It's more fun watching a bad Grizzlies team than watching the Tigers.

(02-16-2024 09:30 PM)Crazier Wrote:  It's more fun watching a bad Grizzlies team than watching the Tigers.

That seems to be the case, according to local media. They get super-excited after every Grizz win, and just shrug off the losses.

The question is why?
Is it because we just care more deep down about the Tigers?
Or is it because there are just so many more games in the NBA?

Disclaimer - I'm not an NBA guy. I find it hard to believe that fanbase is okay with tanking year after year for hopes of getting draft picks. Sooner or later, you gotta expect more - right?

(02-17-2024 10:28 AM)Tiger87 Wrote:  

(02-16-2024 09:30 PM)Crazier Wrote:  It's more fun watching a bad Grizzlies team than watching the Tigers.

That seems to be the case, according to local media. They get super-excited after every Grizz win, and just shrug off the losses.

The question is why?
Is it because we just care more deep down about the Tigers?
Or is it because there are just so many more games in the NBA?

Disclaimer - I'm not an NBA guy. I find it hard to believe that fanbase is okay with tanking year after year for hopes of getting draft picks. Sooner or later, you gotta expect more - right?

1st year in the draft after many in the playoffs. This is not a tank year just an injury year. The Grizzlies are more exciting than the Tigers because the player's are not having internal problems with each other. The Grizzlies are just a bunch of two way players playing hard, the Tigers have a bunch of talented NIL players that are looking out for their best interest.

Looks like both Memphis teams are in tank mode

(02-17-2024 11:54 AM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  Looks like both Memphis teams are in tank mode

The moral of the story is that you don’t hire a former player who made it in the NBA. It’s a bad experiment

(02-17-2024 06:13 PM)mphsmeister Wrote:  

(02-17-2024 11:54 AM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  Looks like both Memphis teams are in tank mode

The moral of the story is that you don’t hire a former player who made it in the NBA. It’s a bad experiment

And, it is hard as hell to fire him; especially if black.

You can take joy in the Grizzlies' bright spots because some of those players will be playing on the team next year.

(02-17-2024 10:28 AM)Tiger87 Wrote:  

(02-16-2024 09:30 PM)Crazier Wrote:  It's more fun watching a bad Grizzlies team than watching the Tigers.

That seems to be the case, according to local media. They get super-excited after every Grizz win, and just shrug off the losses.

The question is why?
Is it because we just care more deep down about the Tigers?
Or is it because there are just so many more games in the NBA?

Disclaimer - I'm not an NBA guy. I find it hard to believe that fanbase is okay with tanking year after year for hopes of getting draft picks. Sooner or later, you gotta expect more - right?

1. We aren’t tanking year after year. We finished 2nd in the west in the two prior seasons and looked like we were going to contend again this year until we were sidelined by a ridiculous number of injuries. We will probably be a playoff team next year if we can be healthy, and may actually be in a better position than we otherwise would have been for 2024.

2. The number of games probably does matter since you will be playing a game within a day or two and there’s not enough time to dwell on any one game for too long.

3. The gap between the best teams in the NBA and even a Grizzlies roster made of 10days and 2 ways isn’t near the gap even between a top 5 team and a top 40 type team or a top 40 team and a top 100 team in CBB. There’s just no equivalent to a team with tourney aspirations losing a game to Tulane for an NBA team.

4. Even though this has been a lost season for the Grizzlies, the emergence of Vince Williams Jr and GG Jackson have been bright spots that people can enjoy even if we aren’t winning games.

5 Since there aren’t any more expectations for this season, it’s easy to have a good time when our overmatched roster does manage to beat someone, especially when that team has multiple HoFers on it.

6. The Grizzlies would be a lot less fun if they’d just gotten relegated to the G-League, and there was no obvious path back to the NBA. But if it were ever going to get in, it needed to be a team that could compete in the NBA, and it’s not even competitive in the G-League.

(02-18-2024 12:32 PM)dan o Wrote:  

(02-17-2024 06:13 PM)mphsmeister Wrote:  

(02-17-2024 11:54 AM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  Looks like both Memphis teams are in tank mode

The moral of the story is that you don’t hire a former player who made it in the NBA. It’s a bad experiment

And, it is hard as hell to fire him; especially if black.

A lot of people thought that about Finch too, but it happened. Let's jst hope it doesn't have to come to that.