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this is really a big move they did to build confidence and fan support going into the ASB. Rumor is that Pera bought everyone a round of drinks to celebrate the win last night too in the Lexus Lounge. They show up wearing Grizzlies warmups at the presser instead of their boss man suits. He says he reads the grizzlies msg board closely. (hah). He says he loves Rudy's game but it isn't GritNGrind. And they want to win more than make a profit. But I guess they also don't want to bleed tons of money either. The technical improvements they want to do in FedEx Forum sound really good too. Just adds to the overall experience and value of a Grizzlies game ticket IMO.

Lots of positives out of the whole show.

From the sounds of this latest news. It appears that he may have the Grizz best interest in mind. Hopefully this new revamp team will continue to gell more as the season moves along. At the end of the day, communication is key.

P.S. I wish Pera would read this board more closely. lol

SD2042 wrote:From the sounds of this latest news. It appears that he may have the Grizz best interest in mind. Hopefully this new revamp team will continue to gell more as the season moves along. At the end of the day, communication is key.

P.S. I wish Pera would read this board more closely. lol

That would probably rejuvenate the board. Also a lot of the people on here are really knowledgeable, so Pera might get more out of it than just fan-feedback.

darkangle901 wrote:

SD2042 wrote:From the sounds of this latest news. It appears that he may have the Grizz best interest in mind. Hopefully this new revamp team will continue to gell more as the season moves along. At the end of the day, communication is key.

P.S. I wish Pera would read this board more closely. lol

That would probably rejuvenate the board. Also a lot of the people on here are really knowledgeable, so Pera might get more out of it than just fan-feedback.

No doubt. I'm not a member of the "other board," but I read it frequently - and the superior knowledge of the posters here (albeit we're smaller in number) is clear. Half the posters on the "other board" clearly have no idea how the business-side of the NBA (i.e. the CBA, luxury tax, and revenue sharing) works and impacts the decisions that have been made or could be made by the Grizz.

jefe wrote:

darkangle901 wrote:

SD2042 wrote:From the sounds of this latest news. It appears that he may have the Grizz best interest in mind. Hopefully this new revamp team will continue to gell more as the season moves along. At the end of the day, communication is key.

P.S. I wish Pera would read this board more closely. lol

That would probably rejuvenate the board. Also a lot of the people on here are really knowledgeable, so Pera might get more out of it than just fan-feedback.

No doubt. I'm not a member of the "other board," but I read it frequently - and the superior knowledge of the posters here (albeit we're smaller in number) is clear. Half the posters on the "other board" clearly have no idea how the business-side of the NBA (i.e. the CBA, luxury tax, and revenue sharing) works and impacts the decisions that have been made or could be made by the Grizz.

Never read it but I can imagine. When I'm talking to friends of mine who are only casual fans of the NBA, I often forget how little the casual fan understands the business side.

I suppose its that the business side of basketball is a little more foreign than the other sports. The soft cap, the salary-matching rules (in trades), cap exceptions, sign-and-trade agreements, the rookie-salary-scale... it's kind of a convoluted system when you think about it.

darkangle901 wrote:
I suppose its that the business side of basketball is a little more foreign than the other sports. The soft cap, the salary-matching rules (in trades), cap exceptions, sign-and-trade agreements, the rookie-salary-scale... it's kind of a convoluted system when you think about it.

Very true - the other thing about the other board is that everyone is a Memphis homer who thinks we'd win the NBA championship if we'd just sign Joey Dorsey, CDR, and any other UofM fringe NBA player.

I spend time on both boards, for different reasons. I really, really wish he hadn't ever posted nor admitted he read the boards. Just my 2 cents.

I think the other boards really went down 1) when Pau traded - we lost a lot of valuable insight from international fans although they are still there in small numbers and Foro del Equipo is tehre 2) signing of Allen Iverson - a huge influx of very ignorant posters came on - and it's never been the same since. It's always been maddening on there for me but I'm on there all the time anyway. There is still a good core of long-time posters on there that are ok but even those guys drive me crazy.

To sum it up -- This board has far greater "signal to noise" ratio.

I feel like they have stopped moderating the "other" board as well and it's gotten out of hand. They no longer organize the threads between "team talk", "trade talk", and "NBA talk" or if they do they do a haphazard job of it. Very chaotic and puerile.

It's one of the reasons why I don't read that board much like I used to. I understand being a fan of your team, but the homers have a way to going way over the top at times.

jefe wrote:

darkangle901 wrote:
I suppose its that the business side of basketball is a little more foreign than the other sports. The soft cap, the salary-matching rules (in trades), cap exceptions, sign-and-trade agreements, the rookie-salary-scale... it's kind of a convoluted system when you think about it.

Very true - the other thing about the other board is that everyone is a Memphis homer who thinks we'd win the NBA championship if we'd just sign Joey Dorsey, CDR, and any other UofM fringe NBA player.

Sometimes it get to the point where ppl have to take off the blue shades. This city is full of Tiger diehards which can be taken with a grain of salt. Common sense have to come to play. People can't expect that the Grizz will bring in former Tigers players and expect them to produce a championship right away. It doesn't work that way.

GrizzledGrizzFan wrote:I spend time on both boards, for different reasons. I really, really wish he hadn't ever posted nor admitted he read the boards. Just my 2 cents.

Yep, he should've kept the gates closed on that part. Ah well.

Of all the NBA forums I’ve come across, I’d say this forum has the highest quality of posters. I mean, I really can’t think of one below average poster here. (maybe me when I'm too opinionated haha)

Who would you guys consider to be the regulars? Sd, Grizzled, jefe, darkangle, vanjulio, dark-child, me, mid-post, hptmatthew, I Am Awesome-O, Downtown, BarbaGrizz (been a while), It_Was_Typed (been a while), Marvin Martian (new), Grizzlies50 (new), cage(used to post a lot and now is back posting), and boogies (been too long!) Am I missing someone? Then we have a few readers who post from time-to-time. There are some Grizzlies posters on the General Board and Trade Boards too. From back in the day, I think I miss bgassassin and boogie the most.

Sometimes it get to the point where ppl have to take off the blue shades. This city is full of Tiger diehards which can be taken with a grain of salt. Common sense have to come to play. People can't expect that the Grizz will bring in former Tigers players and expect them to produce a championship right away. It doesn't work that way.

Are you addressing the blog?

I spend time on both boards, for different reasons. I really, really wish he hadn't ever posted nor admitted he read the boards. Just my 2 cents.

What is over there? I've only read like maybe 2 threads ever. I have the impression that the Grizzlies.com board is a very poor man's version of the Raptors board here. One of the two threads I've viewed was one where people were hyping the Thabeet pick. That's how I knew I didn't belong.

No doubt. I'm not a member of the "other board," but I read it frequently - and the superior knowledge of the posters here (albeit we're smaller in number) is clear. Half the posters on the "other board" clearly have no idea how the business-side of the NBA (i.e. the CBA, luxury tax, and revenue sharing) works and impacts the decisions that have been made or could be made by the Grizz.

I thought I was the only person on this board who didn't post over there!

Very true - the other thing about the other board is that everyone is a Memphis homer who thinks we'd win the NBA championship if we'd just sign Joey Dorsey, CDR, and any other UofM fringe NBA player.

Haha, CDR is available! I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that we have the highest quality Memphis posters and a good percentage of us are from outside the area. I'm from the Tri State. Van's from Rhode Island, right?


I just wanted to thank everyone here for the discussions the past 6 months or so. I've really enjoyed reading all of your takes on the Grizzlies. It's been super interesting.

Yeah I just perused that board a bit and its dumb.

Talking about trading for Ben Gordon, which is more or less impossible without trading away better players, and doesn't make a ton of sense anyway with Bayless on the team. "Charlotte can eat some of his salary" blah blah.

Also says something like "Could Austin Daye be our next star SF?"

Glad to be a part of the "smart" board.

I have to say that I am a bit skeptical of Daye, having watched him in the league and in the summer league. He never really stood out to me, and his frame was an issue when the game got more physical. If someone messes with his rhythm, I feel like he might hit a shooting slump.

Why would we want Ben Gordon when our team is all about character? Tony Allen, Zach Randolph, and Hollins would not tolerate his antics.

jman3134 wrote:I have to say that I am a bit skeptical of Daye, having watched him in the league and in the summer league. He never really stood out to me, and his frame was an issue when the game got more physical. If someone messes with his rhythm, I feel like he might hit a shooting slump.

Why would we want Ben Gordon when our team is all about character? Tony Allen, Zach Randolph, and Hollins would not tolerate his antics.

Not to mention his $13m player option this summer.

Daye basically is just a jumpshooter right now. His length could be an asset at SF, but that's only if he can move his feet well enough to guard guys like Durant and Gay, which I'm not sure of.

just for the record - I am from Memphis. born at baptist east hospital. left for college in ATL then ended up here in RI for the past 9 yrs!

darkangle901 wrote:Yeah I just perused that board a bit and its dumb.

Talking about trading for Ben Gordon, which is more or less impossible without trading away better players, and doesn't make a ton of sense anyway with Bayless on the team. "Charlotte can eat some of his salary" blah blah.

Also says something like "Could Austin Daye be our next star SF?"

Glad to be a part of the "smart" board.

Having Gordon here would be redundant with Bayless here. Gordon would prove useful as a 6th man, but here in Memphis is not the case. I can see him probably in Utah or Toronto giving them some help off the bench.