Getting back to the playoffs = possible

I am fine with the moves the Grizzlies made this offseason, and especially happy that we got Iverson. I just think we are a year or two away from competing for the playoffs even with the addition of the new players. I think we can definitely expect an improvement this year though.

I haven’t liked any of our draft picks except Sam Young maybe and if you were planning for ZBO and AI back in May I would say you should be committed. But it is what we got and it’s better than nothing. It’s better than Darko, Juan Carlos Navarro, from 2 years ago. Much better than Jaric and Greg Buckner. Much better than QRoss and Chucky Atkins. But I still covet a Chris Bosh on this team.

The Clippers and Pistons fans are certainly laughing at us right now. How did Detroit do in the playoffs?

I don’t see Iverson or Thabeet starting much this season, though I expect both will play relatively large roles off the bench (Iverson will probably get something like 24 minutes, Thabeet like 17 minutes.

Also I decline to comment on how many games the Grizzlies will win this year, but I will say that I think it’s going to take about 45 wins to get into the playoffs in the West this season. That means almost doubling from last season.

Gasol makes the inbound pass (why Gasol? because no one else will) to Iverson, Iverson dribbles and then shoots a three, he misses, Rudy and Z-Bo fight for the rebound and end up tipping it out to O.J., O.J. puts it back up, another miss, this time Z-Bo pushes Gay out of the way for the Rebound and puts it back up and in, 2 points, Z-Bo and Gay argue with one another while Gasol runs back to get on defense O.J. and Iverson just wait on the perimiter to get the ball back so they can shoot it… don’t mistake why he signed A.I. it wasn’t to win, it was to put fans in seats, A.I., Z-Bo, these guys will not win you games but they will get you a nice lottery pick in 2010.