The Dregs of the NBA
NBA | Brandon Jennings - Memphis Grizzlies - Minnesota Timberwolves - NBA History - New Jersey Nets - New York Knicks
by Memphis Bengal on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at 06:58am
GREAT seats still available…
I have been preoccupied with Memphis’ awfulness and the Allen Iverson situation, what with me still sorta being a Grizzlies fan, but at 2-8, Memphis is not the worst team in the NBA. Far from it. And not the only offender in the passed-on-Brandon-Jennings sweepstakes.
In case you have not noticed:
—The Nets are 0-10. At least Jennings was not available when they picked at #11 overall. Does Brooklyn really want what the Nets are selling?
—The Knicks are 1-9. They passed on Brandon Jennings, opting instead for Jordan Hill. Smooth move, that. Jennings in the up-tempo Dantoni system playing the Garden? Who would want to have seen that?
—The Timberwolves are 1-10. They, even with an unseemly point guard fetish, passed on Jennings twice. But hey, they at least own the rights to a Spanish guy, so that was probably worth it….By the way, against Memphis Saturday night, this was the starting line-up for Minnesota (thanks to injuries to Al Jefferson and Kevin Love):
Jonny Flynn
Corey Brewer
Ryan Gomes
Nathan Jawai
Ryan Hollins
Revel in THAT for a moment.
The standard for worst ever NBA season remains the ‘72-’73 Philly Sixers who went 9-73. We have enough visual evidence from some pretty fuckawful teams to conclude that perhaps that mark is seriously in trouble.