Mourning Mike Conley (and other melodramas)
By Keith Parish
In one fell dramatic swoop, Mike Conley cracked his back and the Memphis Grizzlies lost their conductor and most of their high hopes for this season. It was swift and shocking twist, unlike anything you might find on a certain prestige HBO series.* But does any of the onus for the injury fall on us for our recent post on fantasy basketball where we specifically asked what the rest of the year could hold for Conley? Or that time we boasted about not jinxing the Grizzlies? If only it was just a bad, hazy dream that we could wake from. The player piano would fire up again and we’d all be no worse for wear.
* opinion not equally shared by all members of Fastbreak Breakfast
Time Stamps
- 1:30 Keith skips breakfast to express his Westworld dismay
- 6:30 Who receives a Breakfast in Bed Apology for actually becoming a competent NBA role player?
- 13:30 Kevin Love had a record-setting first quarter, but then did his teammates freeze him out on purpose?
- 16:30 Should Kevin Durant be getting MVP consideration?
- 22:00 Why wasn’t Bradley Beal suspended for grabbing Evan Fournier’s throat? Did the NBA look at the NFL’s precedent for head-scratching reprimands?
- 25:00 Do the referees have any culpability for the sloppy finish to the Los Angeles Clippers/Brooklyn Nets double overtime clash?
- 28:00 Why has Dave Joerger put Kosta Koufos into the starting lineup once again?
- 32:15 Chuck explains how Brad Stevens’ neckwear correlates to wins and losses
- 36:00 Sean Kilpatrick inspires this week’s “Game of Scones”
- 44:00 A somber Grizzlies Epilogue unpacking the ramifications of Conley being out for an extended period
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