Burn It All Down! A Grizzlies Changeover Coming
Jul 6, 2020 5:52:16 GMT
Post by jestor on Jul 6, 2020 5:52:16 GMT
Jestor Rides to The Great White North, Bringing Blood and Fire
Were the Grizzlies ever any good since the expansion era? Who knows? But regardless of any success, the legacy now is a group of talented, yet tired old men headlined by Reggie Lewis, Mark Price, and Hersey Hawkins. Only backup PG Tyus Edney is under 30 - the curse that befell Vancouver with the forfeiture of multiple first round picks the last few years - including the #6 overall selection last year, which could have netted them Corliss Williamson as Lewis' heir apparent. Eric Snow and Byron Russell, two promising young talents, were shipped out for the aging Lewis in a short-sighted bid for relevance by previous management. Drazen Petrovic and a 1st round pick shipped for Mark Price - oh, the greybeards collected and the hash made of the roster - a race to mid-tier status. Dikembe Mutombo and a 1st dealt for Brad Daugherty and Hersey Hawkins.
Sacrificing youth and the future for mediocrity. The eye twitches at the absolute destruction of the Grizzlies' originally promising base.
The good news? The team now holds its firsts and the Grizzlies have reached back into the past, performing a summoning ritual in a British bank with a Detroit location. In doing so, Jestor, that UNLV-loving GM who built the New York Knicks into an East powerhouse and two Finals appearances in the early years of the GAH, emerged from his long slumber and absence. To the Northwest he headed to assume the mantle of the cobwebbed Grizzlies.
"Absolutely no one is safe," Jestor said at the press conference announcing his hiring. "The coaching staff will be fired immediately and we'll jettison everyone on the roster who has any trade value. It's time this franchise, this city got the love and care that it needs to become a GAH franchise worthy of the name."
In the nation's capital, a certain point guard's ears suddenly burned.
Were the Grizzlies ever any good since the expansion era? Who knows? But regardless of any success, the legacy now is a group of talented, yet tired old men headlined by Reggie Lewis, Mark Price, and Hersey Hawkins. Only backup PG Tyus Edney is under 30 - the curse that befell Vancouver with the forfeiture of multiple first round picks the last few years - including the #6 overall selection last year, which could have netted them Corliss Williamson as Lewis' heir apparent. Eric Snow and Byron Russell, two promising young talents, were shipped out for the aging Lewis in a short-sighted bid for relevance by previous management. Drazen Petrovic and a 1st round pick shipped for Mark Price - oh, the greybeards collected and the hash made of the roster - a race to mid-tier status. Dikembe Mutombo and a 1st dealt for Brad Daugherty and Hersey Hawkins.
Sacrificing youth and the future for mediocrity. The eye twitches at the absolute destruction of the Grizzlies' originally promising base.
The good news? The team now holds its firsts and the Grizzlies have reached back into the past, performing a summoning ritual in a British bank with a Detroit location. In doing so, Jestor, that UNLV-loving GM who built the New York Knicks into an East powerhouse and two Finals appearances in the early years of the GAH, emerged from his long slumber and absence. To the Northwest he headed to assume the mantle of the cobwebbed Grizzlies.
"Absolutely no one is safe," Jestor said at the press conference announcing his hiring. "The coaching staff will be fired immediately and we'll jettison everyone on the roster who has any trade value. It's time this franchise, this city got the love and care that it needs to become a GAH franchise worthy of the name."
In the nation's capital, a certain point guard's ears suddenly burned.