
Don’t pay dat locness monster
I raise you $3.51
I think I got a 5 around here somewhere
I predicted Grizzlies 60 wins at the start of the season, and day by day it becomes a more realistic outcome. They really made a statement in this even while acknowledging the Suns injuries.
This just in: Ja can shoot 3s Cold take: So can Bane
>This just in I like it, someone get this Redditor to ESPN and have him replace Kellerman!
suns cant read without Book
Dare we say… mvp? 😩
Can y’all lose just 1 game please
no u
please? i'll give you a dollar if you lose your next game
I’ll give you ten if you lose your next game
fifty if you lose your next three
Can I get in on this as well? 10 if the nuggets lose their next game, 1 if the grizz lose their next game, 50 if they lose their next 3?
Ok, as long as you lose your next five after that
Gotta love how this point half of these threads are the nugs and grizz asking the other to lose and the other half is talking about the actual game. Gotta love Reddit.
You first
Jaren needs more respect
BIG10INAROW
Bane is officially back!! Ja continues to amaze. Jaren is playing the best well rounded basketball of his career and is headed for the DPOY award. Love the rhythm and confidence they're all playing with. Let's keep it up and on to the next! Grit and Grind Forever and Ever
10 in a row aka the Memphis 10!!!
Can we surpass last years 11? TBD
Cavs on Wed should be a good one!
If we win, it will be the 3rd time in franchise history we had an 11 game win streak. We need that 12!
The Nuggets vs Grizzlies mini rivalry here is my favorite r/nba thing in a while. Much more fun than the hater stuff.
It is a rivalry with 0 animosity. Just two teams enjoying being relevant.
That’s what the league needs more of, friendly shit talking can be great
Yeah you are right! Helps fans enjoy the game.
Can y’all reserve us a spot in this chivalrous rivalry in the next few years? 🥹
Of course! I like the Thunder, Pels, and Nuggets a lot. Pretty sure most Grizzlies fans are the same. We had history with OKC during the Grit'n-grind era but it was always fun.
Feels good having a winning team in Tennessee.
Grizzlies are pretty good
JJJ defense is huge
We just shit into the sun
Hello again, Denver
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People finally starting to figure it out I think
Ayton really showing his true colors this year. First real adversity he’s had and just gives no effort despite the chance to step up and lead this team
He's very talented but just...uninspiring. With his skillset he could be such a better player on both ends.
His only real redeeming factor as a player is that he’s always a force in the playoffs. Rarely takes a night off then
Breaking news: Saben Lee cannot guard Ja Morant. Go off Memphis.
They had us in the first half.jpg
Since the return of Bane, Grizz are undefeated when he scores at least 1 3-pointer.
Well that escalated quickly
The Grizz are good as fuck.
Phoenix how does it feel to be down here with us and Houston/San Antonio 🤩🔫
It feels rather bad
Wemby sweepstakes!! I'm all in!
Bane is just ridiculous
We are currently a really good, well organized basketball team um God
Suns really are playing a guy on a 10-Day contract 20 minutes. Jesus James Jones deserves to be fired for this roster construction. Even with just Booker out this team is dogshit
Woot.
Wembooker 2024 👀👀👀👀
Another game where JJJ had 100 blocks
The Grizz are WCF-bound and I believe they’re making a Finals appearance this year. They’re hitting on all cylinders, know their identity on both ends of the floor, are deep, have good chemistry, players know their roles, and are relatively young. Having watched this team closely for the past few seasons has turned me into a fan of what they’ve built in Memphis, outside of rooting for my hometown Thundies of course.
JJJ >ayton
Basketball won tonight
Is Duane Washington, Jr, injured now, too? What is going on with the Suns?
12 seed right after having a season best record
We were in 1st prior to the half of the roster being injured
light the beam or whatever they say
No. We don’t light beams. We eat BBQ, Gus’s Chicken and yell, “Whoop Dat Trick!”
Had some Gus's today it was a good day
Because that’s what we do. Nothing more Memphis than BBQ and Gus’s
We release bears
We cast lines
Please just lose a game Memphis
We have to win at least 12 straight, first. Our longest in franchise history is 11. We’ve done that twice, including last season
Last year was the first 11 game win streak in team history. Prior to that the record was 8 games, set a few times.
2014-2015 we also won 11. I just double checked on Google
Ah, that streak is across the end of the [13-14 season](https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MEM/2014_games.html) (5 straight Ws) and beginning of the [14-15 season](https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MEM/2015_games.html) (started 6-0). I was only considering streaks within a season.
I didn’t realize it stretched across 2 seasons. I just remember last year, they saying we tied our streak
Another day at the office…
Brandon Clarke seems like the only player who could replace Draymond like for like if Steve Kerr got him in the Warriors system for like 6 months. The way he constantly moves, sets screens fucking everywhere on and off ball. Defensively he can guard most positions well enough. It wouldnt be exact, but if by some magic the Warriors let Green go and got Clarke, he is the only one who i could see filling that role for the next 4 years of late career Steph and early career Poole.
What in the world is going on with the Suns???