When asked, “Who were the Memphis Grizzlies?” my first thought is a hard-nosed, smash mouth, basketball team. The old school Grizzlies were a team no one liked playing. Celtics head coach Brad Stevens even said, “In our games, (the Grizzlies) are clearly as physical as any team around,.” That’s the Grizzlies for you.
The Grizzlies were a team that physically wore you down. With the likes of Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph towering in the paint, you knew you weren’t getting through the game easily. Possession after possession they would feed the post, no matter who their opponent was.