Agreed. Aside from the moments where Randolph could be seen laughing with Marc, he was mean muggin' all night long. I liked it to an extent. We need to play with a tougher edge more consistently.

That said, I also agree with the caveat. He didn't need to body-slam Blake when he landed on his foot, for example. There's a fine line between playing nasty and making yourself susceptible to a bad rep with the refs. It's Grit n' Grind, not Grit n' Grime.

I think that's something that has definitely been missing from this team's makeup for awhile -- and it is a welcome change. Saw more of the same last night against GS where the Grizz just did what was necessary to get to loose balls, fight through screens, get rebounds, etc. Great teams always seem to have that mentality -- and it can often carry them through games where other things aren't going right.

This Team still has some issues to work out. Despite Zack putting up great rebounding numbers he has one of the lowest efficiency ratings in the NBA. A large percentage of his rebounds come off his own misses. His inability to defend well is also hurting the Team. He is a very smart player when it comes to putting himself in a position to make the play but his lack of leaping ability gets him in trouble more often than not. Moe Speights is a very good PF and has a much higher efficiency rating and gets back better on defense. If I were the GM, I think I would start to explore some trade options for a younger PF, a big shooting guard and draft picks that would also make us younger and take care of our Salary Cap problem while he still has good value. I know this would not set well with most fans but this is a business and the decision would not only help us now with the right deal, but would insure our ability to have cap space to make any necessary deal we need to make at the trade deadline for our Championship run. Timing is everything here and if you think too long you most always think wrong.

Talk about making a topic seem silly quick, J R Smith is now calling the Grizzlies fake tough guys and using our backup PG as an example!

Quote from Chip on November 19, 2012, 08:07
Talk about making a topic seem silly quick, J R Smith is now calling the Grizzlies fake tough guys and using our backup PG as an example!

JR Smith was the one who left the game a bloody, beat up loser. I'm just wondering why somebody on the same team with Carmello would bring up the topic of "fake tough guys"? Is calling out people on Twitter the new gangsta ish?