re: Memphis fires Taylor Jenkins

I watched Winhorst's take on the situation and it makes much more sense now.

He basically said that Memphis "asked" Jenkins to fire all of his offensive staff after last season and the front office brought in some "offgrid" overseas guys to replace them. They hired Iisalo as an assistant who was still under contract with the Paris Basketball team. So they paid for the buy out and hired him to run his offense this year.

So the issues started 6-8 weeks ago when they were really struggling and Jenkins started to move them away from their new offense and back to his bread and butter offense and the front office had a problem with that. They wanted to continue with Iisalo's offense even if it was detrimental to their success.

Their new offense doesn't run screens, P&R, or any typical NBA actions which is ironic since their players have thrived playing this style.

It sounds like they were destined to part ways since their vision is wildly different. It sounds like Iisalo was always going to be their guy.

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Morant did not, however, like the new offense. He has played in just 43 games this season, missing this most recent stretch because of a hamstring injury while also dealing with right shoulder soreness. But when he’s been on the court, according to a league source, Morant has complained about the new scheme, which takes the ball out of his hands and removes the screens he likes to use as a ball handler to make plays.

One league source who has seen Morant work out with the Grizzlies recently said, “Some days he looks like he’s ready to play, and some days he looks like he doesn’t want to be there … because he hates the offense.”

Jenkins had begun to reinstall some of the plays Morant likes, a league source said, reimplementing the pick-and-roll and other plays involving screens Morant could use to break free. If doing so angered Kleiman and played a role in Jenkins’ firing, one could understand, but LaRoche was the driving force behind the Grizzlies going away from ball screens to begin with — and he’s gone too.

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Here's another interesting tidbit. They also fired LaRoche today also. Looks like Morant is on his way out. Bring in Jenkins and Ja will force his way here with him.

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Here's another interesting tidbit. They also fired LaRoche today also. Looks like Morant is on his way out. Bring in Jenkins and Ja will force his way here with him.

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Z for Ja trade

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I think the hope was to always pair Zion and Morant together.

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If you actually got both of those guys to buy in and more importantly do something that is impossible it seems (stay healthy), you can actually win a championship.

Add in Trey and a draft pick? WHEW

FYI if Ja wants out we arent giving them Trey or any draft pick above 4.

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FYI if Ja wants out we arent giving them Trey or any draft pick above 4.

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Then what are you offering?

I know the value tables have slipped a bit, but I would think Morant's value would be comparable to Donovan Mitchell. Mitchell got traded for Markkanen (who got maxed a year later), Sexton, Ogbaji (who was just drafted 14th), 3 future 1sts, and 2 swaps. We would have to offer something pretty significant..

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What if we got pick #4 and added another 1st (2027), a couple of swaps, Murphy and Missi?

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morant
2025-26 Salary: $39 million
2026-27 Salary: $42 million
2027-28 Salary: $44 million

not going to do the math because this would never happen but i assume we would have to send back more salary

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If you actually got both of those guys to buy in and more importantly do something that is impossible it seems (stay healthy), you can actually win a championship.

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Us fans will never learn

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Don't give a shite. Hire the guy.

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Right. This is how the rockets got udoka.

Ja goes pew, pew, pew at the end of the game.

The Grizzlies gonna blow it up soon.