Jay Williams on the Thunder:
“As a fan of the game, I just want to see the game respected. There are times where I watch OKC play, I don’t feel like they respect the process of the game. It’s too much foul baiting. When you fall down 95% of every shot you take in the 4th, I get physiologically exhausted.”
(via @GetUpESPN, h/t @NBA__Courtside)
You can not watch the NBA for years, tune in for about 5 minutes of an Oklahoma City Thunder game, and immediately remember why it’s no longer a serious sport
BREAKING: Southern Miss transfer 6’7” wing Tylik Weeks has committed to Memphis, per multiple sources.
Averaged 19.7 PPG and 5.4 REB last season. Profiles as an athletic, shot-creating wing who loves to pick his spots in the mid-range.
Chose Memphis over Ole Miss, while receiving plenty of other HM+ interest.
Hell of a recruiting job by Penny and Trevor DeLoach.
On this day in 2011, the Grizzlies defeated the Spurs 91-88 in Game 3 of the 1st round - Memphis’s first playoff game at home in five years.
(@MacBo50 - 25 PTS, 5 REB, hit 3-pointer to seal the win
@mconley11 - 14 PTS, 8 AST, 6 REB)
Darko Rajakovic: "I don't care what the rest of the world thinks. I have my opinion. I love the people of Memphis. I had an amazing time here living in East Memphis in Germantown. I love the food. I love every time I come here."
In 2022, Zach Randolph wrote about his love for the city of Memphis: “Listen man, Memphis is one of the most underrated cities in the country. They have so much underground talent in that city that hasn’t even been tapped yet. I know that for a fact. Memphis has so much creativity and history, just on the music side, from the blues to Isaac Hayes, to even Elvis.
There’s no denying it’s a cultural city.
But it’s a hard working town, you feel me? With blue collar, hard working people.
It has its tough spots and rough moments, but the thing that makes Memphis special is that they accept all their people. People who got knocked down and got up resilient. People who ain’t got the prettiest journey story. Bottom line is, you can be you in Memphis — you don’t have to act a certain way.
So when I got there, I felt like I fit right in.” https://t.co/UkGgadYRQP
That's right. It'd be Memphis' first six-game losing streak since the 1998-99 season.
And it would mark the Tigers' first time losing 17-plus games in a season since 1969-70 (!!!).