Gay is under 1 point per shot FOR THE SEASON. 1 pps is basically the Mendoza line for (in)efficient shooting and Gay has somehow managed to stay below it. Were you watching as Gay jacked up brick after brick, bad shot after bad shot, against the Rockets? That's not a fluke, that's how Gay plays (under 1 pps). Derozan isn't doing any better with or without Gay, he's equally capable of ballstopping and taking inefficient shots whether Gay is there or not. Look at how Toronto is still a bottom feeder, and will soon be salary dumping Gay to the next team willing to fool its fans with a negatively productive player, and Memphis made the WCF last year, despite NEVER WINNING A SERIES WITH RUDY GAY. It doesn't matter what Gay does in short spurts or in a half of every third game, by that logic Stromile Swift might be the greatest player of all time. His total body of work is awful and his teams' results show it. Whatever Memphis needs, it's not a ball-stopping, ball-hogging forward who has awful shot selection, doesn't make plays, and is not a very good defender either.
This is what happens when you have nothing to say. Thank you for your tacit admission of defeat. It looks like you and your "new and improved" Memphis Grizzlies will be suffering lots of defeats this season. That's not the focal point of this thread. Stop hijacking it. Go back and reread my response to you: Still the main focus of this thread is how the Grizzlies have a pattern of poor decision making. Look at their former players that have flourished in other places...even Tony Wroten just had a triple-double. Then they get rid of a good coach and now they look lost. But you can keep focusing on one specific thing and ignore the big picture. Why do the Grizzlies currently suck? Don't you think management has a history of poor decision-making....see Lowry, Gay, Vasquez, Mayo, Speights, Hollins, and now even Wroten.
That's because there's literally nothing more to say - Memphis' decline this year was foreseeable - and one of th reasons why they had to ditch dead weight Gay and his $67 million or whatever. With nothign to say - we're left with Kwame da Clown shouting homie don't play that as Rudy Gay rides out the rest of his career as a $19 million punchline to Toronto's Wiggins push. Funny stuff - K - you're a regular Al Jolson.
Moving the goalposts. Your agenda has been consistently pro-Gay, anti-SABR, and every time you talk about the Grizz it is with the intent of bashing Hollinger and their ownership for trading Rudy Gay, and it's obvious here. Now that you've lost, you're attempting to change the subject. In any case, it's two weeks into the season, are the Sixers and Suns now solid playoff contenders? You could wait until at least December, but no, you need to get back on your pro-Rudy Gay soapbox as soon as you see a shred of evidence that you think might support your case.
Wait, you just said that they were contenders 6 months ago because the moves they made improved the team, now their decline was foreseeable. You're a joke and a waste of time. I'm done with you. Nobody is moving anything, but you. The title of this thread is "RIP Memphis Grizzlies?" It's a question...reading is fundamental. Other posters have expressed similar sentiments as me, but you've avoided the topic. Stick to the issue and stop being such a paranoid man or woman. If you want to avoid discussing the poor decision making of management with regards to players, what about the decision not to rehire Lionel Hollins? I bet you think that was a positive move.
They were contenders, with a closing window, more or less based on Zbo remaining a force. (whose nutsack you used to polish btw - what happened with that? ) Now he's fading due to age and injuries. To you this may have not been foreseeable - but then, you're the b*stard spawn of Carrot Topp mixed with Redd Foxx so . . . for entertainment purposes only folks.
This false logic was already addressed in this post: http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showpost.php?p=8419955&postcount=38 But you have reading comprehension issues due to your ignorance. What about almost all of Gasol's #s declining across the board? What about their once vaunted defense that's now putrid? What about all the players that they've let go that have succeeded in other places? What about the mistake to not bring Lionel Hollins back? Like I said you and your "logic" are a joke. Nothing like unprovoked personal attacks and name calling from an internet nerd hiding behind a keyboard, lol. You must be a very insecure young man (or woman?). Either way, I'm done with your b****ass.
No you're not, you just said you were done at 10:29 PM, and by 10: 48 you're back for more of the same little minstrel show. I'm gonna guess this one doesn't take either. Ladies and gentilhommes, come see the amazing Kwame! The unembarrassable man! Let me suggest your next thread: JR RIDER IS A HALL OF FAMER!
Grizzlies have three problems: lack of athleticism, lack of shooting and lack of one on one threats. The question is: WIll the frontoffice bother to try and solve these problems with this draft coming up?
That seems like a pretty tall order with the 29th or 30th pick of the draft that you guys are going to have...
Aren't you being unrealistic? Your dream team looks nice but the reality is Zbo, MG and Gay are all making the max or near it, so you expect to have 3 max/near max guys and still have enough money for Mayo, Vasquez etc? Secondly, you seem to be thinking the Grizz' window only slammed shut this year, it actually ended when they lost to OKC in the playoffs. Hollins made them much better than they actually are, but at the end of the day he's a bandaid covering a wound that needs surgery. They really shouldn't have paid ZBo that much money,he's like the less publicized version of David Lee, a little better defensively, a little worse offensively but still the same net negative player. Personally though, I think it's good the Grizz are losing right now, instead of making the playoffs and then getting manhandled. Better to go for the pick instead, esp. in a stacked draft.
Zach Randolph is carrying this team on their recent run even though its been against mediocre competition with the exception of tonight's game. It sucks that he's wasting his time for a team that's first round fodder. He doesn't have many more 20-10 seasons left as a result of getting up there in years. Almost 4 years later my prophetic Z-Bo thread is still relevant: http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=199587 Bow your heads haters
I am just not sure that they are first round fodder. It is hard to predict at this point of the season.
Wait, so you made a thread saying ZBo's good in 2011. This is AFTER ZBo's 2009-2010 season, where he averaged 21ppg/12rpg/21 PER season and the Grizzlies improved 18 games. You are truly a prophet. I don't know how you do it. I'm going to make a prediction now. Anthony Davis is really good and will be good. I know others all doubt Anthony Davis and saying he may be a bust, but I'll go out on a limb and say he'll be a great player. In fact, I'm going to double down and say James Harden is a great player, even though people thought he would never amount much outside the shadows of Durant and Westbrook. But I'm willing to say that James Harden is a star in the NBA. I think in 4 years, I can declare myself a prophet if the above predictions come true. Btw, how's your Rudy Gay predictions coming along, Kwame?
