It was already not folichon since their arrival in the bubble but there it becomes downright creepy. Three defeats in three games, facing three direct competitors in the race for the Playoffs they deserved so far (Blazers, Spurs, Pelicans), and today this dirty trick that befalls the den with the announcement of the absence until the end of the season of Jaren Jackson Jr. Hard, hard.
We have nothing against the teammates of Jaren Jackson Jr. eh, but let’s say that in Memphis we might have preferred it to fall on someone else, or on nobody like, as long as we do. Because the triple J was rather effective since the resumption (33 points against the Blazers, 21 and 22 against the Spurs and the Pels), because he is one of the leaders of this young team (17 pawns per game this season), because it was hard enough with him, because the Grizzlies clearly didn’t need it. Forced to expect to play an unprecedented round of play-in in mid-August because the NBA seems to prefer the Blazers or the Pels (everyone in fact) for a confrontation in the first round against the Lakers, here is that the Taylor Jenkins players will have to do without their inner bubbly. Hit in the meniscus during a shock the day before yesterday with a Pels player, JJJ had to resolve after doctors’ advice to draw a line at the end of the season and the worst part of all this is that Space Mountain must also be discouraged. In any case, the person has reacted, he remains strong, and we will be with him because there is nothing else to do.
God knows I like challenges, we just talked
— JJJ (@jarenjacksonjr) August 4, 2020
So bad news, and Grizzlies who find themselves cornered and deprived of one of their leaders. The program for the end of the season? Jazz tonight, then Thunder, Raptors, Celtics and Bucks to finish. Can you smell the sulfur? Same, unless it’s the nostrils of Damian Lillard, Zion Williamson and Devin Booker smoking in retro. The objective once the friendly messages have been sent to the injured person of the day: turn your head upside down and insist on the frocks present. A Ja Morant who prefers for his part to hurt the ego of his defenders, a Dillon Brooks who looks more and more like Alexandre Astier, a Jonas Valanciunas who must eat even more fat in the absence of his painting colleague, or a Brandon Clarke who must now seize even more of the role of X factor that he can play at the end of the season.
Do Grizzlies look more and more like the stuffing turkey. Possible. It’s stupid, we would have preferred it to happen without a sore but when it doesn’t want it doesn’t. reaction expected tonight in any case, under penalty of depression to come.
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