Grizzed by Vanjulio

Jul 2, 2009

Zach Randolph

Darko for Randolph is something I wanted last year and I'm glad it finally got done. New York got what they wanted, LA got what they wanted, and we got something interesting to work with.

As much as I want to celebrate and bark and growl intimidatingly… the rational side kicks in. We got rid of Pau Gasol for nothing and replaced him with a player with similar contract, but not the skills, and far worse track record.

This may have been the official passing of the torch by the Clippers to Memphis for "Worst Franchise In The NBA."

And David Lee is still homeless. What up wit dat? Grizzlies seem to just be a dumping ground for other teams. How many bad players did we take last year that never played a game for us? We helped out Miami, Orlando, Houston, Lakers (again), Sixers, and who else? Though we did punish Portland by signing Darius Miles. That was using your sack, Grizz! By taking these bad contracts though we're just not helping ourselves. Buying out all those guys for Zach? Antoine Walker, Aaron McKie, Steve Francis, Shaun Livingston, Chris Mihm, Adonal Foyle, man, I could go on all day.

much more to come! ^_^

Jun 29, 2009

Thabeet tube

Jun 26, 2009

draft hangover funeral dirge

Ok so I did not get anything I wanted from our 3 draft picks.

Somehow, we ended up with two more damn BIG EAST All-stars, another Memphis Tiger killer, and we lost the king of unpredictable aloofness, Darko Milicic. Darko is going big time in New York City and I hope he does well.

But at any rate, I must rally behind my team even if I think it's being run by deranged pygmy marmosets.

Happy balloon time in Tanzania!

"Just Thabeet it, Thabeet it,
No One Wants To Be Defeated
Showin' How Funky Strong Is Your Fight
It Doesn't Matter Who's Wrong Or Right"

Our other 2 picks:

Carroll is a "junk yard dog". But I won't bring up how we had one of those before and let it go for nothing. I'm interested to see what they do with him, if anything. These type of players have not lasted long in Memphis when they've been on our team. Maybe we're finally taking on a new tougher identity though. It's about time!

And there were a few other guys I would have picked before Sam Young. But I suppose he could be a beast that we need off the bench to "hold our ground" while the starters are resting on the bench and help prevent the 3rd quarter blowouts that always seemed to happen the last 3 years! It's a longshot if we ever see him in games but let me tell you I'd take anything over the parade of scrubs we've had on the bench in the past.

Jun 25, 2009

Draught Day

Probably this is the most thrilling day of the year for Grizzlies fans. Each year it gets better. Four years ago we had no picks! Now we got three baby! Long life ahead!

Looking back a couple years, we had the excellent Greg Oden / Kevin Durant draft with the back-to-back Champion Florida Gators all coming out at once. That landed us Mike Conley, Jr., the highest PG prospect since Deron Williams. He had a very solid second year after another Grizz coaching change. Best of all, he seemed to bring some order to our otherwise totally inexperienced and confusing mishmash of dysfunctional chemistry.

Everyone was impressed with Grizzlies progress last year

Last year featured the greatest Memphis State player ever, who took us all the way to the finals, as well as an assortment of championship Kansas jocks. All the buzz culminated in our acquisition of West Virginia's OJ Mayo, the guy we blew up our entire team for last year. Randy Moss is also from West Virginia so it's for real over there. And we found that Sideshow Bob not only has a twin brother, but that there are triplets!

Now, this year is going to be one for the ages. Experts are calling it the deepest point guard draft in years. Teams have been assaulting the Grizzlies in hopes to trade up for our pick. OKC management has had to gone into hiding in some remote location in the middle of nowhere - some place called Oklahoma where all the tractor trailers' license plates are manufactured apparently. It's been one of those drafts! Rumor is that the Grizzlies had to pass on Shaq because there's so much activity they're waiting for the highest bid to settle. So Suns had to act desperate and throw him to the Cavs for garbage. The Timberwolves got so excited they traded for picks 5 and 6. And you know when Minnesota makes that kind of move there must be something very special in this draft! They are an organization that never falters.