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Why the Grizzlies fired Taylor Jenkins + DPOY Madness | Slam N Jam
29 Mar 2025
Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers discuss the week of NBA Basketball Defensive Player of the year, and our players, stats and quotes of the week. Then they are joined by Keith Parish of the Athletic to discuss the Memphis Grizzlies and why they fired Taylor Jenkins, Ja Morant’s season, the value of Brandon Clarke, and more. Then the boys play a fun edition of Andrew vs. the Beat, a trivia game where Andrew is pitted against a beat writer.Host: Andrew Schlecht and Alex SpeersWith: Keith ParishExecutive Producer: Andrew SchlechtAudio/Video Editor: Jake Kleinberg Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Welcome to the Saturday Slammin' Jam here on the Athletic NBA Daily. On today's show, we are talking about the defensive player of the year, our players of the week, and Keith Parrish. is talking about the Grizzlies today. And, you know, if you saw the wheel spinning, you didn't know. We didn't know what was gonna happen on Grizzlies week. We didn't know when we woke up this morning.
I didn't know whenever I was at the game last night talking to Taylor Jenkins prior to the game that he was no longer going to be employed. Incredible. Before we get to the top stories, I do want you guys to please go fill out a quick survey. We love the listeners of the slam and jam, the jammers, the slammers. please go fill out this survey. Theathletic.com slash athletic slash survey25.
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Well, Andrew, our top story this week is unfortunately some injury news in the Eastern Conference. Damian Lillard has been diagnosed with a deep vein thrombosis in his right calf. He's been put on blood thinners and is out indefinitely. There is hope that Dame can return this season, but for the time being, it's a massive blow to a team. that has been fading down the stretch.
The Bucks aren't in any danger of falling into the play-in probably, but they are now 4-7 in their last 11. They've fallen a half game behind the Pistons for the fifth seed in the East. If the standings held, the Bucks would meet the Knicks in the first round in that 3-6 matchup, while the Pistons would face the Pacers in the 4-5.
And speaking of the Pacers, they had a game this week against the Wizards.
in which they scored 162 points it was the most points scored in pacer's franchise history the most points ever allowed by wizards team and the largest loss in wizards history it's one of those box scores where you're looking at it it doesn't initially seem like it should add up to that high of a number because halliburton he was the high scorer he scored 29 points in the game no one else on the pacer scored more than 17.
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