Whew! That search feature is a nasty thing.

Double Dribble · Post #1 » by **Double Dribble** » Mon Jun 2, 2008 3:05 pm

And not too kind to many. From those who felt we'd be a contender to those who said the Hawks and Hornets (among others) had worse collections of talent than the Grizzlies...some ugly stuff in the back pages.

GrizzledGrizzFan · Post #2 » by **GrizzledGrizzFan** » Mon Jun 2, 2008 3:11 pm

I know I for one was dead wrong on both squads. Kudos to the Hornets for building a helluva squad. The Hawks took longer to get there than I would have anticipated, but hey, at least they got there.

Double Dribble · Post #3 » by **Double Dribble** » Mon Jun 2, 2008 3:18 pm

No matter how off the mark anyone here is on any subject, no one will come close to Wilbon predicting 50 or 50+ wins for the Grizzlies.

grizzleGM · Post #4 » by **grizzleGM** » Mon Jun 2, 2008 4:22 pm

What does it take to get banned as a flaming troll around here?

Double Dribble · Post #5 » by **Double Dribble** » Mon Jun 2, 2008 5:16 pm

I don't think GGF was trolling or flaming.

GrizzledGrizzFan · Post #6 » by **GrizzledGrizzFan** » Mon Jun 2, 2008 5:29 pm

Double Dribble wrote:I don't think GGF was trolling or flaming.

Don't drag me into this

Double Dribble · Post #7 » by **Double Dribble** » Mon Jun 2, 2008 5:36 pm

GM did that, not me!

hptmatthew · Post #8 » by **hptmatthew** » Mon Jun 2, 2008 7:59 pm

Double Dribble wrote:No matter how off the mark anyone here is on any subject, no one will come close to Wilbon predicting 50 or 50+ wins for the Grizzlies.

wow.

I'll unabashedly admit that I had the Grizzlies somewhere in the low 30's.

My activities of the 80's were not kind to my thought processes :nod:

At least the Grizzlies made the move this year that needed to be made long ago.

It was enough to put some ppl on "Cloud Nine"

Double Dribble · Post #9 » by **Double Dribble** » Mon Jun 2, 2008 8:10 pm

hptmatthew wrote:It was enough to put some ppl on "Cloud Nine"

If only that were true.

hptmatthew · Post #10 » by **hptmatthew** » Mon Jun 2, 2008 8:58 pm

Double Dribble wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

If only that were true.

oh, that it were.

I was just referring to the "location" portion of your handle on the "other" board after Pau's trade "request" was first made public.

Double Dribble · Post #11 » by **Double Dribble** » Mon Jun 2, 2008 9:05 pm

Yes, it referred to the request and not to the trade itself. I had the ridiculously silly notion that when Pau asked to be traded that we'd actually get something in return. I had no idea that there would be an even more incompetent GM who would prove me wrong.

bgassassin · Post #12 » by **bgassassin** » Mon Jun 2, 2008 9:10 pm

You should have changed it from Cloud Nine to Hell.

Double Dribble · Post #13 » by **Double Dribble** » Mon Jun 2, 2008 9:25 pm

Given the state of the organization over the past few years, we were already there.

bobobolas1 · Post #14 » by **bobobolas1** » Mon Jun 2, 2008 10:00 pm

Yep, a lot of factors came to put us as the worst nba team. Anyway, i think we had a talent alike NOH or Hawks, but it is not possible with that owner, GM and the coaches we had. The year we were really close to stay in the top was the one in wich Hubbie used to play with two squads. U remember?The years in wich we focused in Defense were the best. We were at the level in D of Pistons and Spurs. but no matter if he were the Coach of the year, hehe, but the thing is i felt other coach cud have done much better playing different. It was the beggining of the end.

(Not to mention the bad picks we took in drafts, the bad contracts we have taken in free agents and the trades...)

Since 2000. I have just seen three great players coming from the draft, Gasol, Battier and Gay.

What else we cud say we have done well?

Tsakalidis? hahaha

bgassassin · Post #15 » by **bgassassin** » Mon Jun 2, 2008 10:07 pm

Double Dribble wrote:Given the state of the organization over the past few years, we were already there.

Maybe Purgatory at best.[/Catholicism]

hptmatthew · Post #16 » by **hptmatthew** » Mon Jun 2, 2008 10:08 pm

Double Dribble wrote:Yes, it referred to the request and not to the trade itself. I had the ridiculously silly notion that when Pau asked to be traded that we'd actually get something in return. I had no idea that there would be an even more incompetent GM who would prove me wrong.

oh, I don't think there's one Grizz fan who would say the trade itself put him/her on cloud nine.

I wonder how Jerry W. would have executed the trade...I cannot imagine it would have come out much better...as time passed the likelihood of getting something reasonable for him decreased, one might even say exponentially.

And that double-clutch against Dallas didn't help him or the Grizzlies.

God that was horrible.