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Lastly, as we were about to record, major news dropped.

I wanted to keep you updated.

We'll have something more on the Memphis Grizzlies tomorrow when we record.

But Stephen Adams of the Memphis Grizzlies, the strongest man in the NBA, the guy

that is in a movable force, has a PCL sprain and will miss the next three to five weeks.

Oh, my God.

I don't know that I can overestimate how big of a deal this is for the Memphis Grizzlies.

He's not only important to the Grizzlies in general.

He is very important to Ja, John Morant, in particular.

Not only does Stephen Adams average, you know, a decent amount of points, you know, 8.6 points,

11 and a half rebounds per game, two and a half assists per game.

But he also leads the NBA in offensive rebound rate.

More than that, he is a hard rock and someone who enforces and keeps John Morant from losing his life every time he gets airborne.

Right?

You're not going to mess around with him when you know John Moran has Stephen Adams right there.

Jaw drives does not get hit and struck out of the air like a bird, right, by a hunter.

You could probably make an argument that Stephen Adams is the second most important Memphis

Grizzly player right now, and that's saying a lot, considering that Jaron Jackson is

probably going to win a defensive player of the year.

Memphis is currently in second place.

They're going to face 10 to 15 games without them.

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