Memphis Grizzlies 2019-2020 Watch Thread (#14)

[rondofan1255]

[Jiri Welsch]

Another loss for Memphis!

[smokeablount]

So they're 28-31 now and like I said many pages ago, their post all-star break schedule is murder.

I just took it in for 5 minutes and it's hard to imagine them doing much better than 4-19 from here on out.

They could conceivably lose all 12 road games (their road net margin of -4.9, much of which includes their team with JJJ and good vets, is worse than the home net margin of any of those 12 team) and I'm penciling in home wins vs. Philly and Orlando which the data says is likely, but that frankly seem dubious to me.

Maybe they surprise and win 7 games instead of 4, but that's still 7-16 and drops 'em to, say, the #12 pick.

[gouki88]

Well, they lost to the Kings. I predict their record over this stretch will go:
Lakers: L
Hawks: W
Nets: L
Mavs: L
Hawks: W
Magic: W
Blazers: L
Jazz: L
Spurs: W
Thunder: L
Bucks: L
Pels: L
Pels: L
Celtics: L
Raps: L
Raps: L

Record at the end of this stretch: 32-43

[colincb]

Brutal schedule. Maybe we can throw our the rest of our picks into the pot and get into the top 10, not thatit appears to be a great draft

[Sophomore]

Brutal schedule. Maybe we can throw our the rest of our picks into the pot and get into the top 10, not thatit appears to be a great draft

Definitely not the time you want to lose two starters to injury and trade away two vet leaders. I’ll be glad to see our draft position improve or the pick roll over, but the basketball gods robbed Memphis. Would’ve been interesting to see how their full lineup did against this schedule. 

[Phantom255x]

Doesn't look like we'll get help today, but actually I think I'm fine with it.

Lakers getting absolutely wrecked by the Grizzlies. Maybe they come back in the 4th? We'll see

[gouki88]

Of course the Lakers try to screw us like this!

[KGs Knee]

POR can't get out of their own way.  Looks like NOP is all that is potentially in the way of MEM keeping their hold on the 8th seed.

[rondofan1255]

Time to be the #1 Ice Trae fans in the world for two games

[GreenShooter]

With 2 surprising outcomes (Memphis beating Lakers and the next day Lakers beating NOLA without AD), bumping Memphis out of the playoffs took a hit. Hopefully, their injured will not return any time soon. Their schedule until April 1st is really tough (I know it's been said but I'm throwing it out there again....not everyone reads through). They have "1" easy game (vs. Atlanta) and then have to wait until they face the Knicks on April fools day to face a slam dunk game. Here's to a LOT of losses to come in next few weeks.

[No Nickname]

Ok so the Grizzlies’ loss to Orlando kind of makes up for their win against the Lakers.

There’s a legitimate chance they could lose 16 out of their last 17 games. They have a murderer’s row of games to end the season with the Knicks being their one lone easy opponent.

The back-to-back with the Pelicans coming up is huge!!

[SparzWizard]

Ok so the Grizzlies’ loss to Orlando kind of makes up for their win against the Lakers.

There’s a legitimate chance they could lose 16 out of their last 17 games. They have a murderer’s row of games to end the season with the Knicks being their one lone easy opponent.

The back-to-back with the Pelicans coming up is huge!!

That's a stretch saying they could lose 16 of their next 17 games. They're literally 32-33 this season so I think they'll barely make the playoffs and get swept in Round 1. It's time to give up on the watch!

[gouki88]

Ok so the Grizzlies’ loss to Orlando kind of makes up for their win against the Lakers.

There’s a legitimate chance they could lose 16 out of their last 17 games. They have a murderer’s row of games to end the season with the Knicks being their one lone easy opponent.

The back-to-back with the Pelicans coming up is huge!!

That's a stretch saying they could lose 16 of their next 17 games. They're literally 32-33 this season so I think they'll barely make the playoffs and get swept in Round 1. It's time to give up on the watch!

Never! The NBA is full of surprises. If someone had told me at the start of the day that Luka would drop 38 against the measly Spurs and lose, and that the Nets would beat the Lakers with both LeBron and AD dropping 25+ I wouldn't have believed you, but those two things happened.

I don't think going 1-16 of their next 17 is likely at all, but they could certainly crumble. Who knows!

[trickybilly]

Kinda wish we had gone after Valancuinas at the deadline. He has been having a career year in many categories. That contract he is on is nice too.