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Long fall from being up 3-2 on the Thunder. Things have been trending seriously down since then.
Best damn basketball team in the world thread
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Seriously.. I'd rather be getting ravaged in the WCF right now with Levien lash Hollinger and Joerger still bossin. The quarter of greatness, demolished.
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That's good news. I almost figured he would be a Dave guy, but then again Dave doesn't sign his checks.
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TA tweeting "#TeamPera"
Looks like he was the vet calling Dave "rookie" which is all so silly
to me as he was a rookie. So I don't see the big deal
Looks like he was the vet calling Dave "rookie" which is all so silly
to me as he was a rookie. So I don't see the big deal
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This s hit is like high school, that's if I went to high school with a billionaire and all multimillionaires.
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1. trade Joerger for Kevin Love.
2. Pera sign Love forever.
2. Pera sign Love forever.
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Did not know that. Bring me the pick.
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Word.
No biggie there. Now I am just ready for Dave to be gone, so we can move on.
No biggie there. Now I am just ready for Dave to be gone, so we can move on.
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So....now he's staying???
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The genesis of the Joerger-Pera problems, according to league sources, dates back to last September. Pera -- who fancies himself a pretty good player -- challenged Tony Allen to a game of one-on-one. Allen, on Twitter, accepted. Pera, a Silicon Valley billionaire who bought a small controlling interest in the Grizzlies in 2012, poured tens of thousands of dollars into producing the matchup. He invited the media and instructed the public relations staff to issue a press release promoting the event.
The problem? Allen had lost interest. Joerger, a first-year head coach, didn't like the idea of the game -- like many in the organization he found it goofy and unbecoming of a professional team, according to sources -- but it was Allen's indifference that caused it to be called off. Yet Pera directed his frustration at Joerger and, according to a source, directed upper management to fire him.
Said a source familiar with the situation, "He absolutely wanted Dave out."
It was the first of several early season clashes between Joerger and Pera. When the Grizzlies opened the season 2-3 -- including double-digit defeats to Dallas and New Orleans -- Pera flew to Memphis and held individual meetings with players, sources say. He began offering bizarre suggestions. He suggested Mike Miller, a longtime Grizzlies player who was re-signed in the offseason, could become a player-coach. He brought up the idea that Joerger could wear an NFL-style headset and take instructions on the sideline. When the Grizzlies faced Golden State in early November, Pera insisted that Joerger give significant minutes to fourth-year power forward Ed Davis. Davis played just one. Again, according to sources, Pera insisted that Joerger had to go. Only after it was explained how dysfunctional the franchise would look if it fired a first year head coach six games into the season did Pera back down.
What the f***?
Is this true?
The problem? Allen had lost interest. Joerger, a first-year head coach, didn't like the idea of the game -- like many in the organization he found it goofy and unbecoming of a professional team, according to sources -- but it was Allen's indifference that caused it to be called off. Yet Pera directed his frustration at Joerger and, according to a source, directed upper management to fire him.
Said a source familiar with the situation, "He absolutely wanted Dave out."
It was the first of several early season clashes between Joerger and Pera. When the Grizzlies opened the season 2-3 -- including double-digit defeats to Dallas and New Orleans -- Pera flew to Memphis and held individual meetings with players, sources say. He began offering bizarre suggestions. He suggested Mike Miller, a longtime Grizzlies player who was re-signed in the offseason, could become a player-coach. He brought up the idea that Joerger could wear an NFL-style headset and take instructions on the sideline. When the Grizzlies faced Golden State in early November, Pera insisted that Joerger give significant minutes to fourth-year power forward Ed Davis. Davis played just one. Again, according to sources, Pera insisted that Joerger had to go. Only after it was explained how dysfunctional the franchise would look if it fired a first year head coach six games into the season did Pera back down.
What the f***?
Is this true?
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@RobertPera: Wow..@ChrisMannixSI What happened to journalistic integrity? No wonder people are calling me crazy. I would too if any of that was true
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Hairston me.
Unless Stauskas somehow fell. Which won't happen.
Unless Stauskas somehow fell. Which won't happen.
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It would be cool to hit on a 1st round draft pick, best pick we've made in years was Kevin Love and well yeah.
