Grizzlies Roll Out Bizarre Starting Five Against Raptors
Underdog NBA reported: 'Lineup alert: Grizzlies will start Jerome, Coward, Wells, Boozer, Edey on Monday.'
The are rolling out a starting five on Monday that sounds less like an NBA rotation and more like a randomly generated Pro-Am squad.
Underdog NBA reported the official lineup for the matchup against the : , Anthony Coward, , , and . If you had that exact combination on your preseason bingo card, you are either a time traveler or a liar.
The wildest part of this group is that has somehow morphed into a legitimate offensive engine. He is currently leading with 26.6 points and 5.3 assists per game. He even dropped 45 points on the Utah Jazz late last month, which is the kind of stat line that makes you refresh the box score just to make sure it is not a typo.
Down low, the Grizzlies are leaning on sheer size and youth. is already yanking down a team-high 10 rebounds a night, and is out there to make sure nobody gets a clean look at the rim. Throw in , who is chipping in about 10 points a game, and you have a fascinating, if completely bizarre, basketball experiment.
is sitting at a respectable 6-3 in the Western Conference, but they desperately need to wash out the taste of Friday night. The absolutely dismantled them 128-97, exposing some of the cracks in this unconventional roster.
For anyone staring at player props or setting daily fantasy lineups, is the obvious volume play here. He is getting the absolute green light to shoot, though you have to keep an eye on his minutes since he has been managing a right calf injury.
We will see if this chaotic starting five can get back in the win column north of the border. If they manage to run the Raptors out of their own gym, it might be time to stop laughing at the names on the floor and start taking this weird rotation seriously.