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March to the Playoffs-LookAhead
The playoff picture isn’t any clearer after the Nuggets beat the Clippers ast night. Now we have 3 teams all wanting the 3rd spot. The Clippers still have the upper hand because they are going to win...
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How Good Are The Grizzlies?
A little rise before the storm that is the west coast trip. After these 4 games the Grizzlies could move to 3rd in Playoffs or drop to 5th. For sure that will be reflected in next week’s power...
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3rd Place & Holding-How Long?
It is nice to see the Grizzlies in 3rd place, but can they hold on to that position will be shown in the next few games. Grizzlies, of course, play Denver then Utah while the Clippers play Orlando at...
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Hanging with the NBA top 5
Sam Amico @FoxSports recognizes Mike Conley as an elite point guard. Matt Dollinger @SI writes “this week’s Power Rankings have assigned movie titles to all 30 teams describing their 2012-13 season.”...
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In 3rd By The Slimmest Margin
The Grizzlies are in 3rd by a winning percentage margin of 0.001, even though the Nuggets are only 5 games back of the Spurs and the Grizzlies are 5.5 back, just as the Clippers are. Standings are...
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Rankings? It’s All About the Playoffs!
It is all about the standings and the playoffs at this point in the season. But for those interested, here is the latest table of 12 Power Rankings. I have dropped SB Nation because they don’t seem to...
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Positions 3, 4, & 5 get tossed around
Tonight’s games will have an impact on the standings as 4 of the top 5 teams play against teams pushing for a better playoff spot. If, and this is a big if, the Spurs beat the Clippers, and the Nets...
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Who Counts Memphis A Contender?
Playoffs are mainly about how well the starters play. So this quote from John Schuhmann @NBA.com is good to know, “The Memphis starting lineup continues to be terrific defensively and has been...
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Chase for 3rd &/or Homecourt
As we move into the final stretch of the season, we see the same fight for 3rd, 4th, and 5th that we’ve seen for the last few weeks. The other hot race is for 8th place. The 6th and 7th place are...
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Playoffs: 4th Seed Final Push
What is there to say, but that the last week of the season will be a doozy with almost every seed in the west up for grabs. ►The Spurs and the Thunder battling for 1st, ►the Nuggets, Grizzlies and...
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Preseason Power Rankings
The 2013-14 season has begun with the normal suspects are expected to be the NBA top teams. It’s not always about how a team finished last year as some teams that finished well, aren’t predicted to...
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Rankings: Big losers and winners
Which of the 2 loss teams in the first week of the season lost favor with who who rank teams? Well, certainly the Grizzlies did falling on an average of 9 positions. Most of the 2-loss teams stayed the...
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Tough SW Division in Rankings
The Southwest division has the most teams ranked in the top 15. Only the Pelicans are ranked below 15. It shows just how hard it is for the Grizzlies this year to win 50+ games and to finish high in...
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Ranking No-Doubters & the Grizzlies
There is not much debate about who is the worst team at this time (with one surprising exception) and the battle for #1 is just between two teams: The Spurs and Pacers. Finally Hollinger’s rankings are...
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Marc down-Some Down Grizzlies
Because Derrick Rose went down the same week, he drew bigger comments than Marc. The Grizzlies will suffer with Marc out, but not as much as Chicago will with D. Rose. I’ve added a table to compare the...
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Rankings: Survival From Injuries??
John Schuhmann, @NBA.com, title for this week’s rankings is so on target, “The Western Conference is just too darn deep.” Only Indiana and Miami have one of the top 10 records. All 5 of the Southwest...
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Rankings: Who likes the bottom 10?
I hate seeing the Grizzlies ranked in the bottom 10. Jimmy Spencer @FoxSports and Matt Moore @CBSSports have comments that show they appreciate the difficult situation the Grizzlies have. Spencer,...
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Rankings: Injuries and sliding south
When the Grizzlies were ranked in the top 10 there was a lot of interest in the rankings. Matt Moore @CBSSports says it well, "Every year some team has so many injuries it is rendered irrelevant....
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Rankings: Only One above 19th
Christmas week — whose interested in basketball with all the presents, songs, fun with children and all the activities? Yet the game goes on as do the rankings. Jimmy Spencer @FoxSports and Matt...
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Rankings: A Nice Rise
Just as the Grizzlies are improving in the real standings, it is reflected (of course) in the rankings. Nice to see Memphis ranked in the top 15. I like the comment of Matt Moore @CBS Sports, “They’ve...
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