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In Other News: CA Wraps Up Camp

The Commercial Appeal continues their very respectable coverage of the Grizzlies' training camp so far. They've wrapped up the camp with this list of ten bullets, which I'll summarize:

  1. The Grizzlies still act like a young team, often losing focus despite Hollins' and Iverson's rants.
  2. O.J. Mayo looks to be shooting even better, Rudy Gay appears to be much improved and more aggressive.
  3. Allen Iverson is the backup, mostly because he hasn't outplayed Conley. Apparently Iverson couldn't get past half-court in three tries during a drill against Mike Taylor. This is only one example.
  4. Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol look great on offense, as both can stretch the floor. But they seem to really struggle at defending the rim.
  5. Hasheem Thabeet and, surprise, Sam Young, have been two of the more unimpressive players in camp.
  6. DeMarre Carroll has impressed with his unending energy and toughness.
  7. Hollins has clearly shown leadership.
  8. Iverson and Randolph have done nothing in camp to suggest that they're destroying morale or young attitudes. Inversely Iverson has been Hollins' greatest supporter.
  9. Iverson believes he should still be able to play his style of ball dominating basketball.
  10. Hollins seems to suggest that team chemistry isn't right because, "We just need our veterans to try to play in the flow a little more." In other words disregard points 8 and 9.
Also this little tidbit is in the news, wow, count me as incredibly impressed with the support:
''The last four or five weeks, we've been in the top 10 in (ticket) sales in the NBA,'' Pugliese added. ''It's definitely been an exciting time.''

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I'm happy to hear positive things about Carroll

Go JYD!

If you watch Rambo backwards, it's Sylvester Stallone healing people with his magic bullet vacuum.

by ratherfantastic on Oct 6, 2009 5:57 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Hey if I was Memphis

I’d try out Taylor a bit more. ClipsNation knows that when Taylor can control his speed, he’s a beast. He’s VERY fast and can be an instant offense type player. Of course Taylor is a project, but has a very high reward, almost no failure risk because lets face it, who really has that high expectations for Taylor?

by JackduhSun on Oct 7, 2009 12:13 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Did I also mention

he’s also a very good dunker? ClipsNation was looking for Taylor to be our future pg at one point, where Deandre Jordan and Mike Taylor will be throwoing lob passes to each other and dunking over other teams.

Dont believe that Taylor (at like barely 6 feet) can dunk? Heres a pretty good looking one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naM_ax5UJHM

sorry if its agaisnt yours truely, but when i first saw that dunk, I was excited.

by JackduhSun on Oct 7, 2009 12:15 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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