Just like that, with the firing of head coach Dave Fizdale, the Memphis Grizzlies sent up a slow-burning, luminous flare to the collected NBA population, one that has an army of take-meister’s and (surely — hopefully? ideally?) general manager’s cellphones abuzz. There’s a definite chance now the Grizzlies will look to trade one of their two franchise cornerstones, Marc Gasol, and enter into a full rebuild.
It would signal the real, official end of the Grit n’ Grind era in Memphis; but let’s not get funereal about it. There are fake trades to discuss, and yes, they might could (but probably not) (but maybe?