A Tale of Two Hot Seats: The Fractured Grizzlies and the Dismal Clippers (Ep. 169)

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🗓️ 29 November 2017

⏱️ 64 minutes

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The Ringer’s Chris Vernon and Kevin O’Connor parse the falling out between Marc Gasol and David Fizdale (1:16) and debate whether the Memphis Grizzlies should tank (15:34). Then they review the implications of the surging Pistons’ win against the Celtics (45:19), wonder how the San Antonio Spurs keep winning without Kawhi Leonard (51:02), and speculate as to what the latest Blake Griffin injury could mean for the Los Angeles Clippers’ future (52:49). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, this is JJ Redic. You may know me as a basketball player. You may have seen me play
0:06.8	during my college career at Duke University or perhaps over the past decade playing in
0:12.3	the NBA for the magic, the bucks, the clippers, or the sixers. Well, today I'm here to tell
0:17.8	you about my new show, the JJ Redic Podcast on the Ringer Podcast Network. This is where
0:22.6	you can find me interviewing athletes like my current teammate, Joel and Beat, as well
0:27.1	as in-depth conversations with celebrities like the late late show host James Corden. The very
0:32.6	first episode goes live later this week, so make sure to subscribe to the JJ Redic Podcast,
0:38.2	wherever you get your podcasts.
0:57.1	Tuesday from the ranger.com is Kevin O'Connor aka Kevin O'Connor aka Kevin O'Connor aka Kevin O'Connor aka Kevin O'Connor is coming after me.
1:08.0	Bernal, you saw it a little down today. The Obama is coming after me. All right, so yesterday NBA
1:19.2	news hit right where I am on a regular basis with the Memphis Grizzlies firing David Fizzdale.
1:26.7	When you saw the news, I want to know what was your initial reaction?
1:30.8	Well, it was like on Sunday night after Gassol said the things that he did. I tweeted you,
1:36.5	like blow it up, question mark or something like that. It started that big discussion, but so when
1:42.4	the news broke, it was shocking because it wasn't necessarily anything I was expecting that soon,
1:49.1	but at the same time it was like, whoa, they are definitely siding with the player here, right?
1:54.8	So that was really my first reaction where it's like they are choosing Gassol over Fizzdale
2:00.6	and they're choosing to try to keep their star player happy. So in that sense, it seems to me that
2:05.5	they want to move forward. How do you feel about that, Chris? I mean, it's an interesting situation. I
2:09.6	know them both. I like them both, but I also was well aware that that that relationship had gone
2:16.2	sideways and the other night was a culmination of that, right? Once you see those headlines everywhere,
2:23.0	and like when somebody says there are a couple things when Marcus all said the other night,
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