Grizzlies of Memphis shot their coach taylor jenkins after six seasons | Sports
Memphis Grizlis announces this Friday In a brief statement The team has “broken their relationship” with Taylor Jenkins. “I am truly grateful for the efforts of the team for this team already in the last six seasons,” Jack Cleeman, the president of the Grizzlees and the General Director of Basketball Operations. “This is a very difficult decision, the constant and clear development of our players and the general success in the leadership of Taylor. I want Taylor to be the best in the future,” he said. The Grizzly team did not tell who was responsible for the team.
Jenkins removal comes Grizzlees They crossed the bad series in a very good season. Spanish Shanti Aldama, this year’s contract is over and the future is uncertain, winning ownership in recent matches. Basically, it acted a great season. He is the fifth player in the team with more minutes (25), most media points (12.7) and the second best rebound (6.6 per game).
In the middle of this season, Grizzlees came from the West Conference for seconds, but they were losing positions and are now fifth. They played a bad tour of five games from home with their star Jaa Morant. They were defeated four at five meetings (before Sacramento Kings, Portland Trail Blazers, The Clippers of Los Angeles and Oklahoma City Thunder) and Utah Jazz were only defeated. Generally, From all -star interval, They only have 8 wins and 11 losses.
After that bad series, the Grizzlees had 44 wins and 29 losers when there were no nine games to complete the regular season. Existence Playoffs This is not assured, because the heels in the classification, the Golden State Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves. The first six assorted post season confirms the presence, one to the seventh and eighth (Play).
Jenkins, 40, has been the coach of Grizzlis from the 2019-20 season, in which Za Morant has been appointed as Rooki of the Year. Moront has both the headache of star and team owners. NBA suspended him in June 2023 During 25 games He launched a gun in a few months for his second video. He was already granted eight meetings for such events in March that year.
Entered the Grizzlees Playoffs In the last three seasons. Of them, they were in the first round and the other, in 2021-2022, removed the Timberwowls before they fell before the Warriors. With those six years, he left the team as the most successful coach in the history of Jenkins Grizzlis. He went out with 250 wins and 214 losses (53.9% wins) balance.
