Justin Verrier

And they've managed to like maintain that through now multiple regimes and eras.

And so credit to the Grizzlies.

You have a literal identity in a league that fetishizes that probably above a lot of things.

Shooting the cover off the ball.

Yep.

And playing center?

Question mark?

Yeah.

I remember right after the trade deadline when they trotted up that lineup because I went to the game when they were here in Portland.

I was like, oh, these guys are fucking around.

Like they have decided to just eject on this season and they are playing for this draft picked.

And they still are to a large degree.

But you're right.

I was surprised by how comfortable he looked there and how much of an advantage it gave them.

Like they really gave it to the Blazers in that game.

Now, a lot of teams tend to do that at the right time with the Blazers.

But I don't know.

I just like I'm starting to rethink him.

I guess the question ultimately is like, is the center stuff kind of just like a dalliance?

Is it something that they're going to do short term in order to just like plug this gap that they clearly have?