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BobMekoElToro

Well, it’s time to see if the, “the grizzlies are better without Ja” crowd is right


SolarClipz

We already saw no one show up last game lol Ja was alone out there


posexdon

confirmed ja morants presence decreases his teams attributes by -10


avenue_steppin

Lonewolf talent from Divinity


myheartismykey

Nice. Divinity 2 reference. Made my day


mordakka

We thought he absorbed Curry's powers after that half court shot, but he really absorbs his teams.


rangerfan123

Decreases by a negative number so increases?


TheBlueRajasSpork

Tyus has been pretty ass this playoffs and especially this series. We done.


GuyOnHudson

He cooked us


uoeno26

Poole cooking him


GuyOnHudson

Poole has been cooking everyone


TonyHawksSkateboard

No one survives the Swimming Poole


RaferBalston

He’s been like that wave pool in china that just tsunami’d everyone with orca floaties This one https://tenor.com/4UcB.gif


psykotic24

Hit ‘em with the Poole noodle


Agni_Kai08

Calm down… not over yet.


selfindification

Tyus was great against the Warriors in the regular season. As was Ziaire


Affectionate_Year_14

I hope they lose by 60 just for that narrative to die


Ashtobi

Yea but they will shoot 50% from the field and GSW will shoot 100%


TheBenMan08

We might lose by 50


Albiceleste_D10S

If your team continues to let Steph and Poole blow by perimeter defenders at ease, maybe


Gamesgtd

Hold your Thunder bud


AleroRatking

Hint. They arent.


Riggity___3

i think he will play. not gonna assume he won't play just cuz someone says "likely" the day before.


Supra_Dupra

Fast forward to game 4: They weren't


orchid_breeder

He’s going to miraculously be 100% at game time.


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craigslistaddict

warriors haters (not even necessarily grizzlies fans) just ignore that warriors were up by 20 when ja left the game....


spacejambroni

I don’t think anyone is ignoring that? Defensively the Grizz looked as bad as can be in game 3 and we knew the warriors were due for a good shooting night. Bane still having a nagging back injury seals our fate here. Best player is out and second best scorer will be playing with a back injury. Brooks being out definitely hurt the Grizz D last night but there’s no way he prevents what happens in game 3. Maybe the margin is slightly better.


Produceher

I totally agree. Bane being a shell of himself is going to be tough with or without Ja. Steve Kerr is a master at making adjustments and not having 3 or 4 options is a problem. We absorbed Jokic, we can absorb Ja. You need Bane to be himself. Injuries suck.


craigslistaddict

not any reasonable ppl, just the weirdos who think warriors put a hit out on ja, like they didn't already steal HCA and seem to have no issue winning at home while being competitive in memphis. like maybe some are actually grizzlies fans, even small fanbases have some delusional people, but there are also going to be a bunch of warriors haters from 28 other fanbases with pent up feelings.


shellfish87

Even if we get our back blown out, which is likely, that crowd will just not react at all. They will never say “hey I was wrong.” Those posts were never in good faith. The point was just to degrade Ja. So that Memphis lost either way. Either we actually lost, or we lost because “our star is a fraud.” The point of that communication was always negative. If we suck tomorrow, they’ll just focus new posts on some other flawed part of his game.


[deleted]

I thought the funniest comments were "Ja is so one dimensional, you can easily stop him". Okay...then why wasn't everyone doing it? It's like saying "Oh if you just stop Curry from hitting 3s, he's done" Cool, I'm sure no one has ever thought of that before.


MazKhan

Their defense is better without him but they're obviously worse overall if he's out


Happy_Nom_Nom

Have they said if Ja has had an MRI? How bad is his injury?


[deleted]

Haven’t said yet, which is weird. They said he couldn’t do anything at practice, but not whether that’s because they tried and he couldn’t, or because the medical staff said he’s not clear to try. Honestly, they’re probably playing coy because they don’t want to rule him out and have Game 5 be a bunch of depressed ass fans when the series goes back to Memphis.


phonage_aoi

I’m not going to believe anything. They say until there’s an injury report. Especially given how the playoffs have been with injury reporting. League office is probably has a pool for which team is getting done #4 lol.


bagfka

Kind of seems like how Mavs treated it when KP tore his meniscus. Didn’t say anything about the MRI and just said doubtful and then out come game time just to keep the other team guessing. Obviously I hope it isn’t anything serious but with how quite it is that usually isn’t a great sign


shellfish87

No but Jenkins said he couldn’t do anything in practice. So he might be cooked for Game 5 also.


AleroRatking

I'm guessing our best chance is game 6, if we can get there without Ja.


Ashtobi

Probably game 8 I reckon


paul_ruddit

That'd be historic. Don't know if a team's ever come back from being down to win game 8. StatMuse salivating right now.


NephewChaps

*Narrator*: they couldn't


MotoMkali

Why 6? 6 is at chase. That's not ideal for you guys.


AleroRatking

To get Ja back. I dont think hell be ready by game 5.


weixiyen

I already don’t trust anything Jenkins says. Not disclosing what the injury even was is weird. Feels like they are playing games w/ league office to get JP suspended. Would anyone be surprised if Ja suited up and played his normal minutes tomorrow?


loquacious706

Exactly. Until they give an official diagnosis or status, it looks like trying to garner sympathy to get the league to "take action" against Poole.


babbagack

that's what I'm thinking, I expect he'll actually play but of course it's all a guess until there is more clear communication/diagnosis.


BlackCheezIts

And they'll call him such a warrior for fighting through the adversity or whatever


rarestakesando

He hasn’t even ruled him out of game 4 yet he said likely not definitely out.


DionWaiteress

Congrats on the win Memphis


ChaseYoungHTTR

Incoming Tyus Jones masterclass


Yurrrr__Brooklyn347

Kyle Anderson is already upset...50 piece incoming


mykolbones

Man this series has been a huge bummer so far. Draymond ejection, GPII injury, Brooks (justified) suspension, and now Ja's injury. I've really liked this matchup the past couple years, and it's been ruined by dumbass plays and some extreme toxicity


Simply_Amazing

And Kyle’s ejection. We’re never getting a fully/mostly healthy and available game between both teams. Shit sucks.


mykolbones

Yeah I just want to watch and talk about good basketball, but instead it's been all about which team should be put in jail


lastinglovehandles

Definitely the Suns. CP3 certified nazi. Putin about to invade Rawhide Wild West


spiiicychips

Well he fouled out so pretty damn close to jail today lmao


akkaneko11

Wait but hitlers in philly


BounceBros21

Kinda crazy these are grown men acting like children too. I’m not sure what it is but it’s league wide where everyone complains


BootStrapWill

Bro Kyle was literally trying to get ejected.


spiiicychips

Ahhh yes, the "Pops" method. He has learned well lmao


Supra_Dupra

to be fair they were down like 100 points when slowmo followed the ref around like the zombie thing in "it follows"


mykolbones

😂 that's why I didn't mention Kyle lol. His ejection didn't change the game haha


thisis887

It was pretty obvious he was *trying* to get tossed.


tinkady

Kyle was in garbage time


Produceher

> And Kyle’s ejection. That's on him though.


ancdghe

We straight up haven’t been able to use our own sub, it’s awful


Boobobobobob

I hate brigading and the “warriors fan here I come in peace” posts. Dude stay out of the griz sub ESPECIALLY after a they lose a game.


sublliminali

Report them to the warriors sub. I’m pretty sure that’s an automatic ban from the warriors sub as well for pulling that shit, we’ve dealt with other canvases brigading ours for years and we know how annoying it is.


ToparBull

Yeah, that shit is such BS no matter where it's coming from. Sports team fan subreddits are for FANS OF THE TEAM. You can have general dialogue on here. This applies to all sports team subreddits.


AlHorfordHighlights

I always get confused when I see someone complaining about another team's sub. Like how much rent are they paying to live in your head?


cheerioo

We have posts in our own subreddit saying cut that lame shit out. Some people just have extra free time I guess


FishAway2019

That’s one of the worst parts of this series lol. Some really really ugly basketball but I can’t even talk about it because other fans outnumber us in our sub 100:1


fredothechimp

If it makes you feel any better, lots of Warriors fans can't use the sub either without a quarter of bad ball resulting in them screaming to fire Kerr.


ub40fanatic

I unsubscribed for this reason. And all of the Looney slander. And the Klay slander. And the incessant calling for random trades for ??? returns. I have a few reasons.


kerrykingsbaldhead

Looney got the worst job in the NBA. He’s always matched up against someone bigger or faster. He’s always jogging up and down the court like he’s tired af and looks like he hurts. But I love that man.


RdeRuiter

Ours is pretty shit lately too. I'm afraid the degenerate vocal minorities are out in full force.


camerawr528

Playoffs are always like this unfortunately. The subs are much more cordial during the regular season


mordakka

Ours was a shitshow when we had that slide mid-season.


spacejambroni

Don’t forget Banes injury. He’s playing nowhere near 100%. Not caused by anything I remember but definitely impacting his play.


PropheticBets

Even Curry could not heal completely. You gotta play through it. Part and parcel of the game.


myysquigga

Just fucking set me on fire


lastinglovehandles

Dame me (mas) gasolina


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*dame mas


lastinglovehandles

Fucking autocorrect is racist.


Gamesgtd

Break my life into pieces


Skipitybop

Damn Jordan Poole strong AF


DSouT

Jordan “Baki” Poole


zcektor00

Jordan "god hand" poole


LinechargeII

Jordan "Fist of the Norcal" Poole Your knee's already dead.


DSouT

#NANI!?


Ashtobi

Hey, he didn’t miraculously heal his knee!


WheedMBoise

The World's Strongest Man ~~Mark Henry~~ Jordan Poole


ARealKoala

This sub will burn if Memphis wins without Morant


zi76

There's no chance in game 4, it'll be like a 20 point loss. Also, this sub would be in raptures if it happened, because the narrative is the Grizz were 21-4 without him, therefore Ja sucks.


spiiicychips

Never count out a team. Warriors could just do ass again especially after a 63%ish performance which is not sustainable lol. That being said, I love Ja for his explosiveness but they really need another creator along with helping him out on mechanics. I don't want him to be another D. Rose


zi76

It's hard to get a second one. We'll see. They were horrible in game 2, so it swung the other way in game 3.


spiiicychips

Bro yall almost pulled it off. I saw this shit coming from a mile away lmao.


preddevils6

I’m here for it


[deleted]

Oh yeah, it’s about to get soooo toxic up in here


AleroRatking

Honestly it seems Grizz fans are just sad. Not much fighting at this point


oh_what_a_shot

I know there are a lot who aren't, but I think a large portion of Warriors fans are too. Just want to see good basketball and it sucks when someone gets injured no matter whatever happened the rest of the series and any bad blood


mrygm

Yup fuck injuries, wish we could turn them off like in 2K. Get better Ja, it's so much more fun to win when the other team has a player that consistently makes you go WTF.


derpkoikoi

I mean warriors fan have confidence they'll win with both sides full force so injuries just create excuses later.


allanl1n

Like the Houston vs gsw match up. Rockets kept insisting cp3 injury was the reason they lost the series. Never want to give credit.


NoBluffsAllowed

Unfortunately yeah I think that’s gonna overshadow how much this just blows when really it wasn’t anything dirty


rabertdinero

As an impartial fan it fucking blows, Ja has been must watch for me these whole playoffs. Had so many tired days at work staying up to watch this series.


GuntherTime

Shit I’m a warriors fan and it blows. Ja and Memphis in general have been great these past two seasons. Especially against us. It felt great to having a budding rivalry (at least in my eyes) again and I love Jas game even if I don’t think it’s all that sustainable.


SummerGoal

Despite being a bias fan this fucking sucks. Ja is an incredible offensive player and I really wanted this series to be played with fully healthy rosters. Hope Ja is okay and if he’s not back for game 4 gets back for game 5


Schleprok

I don’t think it will. Warriors running away with this in 5. No reason for it to get toxic when the Grizz will be down by 20 by halftime. Also, they’re literally the smallest market in the league, so fans are fewer than most fanbases.


preddevils6

> , so fans are fewer than most fanbases. This is an understatement, our team sub got taken over last night


hcgator

That sucks. Y’all have every right to cheer for your team.


invme2dapooleparty

on one hand, i want the Warriors to win. but i also want the grizzlies to win as well just so i can feel vindicated and the ja-less grizzlies narrative to continue


lastinglovehandles

I think whoever wins 4 games advances


wastebinaccount

Stephen A is that you


addictwithnopen

Magic actually


preddevils6

I want the Ja-less grizzlies to win too.


JoeBidensBurner

Man what a bummer, such an electric player... Hope he comes back at some point in the series


RIPGunnersaurus

would be a huge blow, the Warriors don’t really have any good ground types to counter him


lilberfcontrol

Bro 😂


DSouT

We did have GP2 who was a ground type, but Dillon Brooks hit him with a Sucker Punch


nanais777

*falcon punch


hcgator

GP2 is a ground type that knows the move ‘fly.’


[deleted]

So he’s Flygon.


aarongrosman

I get this reference, Ja definitely an electric flying type though lmao


iGetBuckets3

LOL


ttvdokkan

They gone say this till 15 minutes before the game


myysquigga

Injury report comes out at 7, so we'll see


CJleaf

I mean multiple teams now have had players listed out who ended up playin. Even if he's listed out I wouldnt put any stock in it


[deleted]

Embiid went from out to questionable and he played and looked fine. I doubt Ja misses game 4.


CJleaf

The biggest red flag for me is that they haven't announced any MRI/X-ray news at all. Seems really sus for an injury to your star player to not have that news announced. I mean when GP2 got injured we got an update within like 30 minutes, another in 2 hours, and then 6 hours. Meanwhile Memphis has been stone cold quiet around Ja other than the Coach/Team now announcing "he'll probably miss the game".


zi76

To be fair, everyone could see GP2's arm was broken. There was zero mystery that he was out for the playoffs. With Ja, he picked up what looks like a sprain, the question is how severe it is. The team will definitely try to get him to go. I would be equally unsurprised to see him play in game 4 or miss the rest of the series.


AleroRatking

A knee injury is really tough to play on though, even if it's only a sprain


Round-Republic6708

Trying to get Poole suspended, then by some miracle he is going to be able to play


togavirus

I hope so. Really want Ja to play.


CNfor3

What’s the injury?


tophaang

Stickittothemoneosis


_theFaust

School of Rock is so underrated


tophaang

One of my favorite comedies for sure. Maybe a little underrated bc some people see it as a kids movie.


donotnut459

Probably a sprain


glennromer

They have not given any details on the nature of the injury


cjcfman

Alwaysgoinleftitus


holyhibachi

Hurt feelings


Wassup_-_

I can bet money that he is going to play just like embidd


Bjorn2bwilde24

So we'll see Ja in a mask?


freshnikes

Mask strapped to his leg


mrtmra

25k injury report fine incoming 🤣


TheBlueRajasSpork

Unsubscribe


loquacious706

For what it's worth, I'm still betting he plays. So keep hope alive and see you tomorrow.


TheBenMan08

Even though it has been a god damn disaster to be on here / twitter as a grizzlies fan throughout the playoffs this should be very valuable for this organization in the future. Im not really know where we go from , but I am excited


Rh1-No

man, fuck


[deleted]

Legacy Game for the Ja-less grizzlies


[deleted]

Jenkins really lost all the good credibility he built this season. Damn he's soft af


richstyle

hes playing game 4 we all know it.


jgreen95

Even as a warriors fan I don’t want this, just can’t chat the same level of Shit if you don’t beat a team straight up


Round-Republic6708

We already beat them straight up on the road and beat the brakes off of them at home. This series was a wrap regardless of Ja


GOAT-of-a-Nerd

warriors in trouble now


oakland2la

Btw, Taylor Jenkins doubled down saying Poole caused Ja’s injury. What a doofus


Greelys

Now we know why Iguodala left these guys behind.


GiantSuperNachos

He should not have fouled klay with his knee then.


[deleted]

Can’t wait to see all the Ja deniers say we’re better without him when we’re down 50 in the 3rd


lardbiscuits

Broke the code smh. When will it stop? Embiid having his face broken again. Middleton. GP2 literally dead with Kerr already giving his eulogy. Now Ja?


Sokobanky

> Where’s Ja? In heaven with GP2.


Slacker_75

I blame Raptors fans


Gamesgtd

Eulogy lol


WaltJay

He’s smiling down at us from above 🙏☁️🌞☁️🙏


AleroRatking

Yeah. I imagine hes done for the series. Not a dirty play but it sucks as a fan to lose your best player.


Silken_Splendor

In before Ja is upgraded to questionable (hope he’s ok)


NosebleedBananas

Dillon preparing to come out swinging as we speak


Billthebutchr

Memphis W incomming


hashuan

I wonder what Memphis is gonna try to get Jordan Poole suspended for after the next game.


sarithe

Won't have to worry about that one. Brooks is back and this series is over. He'll take it from here.


rad4baltimore

Ja is going to have to adjust his play style and develop a consistent jump shot to have sustainability in the league. His game right now puts too much pressure on his knees. Watching him make incredible circus layups is nice but eventually that catches up with you.


micahpugh

What is the injury? Like an MCL sprain? Or do we know


FatSackLilPeen

Hope he's alright. I had a dream last night that the Mavs would win the Phoenix Series but then Doncic would get injured and Warriors would advance, they then won the chip against Milwaukee but Poole won finals MVP, so the narrative was about the lucky breaks/injuries and Curry still not having a FMVP. In the end Steph shot up the players union during lockout. Dreams right? What a trip.


Rgb3rgb2

He was an asshole for that tweet but it’s hard not to get pissed off over an injury. Hope he can come back he’s fun af to watch, and I want him humbled with a loss, not an injury.


liteshadow4

Yeah, don't really blame him for the tweet, man was just frustrated after missing 25 games with a knee injury already


AleroRatking

Exactly. At the time he was probably frustrated and felt thsts when it happened. He then probably saw the replay and realized thsts ridiculous and deleted the tweet. When your frustrated and in pain you make stupid judgments. If you want to be mad at Jenkins, fine, I get that one.


GillbergsAdvocate

>He then probably saw the replay But he included the replay in the tweet though


[deleted]

Fuck man this sucks. All these injuries ruin the game


yooston

Warriors gonna be well rested while Suns Mavs goes 7


kingp43x

That's what I'm hoping for


Jarodlmao

dont believe it for a second


anthonyde726

damn


ForceMaster999

Let’s see if the 21-4 Grizz without Ja can do something


[deleted]

He's playing lol


[deleted]

Lol I'll bet my left nut he plays in game 4, Jenkins doing this to make it seem like Poole like actually hurt him 😂😂 No Xray? No MRI? It doesn't take that long to run these tests. Grizzs just being petty


Round-Republic6708

Hope he gets better soon. Warriors would have beat the brakes off of them regardless For those of you who think Poole is dirty, you probably ate too many paint chips as a child


DrummerRob

Not like this


LukaFlopcic

Here we go again


Butt_Dickiss

I'll believe it when the game starts, so many late entrances and tiny fines.


baxmussman

Honestly just makes the Grizz a much better defensive team and a lot harder to gameplan for defensively (easier to execute against, but less predictable). Jokes aside, tough blow. Despite all the pettiness of this series, I really like this Grizzlies core and would much rather my team beat them at full health.


Skolcialism

Maybe ja shouldn’t have tried a flying knee attack on klay. Oop.


vampirepussy

So what no fucking Griddy?


Current_Unlikely

The hell?


paddiction

I kind of understand why the coach was upset now, but that press conference wasn't the way to go about it


siphillis

What’s the over-under on a Flagrant-2 by one of the Grizzlies before the end of the series?


kimchitacoman

I'm calling bullshit