I was on the record around here saying I thought Memphis would be worse off following the Rudy Gay trade. Now we can speculate how this team will be a year from now and further down the road but for now it looks like I need to admit I was wrong about this team. I don't think anyone can argue that Memphis is benefiting from the Westbrook injury and we have no idea how this series would go if he were healthy but they still got past the Clippers with relative ease after the first two games and not many thought they would win that series.
I felt that the Grizzlies would be hurt most late in games when they'd need a go-to scorer but they've managed to do this thing by committee with good ball movement and great defense, often times even defense to offense.
Like I said, I think it'd probably be a bit of a different story if Westbrook were playing but things turned their way and they have played some great basketball.
(By the way, this series with OKC obviously is not over yet. Memphis sitting pretty however.)
I felt that the Grizzlies would be hurt most late in games when they'd need a go-to scorer but they've managed to do this thing by committee with good ball movement and great defense, often times even defense to offense.
Like I said, I think it'd probably be a bit of a different story if Westbrook were playing but things turned their way and they have played some great basketball.
(By the way, this series with OKC obviously is not over yet. Memphis sitting pretty however.)
