Memphis Grizzlies Fire Coach Taylor Jenkins

[knicksfan974]

If you have Tuomas Iisalo ready to take over, yes, it's absolutely worth it.

I’ve never heard of him until this happened.

Was he known as a top assistant in the League?

From a European perspective, it was very obvious that he is not your average NBA assistant coach, but rather destined to become an NBA HC sooner or later. Same way as it was obvious with Doncic that he is a special player when he entered the league.

[Exp0sed]

If you have Tuomas Iisalo ready to take over, yes, it's absolutely worth it.

I’ve never heard of him until this happened.

Was he known as a top assistant in the League?

wasn't really known outside of Europe until this season. he's built quite a name for himself over the last decade in Europe and won coach of the year in France last season (he's from Finland). the Grizz brought him over as a highly touted and highly paid assistant coach, presumably to start grooming him for a headcoaching job. very innovative coach.

there was a thread about him in the general board earlier this season when the Grizz were hot, as they play unlike any other team in the NBA, going against the grain by running very few screens, PNR's and other oddities. Lisalo def had a hand in that, now he'll get to bring his vision to life and we'll find out if he's got what it takes to be an NBA HC

[magee]

If you have Tuomas Iisalo ready to take over, yes, it's absolutely worth it.

I’ve never heard of him until this happened.

Was he known as a top assistant in the League?

wasn't really known outside of Europe until this season. he's built quite a name for himself over the last decade in Europe and won coach of the year in France last season (he's from Finland). the Grizz brought him over as a highly touted and highly paid assistant coach, presumably to start grooming him for a headcoaching job. very innovative coach.

there was a thread about him in the general board earlier this season when the Grizz were hot, as they play unlike any other team in the NBA, going against the grain by running very few screens and other oddities. Lisalo def had a hand in that, now he'll get to bring his vision to life and we'll find out if he's got what it takes to be an NBA HC

A lot of the motion and read & react stuff was Noah LaRoche, which Ja had an issue with, since it took the ball out of his hands. Iisalo will still have facets of it, but will integrate more high ball screens for Morant and Bane. The YouTube clip I posted a couple pages back has a really great breakdown of his time at Paris Basket last year, if you haven't seen it yet.

[HMFFL]

The fire makes sense.
Memphis has had a chance lately to gain ground on the Lakers and Nuggets and have failed. Coach needed to go. His offense doesn't support his young star and he's not brilliant enough to create one that involves JA. Memphis is better off as the playoff approach.

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that doesn't make any sense

this offense that Ja Morant is so "against", was installed by Tuomas Iisalo their lead Assitant coach who is now the interim headcoach...

oh and btw, Iisalo is def brilliant. he's alot more brilliant than Ja Morant and if the Grizz have an ounce of sense, they'll trade Ja in the offseason. he isn't good enough, injury prone, a headcase and his playstyle will innevitably lead to more serious injuries. they could still get alot of value for him and they have a really good roster with a some great vets in JJJ\Bane etc. but also some very promising young talents

they could set themselves very well for the future if they move on from Morant and give the keys to Lisalo instead, he could be the next Popovich.

The last thing Memphis needs to do is lose JA and other talents. Thry must make him happy and continue yo build. Coaching wss an obvious red flag lately if you've watched their games. They need to become a real threat again before the end of the season.

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[wco81]

We won't know if this was a good move until probably after next season at least, give the new coach a full season, maybe one or two postseasons.

Blatt had a lot of success in Europe too. He lasted two seasons?

Being great with Xs and Os is one thing but NBA coaches have to deal with personalities, especially stars who have or will bank hundreds of millions in salaries. Basically Bron fired Blatt.

No very high-priced divas in European basketball, probably.

[ORLMagicGirl15]

I don’t know what some of these GMs are going through BUT the Wizards or the Hornets need to go after him.

[ItsDanger]

Morant returns, Edey in starting lineup. Coincidence? Probably not.

[GoBobs]

Low class move, you don't fire a winning coach with only 2 weeks to go before the playoffs. There is no excuse.

[doogie_hauser]

It does seem apparent Ja Morant was a significant reason why Jenkins was fired. Which also suggests to me the Grizz don't have any plans to trade Morant any time soon

[Handlez]

The fire makes sense.
Memphis has had a chance lately to gain ground on the Lakers and Nuggets and have failed. Coach needed to go. His offense doesn't support his young star and he's not brilliant enough to create one that involves JA. Memphis is better off as the playoff approach.

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that doesn't make any sense

this offense that Ja Morant is so "against", was installed by Tuomas Iisalo their lead Assitant coach who is now the interim headcoach...

oh and btw, Iisalo is def brilliant. he's alot more brilliant than Ja Morant and if the Grizz have an ounce of sense, they'll trade Ja in the offseason. he isn't good enough, injury prone, a headcase and his playstyle will innevitably lead to more serious injuries. they could still get alot of value for him and they have a really good roster with a some great vets in JJJ\Bane etc. but also some very promising young talents

they could set themselves very well for the future if they move on from Morant and give the keys to Lisalo instead, he could be the next Popovich.

The last thing Memphis needs to do is lose JA and other talents. Thry must make him happy and continue yo build. Coaching wss an obvious red flag lately if you've watched their games. They need to become a real threat again before the end of the season.

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A real threat for what?

They ain't got enough and Ja is overrated.

[magee]

Low class move, you don't fire a winning coach with only 2 weeks to go before the playoffs. There is no excuse.

Maybe no excuse, yet a lot of reasons. Most of which have been listed throughout this thread.

[Onlytimewilltel]

Low class move, you don't fire a winning coach with only 2 weeks to go before the playoffs. There is no excuse.

Agreed. Super low class. Let him play out the next month at least and see how they do in playoffs and even if you’re eager to fire him the minimum expectation for a winning coach is at least let him finish o out these next few weeks.

[JujitsuFlip]

All that just to lose to the Lakers LOL

[ejftw]

Thank you for the fifth seed Memphis.

Would be priceless if whoever the Grizz face off in the first round hires Jenkins as an Assistant and Memphis gets schlonged.

[dk1115]

Was this the coach of the Grizzlies team that got eliminated by the championship warriors a few years ago?

[durden_tyler]

Low class move, you don't fire a winning coach with only 2 weeks to go before the playoffs. There is no excuse.

Agreed. Super low class. Let him play out the next month at least and see how they do in playoffs and even if you’re eager to fire him the minimum expectation for a winning coach is at least let him finish o out these next few weeks.

It's not like the Grizzlies are contenders. All break ups hurt, so might as well do it early and start the recovery process. LOL

[knicksfan974]

All that just to lose to the Lakers LOL

Just one game. Give the new coach one full season to prove himself.

[Onlytimewilltel]

Low class move, you don't fire a winning coach with only 2 weeks to go before the playoffs. There is no excuse.

Agreed. Super low class. Let him play out the next month at least and see how they do in playoffs and even if you’re eager to fire him the minimum expectation for a winning coach is at least let him finish o out these next few weeks.

It's not like the Grizzlies are contenders. All break ups hurt, so might as well do it early and start the recovery process. LOL

Nah, just disagree here. I’m sure there are other coaches out there who won’t be on the same team next year and the ownership already knows it. But they’re smart enough not to do it this late in the season, even for the losing coaches they don’t get canned this late in the year. And Memphis canned a winning coach on the way to the playoffs in a year when the team has had a lot of injuries and you can argue they even overachieved in the stacked West.

This was a low class move. Unless this dude did some foul stuff off the court that we don’t know about, this was a **** move on their part and you let him coach out the next few weeks and then let him go. My phone was blowing up with “wtf lol, what’s going on here, why now” messages from friends about this move. I haven’t talked to one person that didn’t think it was ridiculous this late in the year, especially for a wining coach on the way to the playoffs. Have we seen that happen before?

I like the young gritty Memphis team, but this move by ownership makes me want to see them flame out in the first round.

[Upperclass]

Euroleague coaches never really workout in the NBA. It's just a different game with more simplistic counters to creativity on offense.

[JujitsuFlip]

All that just to lose to the Lakers LOL

Just one game. Give the new coach one full season to prove himself.

The timing just sucks.