With a report of 44-29 and simply 9 regular-season video games remaining, the Memphis Grizzlies seem locked into their fourth playoff look within the final 5 seasons.
Nonetheless, that’s apparently not adequate for Memphis’s decision-makers, as head coach Taylor Jenkins was fired early Friday afternoon.
Jenkins was in his sixth marketing campaign with the crew and helped get the Grizzlies into the playoffs in his second, third and fourth seasons as head coach. He has a profession report of 250-214 with Memphis, making his random firing fairly a head-scratcher.
The timing of the scenario can be weird. The Grizzlies have misplaced 4 of their final 5 video games, however they’re nonetheless the No. 5 seed within the Western Convention and must lose each recreation for the rest of the season to fall out of a playoff spot solely.
If the present standings maintain, Memphis will face Lebron, Luka and the Los Angeles Lakers within the first spherical of the playoffs.
An interim coach having simply 9 video games to get his toes moist earlier than recreation planning for a sequence towards two of the sport’s Prime 10 gamers might find yourself inflicting the Grizzlies to be an early exit within the first spherical of the playoffs.
