Game Day: Grizzlies (17-18) @ Suns (25-12), Mon 3/15/21

[The Bobster]

Valanciunas has 17 rebounds, the rest of the Grizzlies have 16.

[djy2j]

Lol at Valunciunas complaining after an obvious shove...also why can’t Ayton do that more in the post.

Because he doesn’t really feel comfortable on offense mainly because he doesn’t fully understand it. He’s pretty much plateaued at that end of the floor. The only reason he’s out there in the 4th tonight is because Saric has 5 fouls

[Split T]

Lol at Valunciunas complaining after an obvious shove...also why can’t Ayton do that more in the post.

Because he doesn’t really feel comfortable on offense mainly because he doesn’t fully understand it. He’s pretty much plateaued at that end of the floor. The only reason he’s out there in the 4th tonight is because Saric has 5 fouls

He’s been good tonight, he would’ve come in as soon as Valunciunas did for sure

[Split T]

Woah...we were up 28 there for a second until Grayson hit back to back 3s...looks like some Jalen Smith time coming. Is Ty-Shon back with the team? G league bubble is over, right?

[Superbone]

I don’t understand why the Suns starters came back out of the timeout with a big lead and 5 and a half minutes remaining. Even the Grizzlies came out with their scrubs.

[Furlanfufi]

Stix, the human victory cigar!!!!

[Split T]

Stix with the lefty and-1!

[djy2j]

I guess I’ll never understand why the bar is set so low for him here. He certainly hasn’t been bad by any means but 15 and 9 and the guy he’s guarding is 24 and 17 and has only missed 3 shots. He had a few nice blocks and he caught a few lobs. I’ll just never be satisfied with his role player like impact he has night in and night out.

[Superbone]

The Smith sighting was nice.

[Split T]

I guess I’ll never understand why the bar is set so low for him here. He certainly hasn’t been bad by any means but 15 and 9 and the guy he’s guarding is 24 and 17 and has only missed 3 shots. He had a few nice blocks and he caught a few lobs. I’ll just never be satisfied with his role player like impact he has night in and night out.

Well context matters. Valunciunas had 8 offensive boards...almost all were when Ayton was helping on other players or completely switched onto other players. Half his points and rebounds came from that...so it’s really like 12/9

[Superbone]

Jalen Smith with the blocked shot and stare down!

[Split T]

Jalen Smith with the blocked shot and stare down!

Should’ve challenged it

[The Bobster]

I guess I’ll never understand why the bar is set so low for him here. He certainly hasn’t been bad by any means but 15 and 9 and the guy he’s guarding is 24 and 17 and has only missed 3 shots. He had a few nice blocks and he caught a few lobs. I’ll just never be satisfied with his role player like impact he has night in and night out.

Well context matters. Valunciunas had 8 offensive boards...almost all were when Ayton was helping on other players or completely switched onto other players. Half his points and rebounds came from that...so it’s really like 12/9

And the Suns, for good or bad, don't really run offense through Ayton that much.

[Superbone]

Kaminsky with the veteran move giving the ball to the rookie for the turnover with five seconds remaining.

[Split T]

One guess on who led the team in +/-

[Split T]

Kaminsky with the veteran move giving the ball to the rookie for the turnover with five seconds remaining.

These are always funny, but shot clock violations count as team turnovers and aren’t attributed to any player.

[Superbone]

I guess that concussion really affected Grayson Allen. He seemed calm the whole game and didn’t try to piss anybody off.

[Superbone]

Why again is Gallo not getting PT over Nader or Moore?

Because he’s one dimensional. Nader isn’t.

[Split T]

I’ve said this before, but Crowder needs to start:

As a starter he’s shooting 43/40/86
As a reserve he’s shooting 36/33/67.

Had a solid game.

Bridges was kind of a no-show tonight. Not the best time when we’re talking about him as a 3rd piece on a championship team in the other thread.

[Superbone]

Why again is Gallo not getting PT over Nader or Moore?

The debate is Moore vs Gallo for me
Nader plays a different role than those two

BG gets it.