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What’s a Coach Worth?

By 3 Shades of Blue On June 5, 2013 · 5 Comments · In June 2013

Over the past few years, the guys at 3 Shades of Blue have turned to Dr. David Berri from time to time to get some outside perspective on what we as fans feel about the Memphis Grizzlies. Dave, along with his co-authors Martin Schmidt and Stacey L. Brook, penned the statistical treatise Wages of Wins and Stumbling on Wins to try and objectively look at what the root causes of wins and losses on a basketball [...]

Changing of the Guard

By Red Coleman On June 3, 2013 · 4 Comments · In June 2013

Any time that a change of ownership occurs, the expectation is that there will be several personnel changes as well. Sometimes, that means that players will be moved. Or maybe a coaching change. Or even that the business side will experience a shake-up. It also means moves within the front office.

Since the group led by Robert Pera bought the Memphis Grizzlies, virtually every single one of those things has happened. Rudy Gay, Hamed Haddadi, Marreese Speights, Wayne Ellington, and [...]

Taking Sides

By Red Coleman On June 3, 2013 · 6 Comments · In June 2013

Came out swinging. Shots fired. Put everyone on blast.

That’s the general consensus of what Lionel Hollins did when he went on Sports 56 with Peter Edmiston this morning. (Listen to the interview in its entirety here — it’s well worth your time.) In typical Hollins’ fashion, he alternated between being endearing and coming across as caustic, if not outright defensive. It made my Twitter feed look like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde had [...]

Latest on Lionel Hollins

By Red Coleman On June 2, 2013 · 8 Comments · In June 2013

Twitter went nuts a few hours ago when news broke that Lionel Hollins was granted permission to speak with other teams about their coaching vacancies. This was a complete 180° turnaround from their previous stance, which made it seem likely that Hollins would not be allowed to speak to other teams until his contract expired at the end of the month.

So…what brought about this change of heart?

According to Adrian Wojnarowski (Yahoo! Sports), talks broke down last night, leaving [...]

Reflections

By Red Coleman On May 30, 2013 · Add Comment · In May 2013

I believe.

After Game 3, I made the statement that I didn’t believe that the Spurs were truly the no-doubt better team that others had said they were after they took a commanding 3-0 series lead. My reasoning was simple: the last two games were overtime games, which means either team could have easily won them and the Grizzlies missed a lot more free throws than normal, which suggested they not only could have, but possibly should [...]

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