Although it is seeded n ° 5 of the Western Conference and ending during a fourth appearance in the playoff series in five years, Taylor Jenkins is as chief traction of the Memphis grizzly
Grizzlies President of Zach Kleiman basketball operations announcement Jenkins was dismissed on Friday. The assistant Tuomas Iisalo will take over as an acting chief coach, according to the Shams Charania d’Espn.
“I really appreciate Taylor’s contributions to this team and this city in the past six seasons,” Kleiman said. “It was a difficult decision, given the coherent and tangible development of our players and the global success under the leadership of Taylor. I wish Taylor the best in the future.”
According to Charania, “Jenkins was called in the Grizzlies office this morning and was dismissed in person.”
Charania and Tim MacMahon d’Espn reported that the grizzly groves also dismissed the assistant coaches Noah Laroche and Patrick St. Andrews with Jenkins.
Jenkins’ layoffs occur nine months after the grizzly guys have almost completely revised their coach staff around the head coach. The club announced in July that it kept two assistants and brought six new coaches.
Patrick St. Andrews and Anthony Carter were the only 2023-24 staff assistants brought back.
The initiate of the NBA, Jake Fischer, noted on Friday that these changes last summer “raised the eyebrows through the league”, but the decision to dismiss Jenkins is considered “a really surprising development”.
There is no obvious indication why the Grizzlies have made this decision now. John Martin from 92.9 ESPN in Memphis stressed that they had only one victory over a team that had a record for victories at the time of the match since February 3.
Another problem that has tormented the grizzly ones in the past two seasons is injuries. It was more a problem last season when Ja Morant, Desmond Bane and Marcus Smart combined to play 71 games. (MORANT served a suspension of 25 games at the start of the season, but only played nine games after his return before undergoing a shoulder injury at the end of the season.)
The injuries were so widespread for the 2023-24 grizzleas that they set a new NBA record for most players used in one season (33). Things have not been so bad this season, but they have used 21 different players so far.
Jenkins was the oldest head coach in the history of the Grizzlies by total matches (464). He is the leader of all time of the victories franchise (250) and is tied in the second row of victories in the playoffs (nine).
The Grizzlies (44-29) enter on Friday with the Los Angeles Lakers for the fourth place of the Western Conference. These two teams will be played on Saturday at the Fedex Forum.
