thabeet Stories - Straight Outta Vancouver
Walk of a Champion
New bad news today, the Memphis Grizzlies did not win the NBA Championship. Additionally, it sounds like the Cavaliers are working hard to trade absolutely nothing to the Phoenix Suns for a Rent-a-Shaq. As a non-Cavaliers fan living in Ohio, I have really mixed feelings about this trade. Clearly...
Moving Along
I've already shown the parallels between Rubio and the much maligned Steve Francis and don't know that the Grizzlies should draft him to keep him, but lets get a little deeper into the subject of the number two overall pick. Particularly the rumors of Thabeet as the #2 overall. First, let me...
More Draft Day Buildup
No real new substantial rumors from Memphis's camp. Although two things have become abundantly clear: the Grizzlies are trying their hardest to move this pick, and it's apparently not that easy to move the #2 pick for a reasonable value. For as enamored as the Association was with Rubio only a few...
Wait for it...
Oh lord, it's happening...No Thabeet, no Thabeet, no Thabeet...Also Vince Carter to Magic, love it, but they need one more guy, an athletic small forward, not a swingman, to play defense with enough range to hit the three for around the MLE. Ironically the Cavs need the same exact player.
It Happened
Well this was upsetting...Although Timberwolves may swing Tyreke Evans and Kevin Love for him. We can always pray I suppose.Update: Tyreke Evans is not on the Timberwolves. Looks like we will almost certainly be keeping Thabeet, which is somewhat upsetting. So it goes I suppose, at least he's...
The Fallout
So it's three days past draft day. The Grizzlies have acquired Hasheem Thabeet, Sam Young, DeMarre Carroll, and Quentin Richardson. Hasheem was taken with the #2 overall, a move that I've advocated against from the start, Young and Carroll came in the early second and late first, respectively....
Championship Appeal
If summer league is any indication of real success, the Grizzlies are readied for a storied season this year. Of course summer league isn't any indication of real success, but is still modestly amusing and can tell you something about the young players on the floor. Seconds ago the Grizzlies beat...
A Woman Spurned
Hasheem Thabeet not even in David Thorpe's top 14 rookies to watch in the upcoming season. Sadly, I think he just might be right.
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