Outside of Chaos Stephenson and an odd drive by Moore, Frazier is also the only guy on this team capable of getting dribble penetration. That means he has to play, because every NBA offense requires penetration or you get unsightly messes like that Grizzlies game. At the end of that game Tony Allen and the super-switchy wings on Memphis stopped Stephenson’s penetration and swarmed the passing lanes to Davis. It resulted in lots of bad perimeter shots. (On the flip side, the Grizzlies managed to penetrate the Pels with clever passing from Gasol and lots of cuts. They didn’t get through a lot, but they got through enough.
The cost of Tim Frazier and observations
