A day after saying goodbye to coach Taylor Jenkins, the general manager of Memphis Grizzlies, Zach Kleiman, answered the most pressing question about the decision, Why now? – Briefly.
“I concluded that this is the best for the team, and the urgency is our central principle, so [I] He decided to continue with the movement, “Kleiman told journalists after the Grizzlies shound on Saturday, Via matt infield from Action News 5.
After thanking Jenkins for his six -year mandate with the team, Kleiman asked questions for less than three minutes. In the first minute, he said three times that he concluded that the change of coach was the best for the team.
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The Grizzlies are 44-29 and have the fourth best differential of points of the League, but they have lost four of their last five games and 13 of their last 22. They have a record of 11-20 against teams above .500, and have lost their last nine games against those teams. According to Cleaning The Glass, they have 6-15 against teams with a 10-point Top differential.
When asked if the season can be rescued with the interim coach Tuomas Lisal Team can make the rest of the form, but this is the conclusion that we are going to arrive, which is in the best interest of the team of the best of the best.
When asked what led to dismissal, Kleiman offered little clarity: “In this case, I will let, of course, I thought about this true thought and came to the conclusion that this is the best for our team in the future.”
Kleiman said the players “were not consulted” before reaching their conclusion. “This decision is only mine and mine,” he said. A journalist asked if there was truth to Athletics reports About Ja Morant is not happy with Memphis’s offensive and if this was a factor in the dismissal of Jenkins. Kleiman replied: “No. This decision, again, is mine. It’s just mine.”
With only nine remaining games in the regular season, Kleiman acknowledged that Lisalo would not have time to make radical changes in the Grizzlies game style.
“I really want to see what you can do with this group,” Kleiman said. “There are realistic expectations. There will be no time to install a lot of things at this time of the year. My expectations are clarity of address, and we will see what we can do, we will see what we can execute.”
It is not clear what plans has Memphis for a coaching search. Kleiman refused to respond directly when asked if the rest of the season would be a kind of audition for Lisalo and what traits would be looking for in the next coach of the Grizzlies, saying that they only focus on their game against the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday.
Memphis in fact needs to focus on the Lakers game. The two teams are tied in the classification of the West Conference, and has won it two of its three meetings so far in the season. However, however Saturday the game is, it has nothing to do with how the Grizzlies choose to explain the dismissal of the most winning coach of all the franchise.
