Grizzlies' Struggles Deepen with Jaren Jackson Jr. Injury

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00:00I want to start with this, the Grizzlies.

00:05So I'm watching them the other night and they're getting beat and Jaws getting fouled and Jenkins

00:13is losing his mind on the sideline.

00:16It took the entire team to dog leash him back to his seat because he wasn't getting calls.

00:24But my point of this is that they haven't been playing well.

00:27I saw the Knicks beat them by one and then the next night they lose by two and they lose

00:33to the Thunder by a big count the other night.

00:36It's just one failure after the next.

00:38Now tonight I know they're playing Dallas who's got their own massive bloodletting going

00:44on but I'm not buying them anymore as a four.

00:49I'm not buying them.

00:50They just look like they've got a leak in the ship.

00:55That leak starts with the fact that Jaren Jackson Jr. is now out for three weeks give

01:00or take with an ankle sprain.

01:02Look, he is one of at least, he and Giannis are the two guys off the top of my head that

01:07I can think of.

01:08Best offensive player and since leading scorer on that team is Jaren Jackson Jr.

01:13He is by far their best defender.

01:15How many teams can afford to lose the guy who is their leading scorer and best defender?

01:19So they're in trouble but they were in trouble even before he went down.

01:24Like you said, they're really not defending on the same level.

01:27They are not playing with the same energy that they had early in the season.

01:32Scott doesn't look like teams have just kind of figured them out.

01:34Like hey, they were running a simplistic offense.

01:37We can bottle this up a little bit and get wins.

01:40It's crazy, right?

01:41And then you heard the talk about trading Ja.

01:45I don't agree with that.

01:47Not at this point with his talent and age.

01:49I don't agree with that move at all.

01:52That's just from my standpoint.

01:54I think they're smart to keep him.

01:57I would keep him.

01:59Look, I think, man, they're just, I get the injury concerns.

02:04But how many guys create separation and create shots the way he does?

02:08Who can, it's, yeah, there's the highlights and we all love the highlights.

02:12There's just not a lot of guys who create shots at his level, who create the spacing

02:16needed.

02:17And I think you just need to build the right team around him and around Jaren Jackson Jr.

02:22Because those are a couple of pieces for a team that can be really dangerous if you've

02:26got the other right guys around them to round this out.

02:30And that's never been consistent there.