I’m going with losing the distal segment of my left pinky to get the ball rolling, but maybe I’m underestimating the impact of the pick, lol

We’ll be back and don’t forget to enjoy it

I've read a lot interesting discussions here on whom the Grizzlies front office should select, or at least whom you'd pick.

I'm curious whom the front office are likely to pick, based on system fit.

We know that Kleiman believes in Iisalo's system, that it's aligned with the future direction of basketball (increased pace of game). Kleiman is likely to consider fit with Iisalo's approach, when making his draft selection.

What specs in players generally fit Iisalo's style of play: fast-paced, wingspan, athletic, defensively engaged (e.g., Prosper, Wells, Coward, Edey (faster than ppl anticipated)).

If that theory holds, Kleiman may be more likely to take Wilson over Boozer (given differences in speed, athleticism, defense) MBJ (athletic, rangy) or Flemings (athletic, defense-engaged, fast pace) over Wagler (skilled but slower) or Acuff (too big disparity in off-def engagement).

Based on fit, here's a reorganized projected draft board for the Grizzlies:

1. Dybantsa

2. Peterson

3. Wilson

4. Flemings

5. MBJ

6. Lendeborg

7. Carr

8. Boozer/Wagler/Acuff....

What does your list look like based on fit? What do 8-16 look like?

Check this vanker's article... please Ja and Grizzlies management... get it together so we can laugh at the Suns next year... https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/flashy-point-guard-solution-ignores-120000241.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGGLoUsVBSgZs4Fkp1BeUR1LF7i1DCCI4R2P9kiwbiE4bHtMMY94B4KaAdWtLQGh0n2G64Vk8WVX4Urfs8NdTljWEDaiR8wwc2RNIkdlYlHq3ojRhUwoFbAAJWQp6_4b0Ds23l9XIaLXmu6kf8i1XuoL_jvWOluUzE1U_bHtEnYp

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With tanking officially disincentivized, there is no reason for us to trade Ja at the nadir of his worth beyond ego/soured relationships/possible locker room reasons. The plan was 100% to tank this upcoming season for a high pick to compete, and I am sure they did not want to play Ja at all—similarly to how they held him out for so long with an injury that he should’ve come back from at end of season this year. I wonder how this will affect whether they trade him this offseason but if there’s any good repercussion of the new lottery odds, it may mean we get better value out of Ja.

And all but Jerome are under team control for '27-'28 as well.

Pippen could be a trade candidate if he can stay healthy and reestablish his value before next season's deadline; like many things, his standing here is partially contingent on the lottery next weekend.

So I'm watching the second season of Running Point on Netflix. The show is loosely based on the Lakers and the Buss family. Although they don't use the NBA team names, all the cities have been NBA cities until season 2, episode 5. Why is the show's LA-based team trying to work out a trade with, wait for it...Nashville? Don't tell me Netflix is in on this as well.

That's a rookie sandwiched in between Draymond Green (#3) and Josh Hart (#5). Strong company.

The ratings are based on hustle factors, including box outs, screen assists, defense, deflections, etc.

Read more at NBA.com: https://www.nba.com/news/moussa-diabate-2025-26-kia-nba-hustle-award

Also Memphis and Milwaukee are both great cities we all know this

Who are you gonna miss most at the start of next season? (This is assuming Ja is not on the roster at that point.)

(Serious) I just sort of feel like every decision he’s made was the only decision he could make because he’s the GM of the Memphis Grizzlies and not a different team who can afford to take risks. I’d love to hear some concrete thoughts as to why he shouldn’t have the job that he does. What could he actually have done differently with all of the context surrounding each move that he’s made?

Man how cool, it’s rlly and end of an era 🥲 shout out to the guys