Playoff Pressure Meter + Weekend Update
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What happened with the Grizzlies' coaching decision?
Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily. Coming up, I'm back. I missed a lot, apparently. The Grizzlies fired their coach. Cleveland and Oklahoma City both hit 60 wins. And we had a big brawl in Minnesota. And would you believe it? The Detroit Pistons were involved. Good morning, everybody. Good morning, guys. Good to see your faces. Welcome back. Just sit here for 30 minutes catching up right before the podcast. You know, a little podcast magic there. Thank you guys for filling in for me last week. The shows were awesome. It was a lot of fun. I spent the week in the woods. very good for me. Shout out to our national parks. Yosemite National Park was a lot of fun. Beautiful park. When I got out of the woods, guys, I was bombarded once I got cell phone service by just a bevy of news. First, sad news, I learned about Juju Watkins tearing her ACL and it really just put a damper on my trip because I was looking forward to catching some of her games over the weekend. And then I found out that the Grizzlies Fired Taylor Jenkins with nine games left in the season.
And guys, this obviously is a huge surprise to everyone. Keith Parrish, good buddy of mine, did Saturday Slammin' Jam. And he kind of, you know, went through the entire thing. And this is our first chance to sit and talk about it. Kind of unprecedented for a team in this position, you know, top six in the playoffs. I mean, they were a four seed when this happens. I just kind of felt like it was out of nowhere. So at this point, some of the reporting starting to come out. I don't know. What do you guys think?
It honestly, it's surprising. And I think us being lost for words here kind of describes the feeling that we have because it's hard to explain the way that we're feeling. When it comes to this Grizzlies team, they were falling down the standings a little bit over the last two months. Since February, they were, you know, under 500. They hadn't beat a lot of good teams. And I think a part of that was just their defense falling off a cliff. They've been 20th defensively since that time too. So it's, They haven't been able to be as good of a defensive team. You see that scuffle between Santi Aldama and Desmond Bain where Desmond Bain is asking to guard. So there clearly seems to be some issues. Yeah, play harder, right?
There clearly seems to be some issues on the defensive end. I guess the question, and I think this is what everybody is asking, why not do it Last summer, when you thought you were going to change your coach and you got in the coaching staff. That's the part that doesn't make sense to me.
That's the thing. If you've already made up your mind, like waiting until now, it's just kind of delaying the next chapter and also putting, you know, Tomas Iasalo in a really interesting position because now not only, yes, he is known for his offensive capability, he's also now responsible for trying to fix that defense that S was just referencing has fallen off a cliff. And you think about some teams in the league that have done this and you've seen the repercussions. I'm thinking about the Bucs, the Budenhoser. I'm thinking about the Lakers after Frank Vogel. Like when you... Allow this to kind of fester for so long, more things develop. And so now it's going to be a question of what's going to happen in the offseason. Yeah.
How are the NBA playoff landscapes shaping up?
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What happened with the Grizzlies' coaching decision?
1:11–4:32
2
What controversies arose during the Pistons vs. Wolves game?
4:32–11:12
3
Are the Cleveland Cavaliers peaking at the right time for playoffs?
11:12–16:05
4
What are the implications of the Suns' recent performance?
16:05
5
What are the playoff prospects for Memphis Grizzlies?
10:40
6
How are the NBA playoff landscapes shaping up?
0:03–26:34