Damn shame PHX is out and MEM is in

[mattvNJ]

I love the Grizz:

Zbo is a true banger, grabbing boards, has some nice post work.

Gasol is a pleasure to watch on the defensive end and has some nice moves

Love seeing Tony Allen lock up the other teams best player despite his size. Pure heart guy

Conley is the most underrated PG in the game by far. Amazing on D and can light it up and facilitate with the best of them.

They made the Conference finals last year, OP is dumb as hell

[kaiteng]

Grizz earn it. Suns are good but not good enough.

[Darius]

Grizz are better team so will be more fun to watch.

Thunder/Grizz will be good matchup

[dr.hee]

Instead of fun, gun, unpredictability, and fearlessness with a team that could have given the Spurs fits, we get the most boring non-lottery team in the West. Really, the only West team that's no fun to watch- the Memphis Grizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzlies.

Why do you even care? Looks like you don't watch that much basketball anyway

[ArbitraryWater]

I used to really like them circa 2011... now? Ehhh, still okay.

Look, Suns will have 2 All Stars next Year in Dragic/Bledsoe AND could get more acquisitions ala Kevin Love...

[DirkNowitzki41]

im glad they made it. hopefully they are the 8th seed

[Legends66NBA7]

No, it's not a shame. Memphis is better than Phoenix. How they play to how they get in the playoffs doesn't matter. All that should matter is the results.

Besides, it becomes hard to run and gun in the playoffs when the pace slows down.

[Myth]

Grizzlies are a dangerous team and would have been a higher seed than 8th if Gasol hadn't missed 24 games.

[The Sting]

Grizzlies are a dangerous team and would have been a higher seed than 8th if Gasol hadn't missed 24 games.

Bledsoe missed 33 iirc

[STATUTORY]

white OP upset

[Black and White]

OP is like Jameer, Memphis are a much better 8th seed than Phx, productivity > exciting basketball, I would rather watch a team that actually stands a chance against the Spurs, plus for fans of low-post/run through your bigs teams the Grizz are great to watch.

[Genaro]

As people already said, Grizzlies is a great team to watch.
Marc is one of the guys I like most in the league with great defense and amazing passing for a big.
Zach is a animal in the low post, Allen is a incridible defender and Conley is between he top 10 PG's in the game.

And I think they have a chance against the Spurs or the Thunder. They're now a better team that they were last season they now have shooters to spread the floor like Miller and Lee, a good backup center in Koufos and a decent backup PG in Calathes.
James Johnson (even though he's playing much lately) is a good defender and can bother Durant and Ginobili.

It's such a shame that Gasol missed a long time and they will have to face one of the 2 best teams in the conference in the first round. This team could beat the other 5 playoffs teams.

[Droid101]

I find Dallas more boring. Probably because I'm sick of seeing Dalembert do anything.

[TheReal Kendall]

It sucks my Suns didn't make it but the Grizz are made for the playoffs and they have more experience.

This year's playoffs should be great

[AussieG]

Suns can't complain, they lost all 4 games to the Grizz this season.